Verse 4

For thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah,{H136} My people{H5971} went down{H3381} at the first{H7223} into Egypt{H4714} to sojourn{H1481} there: and the Assyrian{H804} hath oppressed{H6231} them without cause.{H657}

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 46:6 : 6 And they took{H3947} their cattle,{H4735} and their goods,{H7399} which they had gotten{H7408} in the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and came{H935} into Egypt,{H4714} Jacob,{H3290} and all his seed{H2233} with him:
  • Job 2:3 : 3 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Satan,{H7854} Hast thou{H7760} considered{H3820} my servant{H5650} Job?{H347} for there is none like him in the earth,{H776} a perfect{H8535} and an upright{H3477} man,{H376} one that feareth{H3373} God,{H430} and turneth{H5493} away from evil:{H7451} and he still holdeth fast{H2388} his integrity,{H8538} although thou movedst{H5496} me against him, to destroy{H1104} him without cause.{H2600}
  • Ps 25:3 : 3 Yea, none that wait{H6960} for thee shall be put to shame:{H954} They shall be put to shame{H954} that deal treacherously{H898} without cause.{H7387}
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate{H8130} me without a cause{H2600} are more{H7231} than the hairs{H8185} of my head:{H7218} They that would cut me off,{H6789} being mine enemies{H341} wrongfully,{H8267} are mighty:{H6105} That which I took not away{H1497} I have to restore.{H7725}
  • Isa 14:25 : 25 that I will break{H7665} the Assyrian{H804} in my land,{H776} and upon my mountains{H2022} tread him under foot:{H947} then shall his yoke{H5923} depart{H5493} from off them, and his burden{H5448} depart{H5493} from off their shoulder.{H7926}
  • Isa 36:1-9 : 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth{H702} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Hezekiah,{H2396} that Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came up{H5927} against all the fortified{H1219} cities{H5892} of Judah,{H3063} and took{H8610} them. 2 And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} sent{H7971} Rabshakeh{H7262} from Lachish{H3923} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} with a great{H3515} army.{H2426} And he stood{H5975} by the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool{H1295} in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526} field.{H7704} 3 Then came forth{H3318} unto him Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah,{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph,{H623} the recorder.{H2142} 4 And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Say{H559} ye now to Hezekiah,{H2396} Thus saith{H559} the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest?{H982} 5 I say,{H559} [thy] counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for the war{H4421} are but vain{H8193} words:{H1697} now on whom dost thou trust,{H982} that thou hast rebelled{H4775} against me? 6 Behold, thou trustest{H982} upon the staff{H4938} of this bruised{H7533} reed,{H7070} even upon Egypt,{H4714} whereon if a man{H376} lean,{H5564} it will go{H935} into his hand,{H3709} and pierce{H5344} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} to all that trust{H982} on him. 7 But if thou say{H559} unto me, We trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} our God:{H430} is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away,{H5493} and hath said{H559} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} this altar?{H4196} 8 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148} to my master{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and I will give{H5414} thee two thousand{H505} horses,{H5483} if thou be able{H3201} on thy part to set{H5414} riders{H7392} upon them. 9 How then canst thou turn away{H7725} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants,{H5650} and put thy trust{H982} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen?{H6571} 10 And am I now come up{H5927} without{H1107} Jehovah{H3068} against this land{H776} to destroy{H7843} it? Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Go up{H5927} against this land,{H776} and destroy{H7843} it. 11 Then said{H559} Eliakim{H471} and Shebna{H7644} and Joah{H3098} unto Rabshakeh,{H7262} Speak,{H1696} I pray thee, unto thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language;{H762} for we understand{H8085} it: and speak{H1696} not to us in the Jews' language,{H3066} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall.{H2346} 12 But Rabshakeh{H7262} said,{H559} Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971} me to thy master,{H113} and to thee, to speak{H1696} these words?{H1697} [hath he] not [sent me] to the men{H582} that sit{H3427} upon the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H2716} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you? 13 Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood,{H5975} and cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language,{H3066} and said,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the words{H1697} of the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 14 Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you; for he will not be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you: 15 neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will surely{H5337} deliver{H5337} us; this city{H5892} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 16 Hearken{H8085} not to Hezekiah:{H2396} for thus saith{H559} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Make{H6213} your peace{H1293} with me, and come out{H3318} to me; and eat{H398} ye every one{H376} of his vine,{H1612} and every one{H376} of his fig-tree,{H8384} and drink{H8354} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his own cistern;{H953} 17 until I come{H935} and take you away{H3947} to a land{H776} like your own land,{H776} a land{H776} of grain{H1715} and new wine,{H8492} a land{H776} of bread{H3899} and vineyards.{H3754} 18 Beware lest Hezekiah{H2396} persuade{H5496} you, saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H5337} us. Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria?{H804} 19 Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath{H2574} and Arpad?{H774} where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim?{H5617} and have they delivered{H5337} Samaria{H8111} out of my hand?{H3027} 20 Who are they among all the gods{H430} of these countries,{H776} that have delivered{H5337} their country{H776} out of my hand,{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} should deliver{H5337} Jerusalem{H3389} out of my hand?{H3027} 21 But they held their peace,{H2790} and answered{H6030} him not a word;{H1697} for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying,{H559} Answer{H6030} him not. 22 Then came{H935} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} that was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah,{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph,{H623} the recorder,{H2142} to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent,{H7167} and told{H5046} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh.{H7262}
  • Jer 50:17 : 17 Israel{H3478} is a hunted{H6340} sheep;{H7716} the lions{H738} have driven him away:{H5080} first,{H7223} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} devoured{H398} him; and now at last{H314} Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} hath broken his bones.{H6105}
  • John 15:25 : 25 But{G235} [this cometh to pass], that{G2443} the word{G3056} may be fulfilled{G4137} that is written{G1125} in{G1722} their{G846} law,{G3754} They hated{G3404} me{G3165} without a cause.{G1432}
  • Acts 7:14-15 : 14 And{G1161} Joseph{G2501} sent,{G649} and{G1161} called{G3333} to{G1722} him Jacob{G2384} his{G846} father,{G3962} and{G2532} all{G3956} his{G846} kindred,{G4772} threescore{G1440} and fifteen{G4002} souls.{G5590} 15 And{G1161} Jacob{G2384} went down{G2597} into{G1519} Egypt;{G125} and{G2532} he{G846} died,{G5053} himself and{G2532} our{G2257} fathers;{G3962}