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Isaiah 36

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1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.

2And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.

3Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.

4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

5I say, sayest thou,(but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

7But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

8Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.

9How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

10And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

11Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

12But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

13Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

14Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

15Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

16Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern;

17Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

18Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

20Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

21But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

22Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵלʼêlH41318× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֵתʼêthH85318× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • מֶלֶךְmelekH442815× in this chapter

    a king

  • אָמַרʼâmarH55915× in this chapter

    to say (used with great latitude)

  • עַלʻalH592114× in this chapter

    above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

  • רַבְשָׁקֵהRabshâqêhH726212× in this chapter

    Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official

  • חִזְקִיָּהChizqîyâhH23969× in this chapter

    Chizkijah, a king of Judah, also the name of two other Israelites

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7769× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • כִּיkîyH35888× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • נָצַלnâtsalH53378× in this chapter

    to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense

  • אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrH8048× in this chapter

    Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8347× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • בָּטַחbâṭachH9827× in this chapter

    figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure

  • לֹאlôʼH38086× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • דָּבָרdâbârH16975× in this chapter

    a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

  • יָדyâdH30275× in this chapter

    a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

  • אִישׁʼîyshH3765× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4305× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • בֵּןbênH11214× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1134× in this chapter

    sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)

  • אַלʼalH4084× in this chapter

    not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing

  • גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14193× in this chapter

    great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent

  • דָבַרdâbarH16963× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • זֹאתzôʼthH20633× in this chapter

    this (often used adverb)

  • זֶהzehH20883× in this chapter

    the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that

  • יוֹאָחYôwʼâchH30983× in this chapter

    Joach, the name of four Israelites

  • יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33893× in this chapter

    Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine

  • כֹּהkôhH35413× in this chapter

    properly, like this, i.e. by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now

  • כֹּלkôlH36053× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אֶלְיָקִיםʼElyâqîymH4713× in this chapter

    Eljakim, the name of four Israelites

  • מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH47143× in this chapter

    Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt

  • נָאnâʼH49943× in this chapter

    'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction

  • נָתַןnâthanH54143× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • עָלָהʻâlâhH59273× in this chapter

    to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative

  • עַתָּהʻattâhH62583× in this chapter

    at this time, whether adverb, conjunction or expletive

  • שֶׁבְנָאShebnâʼH76443× in this chapter

    Shebna or Shebnah, an Israelite

  • שָׁמַעshâmaʻH80853× in this chapter

    to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

  • בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter

    to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

  • בַּיִתbayithH10042× in this chapter

    a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

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