23:036:015 Neither 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.
23:036:016 Hearken 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;
23:036:017 Until 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.
23:036:018 Beware 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?
23:036:019 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad?
where are the gods of
Sepharvaim?
and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
23:036:020 Who 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?
23:036:021 But they held their peace, and answered
him not a word: for
the
king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
23:036:022 Then 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.
23:037:001 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah
heard it, that he rent
his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went
into
the
house of the lord.
23:037:002 And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household,
and Shebna
the
scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with
sackcloth,
unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
23:037:003 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah,
This day is a day
of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for
the children
are
come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring
forth.
23:037:004 It may be the lord thy God will hear
the words of Rabshakeh,
whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach
the
living
God, and will reprove the words which the lord
thy God
hath
heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant
that
is
left.
23:037:005 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
23:037:006 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye
say unto your master,
Thus
saith the lord, Be not afraid of the words that
thou hast
heard,
wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have
blasphemed
me.


