23:037:007 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and
he shall hear a
rumour,
and return to his own land; and I will cause him to
fall
by the sword in his own land.
23:037:008 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king
of Assyria warring
against
Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed
from
Lachish.
23:037:009 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king
of Ethiopia, He is
come
forth to make war with thee. And when he heard
it, he
sent
messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
23:037:010 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of
Judah, saying, Let not
thy
God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying,
Jerusalem
shall not be given into the hand of the king of
Assyria.
23:037:011 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings
of Assyria have done to
all
lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be
delivered?
23:037:012 Have the gods of the nations delivered
them which my fathers
have
destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the
children
of Eden which were in Telassar?
23:037:013 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king
of Arphad, and the
king
of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
23:037:014 And Hezekiah received the letter from the
hand of the
messengers,
and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house
of
the lord, and spread it before the lord.
23:037:015 And Hezekiah prayed unto the lord, saying,
23:037:016 O lord of hosts, God of Israel, that
dwellest between the
cherubims,
thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms
of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.
23:037:017 Incline thine ear, O lord, and hear;
open thine eyes, O lord,
and
see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which
hath
sent
to reproach the living God.
23:037:018 Of a truth, lord, the kings of Assyria
have laid waste all the
nations,
and their countries,
23:037:019 And have cast their gods into the fire:
for they were no gods,
but
the work of men’s hands, wood and stone:
therefore they
have
destroyed them.
23:037:020 Now therefore, O lord our God, save
us from his hand, that all
the
kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the lord,
even
thou only.
23:037:021 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah,
saying, Thus
saith
the lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed
to me
against
Sennacherib king of Assyria:
23:037:022 This is the word which the lord hath
spoken concerning him;
The
virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and
laughed
thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken
her
head at thee.


