23_ISA_37_01 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_ISA_37_02 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_ISA_37_03 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_ISA_37_04 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_ISA_37_05 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah .
23_ISA_37_06 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 .
23_ISA_37_07 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_ISA_37_08 So Rabshakeh returned , And found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah : for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish .
23_ISA_37_09 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_ISA_37_10 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_ISA_37_11 behold , thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly ; And shalt thou be delivered ?
23_ISA_37_12 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_ISA_37_13 where [ Is ] the king of Hamath , And the king of Arphad , And the king of the city of Sepharvaim , Hena , And Ivah ?
23_ISA_37_14 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_ISA_37_15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD , saying ,
23_ISA_37_16 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_ISA_37_17 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_ISA_37_18 of A truth , LORD , the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations , And their countries .
23_ISA_37_19 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_ISA_37_20 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_ISA_37_21 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_ISA_37_22 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 .
23_ISA_37_23 whom hast thou reproached And blasphemed ? And against whom hast thou exalted [ thy ] voice , And lifted up thine eyes on high ? [ even ] against the holy one of Israel .
23_ISA_37_24 by thy servants hast thou reproached the LORD , And hast said , by the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains , to the sides of Lebanon ; And I will cut down the tall cedars thereof , [ And ] the choice fir trees thereof : And I will enter into the height of his border , [ And ] the forest of his Carmel .
23_ISA_37_25 I have digged , And drunk water ; And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places .
23_ISA_37_26 hast thou not heard long ago , [ how ] I have done it ; [ And ] of ancient times , that I have formed it ? now have I brought it to pass , that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities [ into ] ruinous heaps .
23_ISA_37_27 therefore their inhabitants [ were ] of small power , they were dismayed And confounded : they were [ as ] the grass of the field , And [ as ] the green herb , [ as ] the grass on the housetops , And [ as corn ] blasted before it be grown up .
23_ISA_37_28 but I know thy abode , And thy going out , And thy coming in , And thy rage against me .
23_ISA_37_29 because thy rage against me , And thy tumult , Is come up into mine ears , therefore will I put my hook in thy nose , And my bridle in thy lips , And I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest .
23_ISA_37_30 And this [ shall be ] A sign unto thee , ye shall eat [ this ] year such as groweth of itself ; And the second year that which springeth of the same : And in the third year sow ye , And reap , And plant vineyards , And eat the fruit thereof .
23_ISA_37_31 And the remnant that Is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward , And bear fruit upward :
23_ISA_37_32 for out of Jerusalem shall go forth A remnant , And they that escape out of mount Zion : the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this .
23_ISA_37_33 therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria , he shall not come into this city , nor shoot an arrow there , nor come before it with shields , nor cast A bank against it .
23_ISA_37_34 by the way that he came , by the same shall he Return , And shall not come into this city , saith the LORD .
23_ISA_37_35 for I will Defend this city to save it for mine own sake , And for my servant David's sake .
23_ISA_37_36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth , And smote in the camp of the Assyrians A hundred And fourscore And five thousand : And when they arose early in the morning , behold , they [ were ] all dead corpses .
23_ISA_37_37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed , And went And returned , And dwelt at Nineveh .
23_ISA_37_38 And it came to pass , as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his God , that Adrammelech And Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword ; And they escaped into the land of Armenia : And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead .