<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="8085">heard</s> it, that he <sn="7167">rent</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="899">clothes</s>, and covered <sn="3680">himself</s> with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, and <sn="935">went</s> into the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="471">Eliakim</s>, <sn="834">who</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">household</s>, and <sn="7644">Shebna</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, and the <sn="2205">elders</s> of the <sn="3548">priests</s><sn="3680">covered</s> with <sn="8242">sackcloth</s>, <sn="413">unto</s><sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And they <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="2088">This</s><sn="3117">day</s> is a <sn="3117">day</s> of <sn="6869">trouble</s>, and of <sn="8433">rebuke</s>, and of <sn="5007">blasphemy</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1121">children</s> are <sn="935">come</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="4866">birth</s>, and there is <sn="369">not</s><sn="3581">strength</s> to bring <sn="3205">forth</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>It may <sn="194">be</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> will <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh, <sn="834">whom</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> his <sn="113">master</s> hath <sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="2778">reproach</s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="430">God</s>, and will <sn="3198">reprove</s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> thy <sn="430">God</s> hath <sn="8085">heard</s>: wherefore lift <sn="5375">up</s> thy <sn="8605">prayer</s><sn="1157">for</s> the <sn="7611">remnant</s> that is <sn="4672">left</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>So the <sn="5650">servants</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3470">Isaiah</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And <sn="3470">Isaiah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> your <sn="113">master</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, Be not <sn="3372 408">afraid</s><sn="4480 6440">of</s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s> thou hast <sn="8085">heard</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s> the <sn="5288">servants</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> have <sn="1442">blasphemed</s> me. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">send</s> a <sn="7307">blast</s> upon him, and he shall <sn="8085">hear</s> a <sn="8052">rumor</s>, and <sn="7725">return</s><sn="413">to</s> his own <sn="776">land</s>; and I will cause him to <sn="5307">fall</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s> in his own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>So <sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="4672">found</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="3898">warring</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3841">Libnah</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> he had <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> he was <sn="5265">departed</s> from <sn="4480 3923">Lachish</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And he <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="559">say</s><sn="5921">concerning</s><sn="8640">Tirhakah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3568">Ethiopia</s>, He is come <sn="3318">forth</s> to make <sn="3898">war</s><sn="854">with</s> thee. And when he <sn="8085">heard</s> it, he <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, Let <sn="408">not</s> thy <sn="430">God</s>, in <sn="834">whom</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="982">trustest</s>, <sn="5377">deceive</s> thee, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="5414">given</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="834">what</s> the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> have <sn="6213">done</s> to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="776">lands</s> by destroying them <sn="2763">utterly</s>; and shalt <sn="859">thou</s> be <sn="5337">delivered</s>? </v>
<vn='12'>Have the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="5337">delivered</s> them <sn="834">which</s> my <sn="1">fathers</s> have <sn="7843">destroyed</s>, as <sn="*853"></s><sn="1470">Gozan</s>, and <sn="2771">Haran</s>, and <sn="7530">Rezeph</s>, and the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="5729">Eden</s><sn="834">which</s> were in <sn="8515">Telassar</s>? </v>
<vn='13'><sn="346">Where</s> is the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="774">Arphad</s>, and the <sn="4428">king</s> of the <sn="5892">city</s> of <sn="5617">Sepharvaim</s>, <sn="2012">Hena</s>, and <sn="5755">Ivah</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>And <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="3947">received</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="5612">letter</s> from the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4397">messengers</s>, and <sn="7121">read</s> it: and <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> unto the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="6566">spread</s> it <sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='16'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, that <sn="3427">dwellest</s> between the <sn="3742">cherubims</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="430">God</s>, even thou <sn="905">alone</s>, of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: <sn="859">thou</s> hast <sn="6213">made</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8064">heaven</s> and <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="5186">Incline</s> thine <sn="241">ear</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s>; <sn="6491">open</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s>, O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s>: and <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="5576">Sennacherib</s>, <sn="834">which</s> hath <sn="7971">sent</s> to <sn="2778">reproach</s> the <sn="2416">living</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Of a <sn="551">truth</s>, <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="4428">kings</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> have laid <sn="2717">waste</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="776">nations</s>, and their <sn="776">countries</s>, </v>
<vn='19'>And have <sn="5414">cast</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="430">gods</s> into the <sn="784">fire</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> were <sn="3808">no</s><sn="430">gods</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> the <sn="4639">work</s> of <sn="120">men</s> 's <sn="3027">hands</s>, <sn="6086">wood</s> and <sn="68">stone</s>: therefore they have <sn="6">destroyed</s> them. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore, O <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="3467">save</s> us from his <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, that <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4467">kingdoms</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> may <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="859">thou</s> art the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even thou <sn="905">only</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then <sn="3470">Isaiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="531">Amoz</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="834">Whereas</s> thou hast <sn="6419">prayed</s><sn="413">to</s> me <sn="413">against</s><sn="5576">Sennacherib</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>: </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2088">This</s> is the <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="5921">concerning</s> him; The <sn="1330">virgin</s>, the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="6726">Zion</s>, hath <sn="936">despised</s> thee, and laughed thee to <sn="3932">scorn</s>; the <sn="1323">daughter</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> hath <sn="5128">shaken</s> her <sn="7218">head</s><sn="310">at</s> thee. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="*853"></s><sn="4310">Whom</s> hast thou <sn="2778">reproached</s> and <sn="1442">blasphemed</s>? and <sn="5921">against</s><sn="4310">whom</s> hast thou <sn="7311">exalted</s> thy <sn="6963">voice</s>, and lifted <sn="5375">up</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> on <sn="4791">high</s>? even <sn="413">against</s> the Holy <sn="6918">One</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3027">By</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s> hast thou <sn="2778">reproached</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s>, and hast <sn="559">said</s>, By the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of my <sn="7393">chariots</s> am <sn="589">I</s> come <sn="5927">up</s> to the <sn="4791">height</s> of the <sn="2022">mountains</s>, to the <sn="3411">sides</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>; and I will cut <sn="3772">down</s> the <sn="6967">tall</s><sn="730">cedars</s> thereof, and the <sn="4005">choice</s> fir <sn="1265">trees</s> thereof: and I will <sn="935">enter</s> into the <sn="4791">height</s> of his <sn="7093">border</s>, and the <sn="3293">forest</s> of his <sn="3759">Carmel</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="589">I</s> have <sn="6979">digged</s>, and <sn="8354">drunk</s><sn="4325">water</s>; and with the <sn="3709">sole</s> of my <sn="6471">feet</s> have I dried <sn="2717">up</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2975">rivers</s> of the besieged <sn="4693">places</s>. </v>
<vn='26'>Hast thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">heard</s> long <sn="4480 7350">ago</s>, how I have <sn="6213">done</s> it; and of <sn="6924">ancient</s><sn="4480 3117">times</s>, that I have <sn="3335">formed</s> it? <sn="6258">now</s> have I brought it to <sn="935">pass</s>, that thou shouldest <sn="1961">be</s> to lay <sn="7582">waste</s><sn="1219">defensed</s><sn="5892">cities</s> into <sn="5327">ruinous</s><sn="1530">heaps</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Therefore their <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> were of <sn="7116">small</s><sn="3027">power</s>, they were <sn="2865">dismayed</s> and <sn="954">confounded</s>: they <sn="1961">were</s> as the <sn="6212">grass</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, and as the <sn="3419">green</s><sn="1877">herb</s>, as the <sn="2682">grass</s> on the <sn="1406">housetops</s>, and as corn <sn="7711">blasted</s><sn="6440">before</s> it be grown <sn="7054">up</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>But I <sn="3045">know</s> thy <sn="3427">abode</s>, and thy going <sn="3318">out</s>, and thy coming <sn="935">in</s>, and thy <sn="7264">rage</s><sn="413">against</s> me. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="3282">Because</s> thy <sn="7264">rage</s><sn="413">against</s> me, and thy <sn="7600">tumult</s>, is come <sn="5927">up</s> into mine <sn="241">ears</s>, therefore will I <sn="7760">put</s> my <sn="2397">hook</s> in thy <sn="639">nose</s>, and my <sn="4964">bridle</s> in thy <sn="8193">lips</s>, and I will turn thee <sn="7725">back</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> by <sn="834">which</s> thou <sn="935">camest</s>. </v>
<vn='30'>And <sn="2088">this</s> shall be a <sn="226">sign</s> unto thee, Ye shall <sn="398">eat</s> this <sn="8141">year</s> such as groweth of <sn="5599">itself</s>; and the <sn="8145">second</s><sn="8141">year</s> that which springeth of the <sn="7823">same</s>: and in the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="8141">year</s><sn="2232">sow</s> ye, and <sn="7114">reap</s>, and <sn="5193">plant</s><sn="3754">vineyards</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s> the <sn="6529">fruit</s> thereof. </v>
<vn='31'>And the <sn="7604">remnant</s> that is <sn="6413">escaped</s> of the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> shall <sn="3254">again</s> take <sn="8328">root</s><sn="4295">downward</s>, and <sn="6213">bear</s><sn="6529">fruit</s><sn="4605">upward</s>: </v>
<vn='32'><sn="3588">For</s> out of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> shall go <sn="3318">forth</s> a <sn="7611">remnant</s>, and they that <sn="6413">escape</s> out of <sn="4480 2022">mount</s><sn="6726">Zion</s>: the <sn="7068">zeal</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> shall <sn="6213">do</s><sn="2063">this</s>. </v>
<vn='33'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">concerning</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, He shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="3384">shoot</s> an <sn="2671">arrow</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> come <sn="6923">before</s> it with <sn="4043">shields</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="8210">cast</s> a <sn="5550">bank</s><sn="5921">against</s> it. </v>
<vn='34'>By the <sn="1870">way</s><sn="834">that</s> he <sn="935">came</s>, by the same shall he <sn="7725">return</s>, and shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="413">into</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='35'>For I will <sn="1598 5921">defend</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> to <sn="3467">save</s> it for mine own <sn="4616">sake</s>, and for my <sn="5650">servant</s><sn="1732">David</s> 's <sn="4616">sake</s>. </v>
<vn='36'>Then the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> in the <sn="4264">camp</s> of the <sn="804">Assyrians</s> a <sn="3967">hundred</s> and <sn="8084">fourscore</s> and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="505">thousand</s>: and when they arose <sn="7925">early</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, they were <sn="3605">all</s><sn="4191">dead</s><sn="6297">corpses</s>. </v>
<vn='37'>So <sn="5576">Sennacherib</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="5265">departed</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s> and <sn="7725">returned</s>, and <sn="3427">dwelt</s> at <sn="5210">Nineveh</s>. </v>
<vn='38'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, as <sn="1931">he</s> was <sn="7812">worshiping</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="5268">Nisroch</s> his <sn="430">god</s>, that <sn="152">Adrammelech</s> and <sn="8272">Sharezer</s> his <sn="1121">sons</s><sn="5221">smote</s> him with the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and <sn="1992">they</s><sn="4422">escaped</s> into the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="780">Armenia</s>: and <sn="634">Esar</s> -haddon his <sn="1121">son</s><sn="4427">reigned</s> in his <sn="8478">stead</s>. </v>