<vn='1'>Now it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="702 6240">fourteenth</s><sn="8141">year</s> of <sn="4428">king</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>, that <sn="5576">Sennacherib</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> came <sn="5927">up</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1219">defensed</s><sn="5892">cities</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and <sn="8610">took</s> them. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh from <sn="4480 3923">Lachish</s> to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> with a <sn="3515">great</s><sn="2428">army</s>. And he <sn="5975">stood</s> by the <sn="8585">conduit</s> of the <sn="5945">upper</s><sn="1295">pool</s> in the <sn="4546">highway</s> of the <sn="3526">fuller</s> 's <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Then came <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="471">Eliakim</s>, <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, <sn="834">which</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="7644">Shebna</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, and <sn="3098">Joah</s>, <sn="623">Asaph</s> 's <sn="1121">son</s>, the <sn="2142">recorder</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>And <sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="559">Say</s> ye <sn="4994">now</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4428">king</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, <sn="4100">What</s><sn="986">confidence</s> is <sn="2088">this</s><sn="834">wherein</s> thou <sn="982">trustest</s>? </v>
<vn='5'>I <sn="559">say</s>, sayest thou, ( <sn="389">but</s> they are but <sn="8193">vain</s><sn="1697">words</s> ) I have <sn="6098">counsel</s> and <sn="1369">strength</s> for <sn="4421">war</s>: <sn="6258">now</s><sn="5921">on</s><sn="4310">whom</s> dost thou <sn="982">trust</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> thou <sn="4775">rebellest</s> against me? </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2009">Lo</s>, thou <sn="982">trustest</s><sn="5921">in</s> the <sn="4938">staff</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="7533">broken</s><sn="7070">reed</s>, <sn="5921">on</s><sn="4714">Egypt</s>; <sn="834 5921">whereon</s> if a <sn="376">man</s><sn="5564">lean</s>, it will <sn="935">go</s> into his <sn="3709">hand</s>, and <sn="5344">pierce</s> it: <sn="3651">so</s> is <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> to <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="982">trust</s><sn="5921">in</s> him. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3588">But</s> if thou <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s> me, We <sn="982">trust</s><sn="413">in</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>: is it <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1931">he</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">whose</s> high <sn="1116">places</s> and whose <sn="4196">altars</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> hath taken <sn="5493">away</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> to <sn="3063">Judah</s> and to <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, Ye shall <sn="7812">worship</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="4196">altar</s>? </v>
<vn='8'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore give <sn="6149">pledges</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="854">to</s> my <sn="113">master</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, and I will <sn="5414">give</s> thee two <sn="505">thousand</s><sn="5483">horses</s>, <sn="518">if</s> thou be <sn="3201">able</s> on thy part to <sn="5414">set</s><sn="7392">riders</s><sn="5921">upon</s> them. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="349">How</s> then wilt thou turn <sn="7725">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6440">face</s> of <sn="259">one</s><sn="6346">captain</s> of the <sn="6996">least</s> of my <sn="113">master</s> 's <sn="5650">servants</s>, and put thy <sn="982">trust</s><sn="5921">on</s><sn="4714">Egypt</s> for <sn="7393">chariots</s> and for <sn="6571">horsemen</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>And am I <sn="6258">now</s> come <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480 1107">without</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s> to <sn="7843">destroy</s> it? the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, Go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="413">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s>, and <sn="7843">destroy</s> it. </v>
<vn='11'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="471">Eliakim</s> and <sn="7644">Shebna</s> and <sn="3098">Joah</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh, <sn="1696">Speak</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, <sn="413">unto</s> thy <sn="5650">servants</s> in the Syrian <sn="762">language</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="587">we</s><sn="8085">understand</s> it: and <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">to</s> us in the Jews' <sn="3066">language</s>, in the <sn="241">ears</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="5921">on</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>But <sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <sn="559">said</s>, Hath my <sn="113">master</s><sn="7971">sent</s> me <sn="413">to</s> thy <sn="113">master</s> and <sn="413">to</s> thee to <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>? hath he <sn="3808">not</s> sent me <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="376">men</s> that <sn="3427">sit</s><sn="5921">upon</s> the <sn="2346">wall</s>, that they may <sn="398">eat</s><sn="*853"></s> their own <sn="6675">dung</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="*853"></s> their own <sn="4325 7272">piss</s><sn="5973">with</s> you? </v>
<vn='13'>Then <sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh <sn="5975">stood</s>, and <sn="7121">cried</s> with a <sn="1419">loud</s><sn="6963">voice</s> in the Jews' <sn="3066">language</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="8085">Hear</s> ye <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4428">king</s>, the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, Let <sn="408">not</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="5377">deceive</s> you: <sn="3588">for</s> he shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="5337">deliver</s> you. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="408">Neither</s> let <sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> make you <sn="982 *853">trust</s><sn="413">in</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will surely <sn="5337 5337">deliver</s> us: <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="5414">delivered</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="8085">Hearken</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>, <sn="6213">Make</s> an agreement <sn="854">with</s> me by a <sn="1293">present</s>, and come <sn="3318">out</s><sn="413">to</s> me: and <sn="398">eat</s> ye every <sn="376">one</s> of his <sn="1612">vine</s>, and every <sn="376">one</s> of his fig <sn="8384">tree</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s> ye every <sn="376">one</s> the <sn="4325">waters</s> of his own <sn="953">cistern</s>; </v>
<vn='17'><sn="5704">Until</s> I <sn="935">come</s> and take you <sn="3947 *853">away</s><sn="413">to</s> a <sn="776">land</s> like your own <sn="776">land</s>, a <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1715">corn</s> and <sn="8492">wine</s>, a <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s> and <sn="3754">vineyards</s>. </v>
<vn='18'> Beware <sn="6435">lest</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s><sn="5496">persuade</s> you, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="5337">deliver</s> us. Hath <sn="376">any</s> of the <sn="430">gods</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s><sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="776">land</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s>? </v>
<vn='19'><sn="346">Where</s> are the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="2574">Hamath</s> and <sn="774">Arphad</s>? <sn="346">where</s> are the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="5617">Sepharvaim</s>? <sn="3588">and</s> have they <sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8111">Samaria</s> out of my <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='20'><sn="4310">Who</s> are they among <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="430">gods</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="776">lands</s>, <sn="834">that</s> have <sn="5337">delivered</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="776">land</s> out of my <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> should <sn="5337">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> out of my <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>? </v>
<vn='21'>But they held their <sn="2790">peace</s>, and <sn="6030">answered</s> him <sn="3808">not</s> a <sn="1697">word</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4687">commandment</s> was, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="6030">Answer</s> him <sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>Then <sn="935">came</s><sn="471">Eliakim</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2518">Hilkiah</s>, <sn="834">that</s> was <sn="5921">over</s> the <sn="1004">household</s>, and <sn="7644">Shebna</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, and <sn="3098">Joah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="623">Asaph</s>, the <sn="2142">recorder</s>, <sn="413">to</s><sn="2396">Hezekiah</s> with their <sn="899">clothes</s><sn="7167">rent</s>, and <sn="5046">told</s> him <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of <sn="7262">Rab</s> -shakeh. </v>