And it came to pass, when kingHezekiahheard it , that he renthis clothes, and covered himselfwith sackcloth, and wentinto the houseof the LORD. And he sentEliakim, who was overthe household, and Shebnathe scribe, and the eldersof the priestscoveredwith sackcloth, untoIsaiahthe prophetthe sonof Amoz. And they saiduntohim, ThussaithHezekiah, Thisday is a dayof trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: forthe childrenare cometothe birth, and there is notstrengthto bring forth. It may bethe LORDthy Godwill hearthe wordsof Rab-shakeh, whomthe kingof Assyriahis masterhath sentto reproachthe livingGod, and will reprovethe wordswhichthe LORDthy Godhath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayerforthe remnantthat is left. So the servantsof kingHezekiahcametoIsaiah. And Isaiahsaiduntothem, Thusshall ye sayuntoyour master, Thussaiththe LORD, Be not afraidofthe wordsthatthou hast heard, wherewiththe servantsof the kingof Assyriahave blasphemedme. Behold, I will senda blastupon him, and he shall heara rumor, and returntohis own land; and I will cause him to fallby the swordin his own land. So Rab-shakeh returned, and foundthe kingof AssyriawarringagainstLibnah: forhe had heardthathe was departedfrom Lachish. And he heardsayconcerningTirhakahkingof Ethiopia, He is come forthto make warwiththee. And when he heard it , he sentmessengerstoHezekiah, saying, Thusshall ye speaktoHezekiahkingof Judah, saying, Let notthy God, in whomthoutrustest, deceivethee, saying, Jerusalemshall notbe giveninto the handof the kingof Assyria. Behold, thouhast heardwhatthe kingsof Assyriahave doneto alllandsby destroying them utterly; and shalt thoube delivered? Have the godsof the nationsdeliveredthem whichmy fathershave destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the childrenof Edenwhich were in Telassar? Where is the kingof Hamath, and the kingof Arphad, and the kingof the cityof Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? And Hezekiahreceivedthe letterfrom the handof the messengers, and readit: and Hezekiahwent upunto the houseof the LORD, and spreadit beforethe LORD. And Hezekiahprayeduntothe LORD, saying, O LORDof hosts, Godof Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of allthe kingdomsof the earth: thouhast madeheavenand earth. Inclinethine ear, O LORD, and hear; openthine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hearallthe wordsof Sennacherib, whichhath sentto reproachthe livingGod. Of a truth, LORD, the kingsof Assyriahave laid wasteallthe nations, and their countries, And have casttheir godsinto the fire: forthey were nogods, butthe workof men's hands, woodand stone: therefore they have destroyedthem. Nowtherefore, O LORDour God, saveus from his hand, that allthe kingdomsof the earthmay knowthatthou art the LORD, even thou only. Then Isaiahthe sonof AmozsentuntoHezekiah, saying, Thussaiththe LORDGodof Israel, Whereasthou hast prayedtome againstSennacheribkingof Assyria: This is the wordwhichthe LORDhath spokenconcerninghim; The virgin, the daughterof Zion, hath despisedthee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughterof Jerusalemhath shakenher headatthee. Whomhast thou reproachedand blasphemed? and againstwhomhast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted upthine eyeson high? even againstthe Holy Oneof Israel. Bythy servantshast thou reproachedthe Lord, and hast said, By the multitudeof my chariotsam Icome upto the heightof the mountains, to the sidesof Lebanon; and I will cut downthe tallcedarsthereof, and the choicefir treesthereof: and I will enterinto the heightof his border, and the forestof his Carmel. Ihave digged, and drunkwater; and with the soleof my feethave I dried upallthe riversof the besieged places. Hast thou notheardlong ago, how I have doneit; and of ancienttimes, that I have formedit? nowhave I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest beto lay wastedefensedcities into ruinousheaps. Therefore their inhabitants were of smallpower, they were dismayedand confounded: they were as the grassof the field, and as the greenherb, as the grasson the housetops, and as corn blastedbeforeit be grown up. But I knowthy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rageagainstme. Becausethy rageagainstme, and thy tumult, is come upinto mine ears, therefore will I putmy hookin thy nose, and my bridlein thy lips, and I will turn thee backby the wayby whichthou camest. And this shall be a signunto thee, Ye shall eat this yearsuch as groweth of itself; and the secondyearthat which springeth of the same: and in the thirdyearsowye, and reap, and plantvineyards, and eatthe fruitthereof. And the remnantthat is escapedof the houseof Judahshall againtake rootdownward, and bearfruitupward: Forout of Jerusalemshall go fortha remnant, and they that escapeout of mountZion: the zealof the LORDof hostsshall dothis. Thereforethussaiththe LORDconcerningthe kingof Assyria, He shall notcomeintothiscity, norshootan arrowthere, norcome beforeit with shields, norcasta bankagainstit. By the waythathe came, by the same shall he return, and shall notcomeintothiscity, saiththe LORD. For I will defendthiscityto saveit for mine own sake, and for my servantDavid's sake. Then the angelof the LORDwent forth, and smotein the campof the Assyriansa hundredand fourscoreand fivethousand: and when they arose earlyin the morning, behold, they were alldeadcorpses. So Sennacheribkingof Assyriadeparted, and wentand returned, and dweltat Nineveh. And it came to pass, as hewas worshipingin the houseof Nisrochhis god, that Adrammelechand Sharezerhis sonssmotehim with the sword; and theyescapedinto the landof Armenia: and Esar-haddon his sonreignedin his stead.