1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his…
2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna…
3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says:…
4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all…
5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to…
6who replied, “Tell your master that this is…
7Behold, I will put a spirit in him…
8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of…
9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king…
10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah:…
11Surely you have heard what the kings of…
12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by…
13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim,…
14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers,…
15And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD,…
16Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open…
17Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have…
18They have cast their gods into the fire…
19And now, O LORD our God, please save…
20Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message…
21This is the word that the LORD has…
22Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom…
23Through your servants you have taunted the Lord,…
24I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters.…
25Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained…
26Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed…
27But I know your sitting down, your going…
28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have…
29And this will be a sign to you,…
30And the surviving remnant of the house of…
31For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem,…
32So this is what the LORD says about…
33He will go back the way he came,…
34I will defend this city and save it…
35And that very night the angel of the…
36So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and…
37One day, while he was worshiping in the…
