Isaiah 37:1 References
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And awhen King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.
a 2 Kings 19:1-37, Isaiah 37:1-38
2 Kings 19
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aAnd when King Hezekiah heard it, he btore his clothes, ccovered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.
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Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, acovered with sackcloth, to bIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no strength to deliver.
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'aPerhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent bto reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for cthe remnant that is left.'"
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So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the Lord, "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the aservants of the king of Assyria bhave blasphemed Me.
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"Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that ahe will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And bI will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'"
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Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against aLibnah, for he had heard that the king had left bLachish.
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When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has come out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying,
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"Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not alet your God in whom you trust deceive you saying, "bJerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
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'Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?
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'aDid the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even bGozan and cHaran and Rezeph and dthe sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
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'aWhere is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'"
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Then aHezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
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Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, "O Lord, the God of Israel, awho are enthroned above the cherubim, bYou are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
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"aIncline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; bopen Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent cto reproach the living God.
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"Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands
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and have cast their gods into the fire, afor they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.
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"Now, O Lord our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand athat all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O bLord, are God."
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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, aI have heard you.'
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"This is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: 'She has despised you and mocked you, aThe virgin daughter of Zion; She bhas shaken her head behind you, The daughter of Jerusalem!
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'Whom have you areproached and bblasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the cHoly One of Israel!
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'aThrough your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, "With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses. And I entered its farthest lodging place, its bthickest forest.
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"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I adried up All the rivers of Egypt."
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'aHave you not heard? Long ago I did it; From ancient times I planned it. bNow I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
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'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were aas the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
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'But aI know your sitting down, And your going out and your coming in, And your raging against Me.
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'Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I awill put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And bI will turn you back by the way which you came.
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'Then this shall be athe sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
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'aThe surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
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'For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and aout of Mount Zion survivors. bThe zeal of the Lord will perform this.
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'Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, "aHe will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it.
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"aBy the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the Lord.
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aThen it happened that night that the angel of the Lord went out and struck 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead.
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It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that aAdrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped into bthe land of Ararat. And cEsarhaddon his son became king in his place.
Isaiah 37
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And awhen King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.
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Then he sent aEliakim who was over the household with bShebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to cIsaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
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They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a aday of distress, rebuke and rejection; for bchildren have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver.
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'Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to areproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for bthe remnant that is left.'"
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So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
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Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the Lord, "aDo not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
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"Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will ahear a rumor and breturn to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'"
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Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against aLibnah, for he had heard that the king had left bLachish.
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When he aheard them say concerning Tirhakah king of bCush, "He has come out to fight against you," and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
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"Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'aDo not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria."
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'aBehold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?
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'Did the gods of those nations which my fathers have destroyed deliver them, even aGozan and bHaran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar?
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'Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'"
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Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord.
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Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,
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"O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, awho is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the bGod, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. cYou have made heaven and earth.
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"aIncline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and blisten to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to creproach the living God.
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and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the awork of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have bdestroyed them.
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"Now, O Lord our God, adeliver us from his hand that ball the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, Lord, are God."
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Then aIsaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
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this is the word that the Lord has spoken against him: "She has despised you and mocked you, The avirgin bdaughter of Zion; She has cshaken her head behind you, The daughter of Jerusalem!
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"Whom have you areproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice And haughtily blifted up your eyes? Against the cHoly One of Israel!
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"Through your servants you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, 'With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of aLebanon; And I cut down its tall bcedars and its choice cypresses. And I will go to its highest peak, its thickest cforest.
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'I dug wells and drank waters, And awith the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt.'
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"aHave you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I bplanned it. Now cI have brought it to pass, That dyou should turn fortified cities into eruinous heaps.
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"Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the avegetation of the field and as the green herb, As bgrass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
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"Because of your raging against Me And because your aarrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My bhook in your nose And My cbridle in your lips, And I will turn you back dby the way which you came.
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"Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what agrows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
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"The asurviving bremnant of the house of Judah will again ctake root downward and bear fruit upward.
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"For out of Jerusalem will go forth a aremnant and out of Mount Zion survivors. The bzeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this."'
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"Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield, or throw up a asiege ramp against it.
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'aBy the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares the Lord.