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Isaiah 36:21 (AKJV) American King James Version

1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defended cities of Judah, and took them.
2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
3 Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder.
4 And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust?
5 I say, say you, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?
6 See, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; where on if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
7 But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar?
8 Now therefore give pledges, I pray you, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them.
9 How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
10 And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
12 But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
14 Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
16 Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat you every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his own cistern;
17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
21 But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.
22 Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.
1 Now it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS in the fourteenth H702 B-BFS year H8141 NFS of king H4428 NMS Hezekiah H2396 , that Sennacherib H5576 king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS came up H5927 against H5921 PREP all H3605 NMS the defensed H1219 cities H5892 of Judah H3063 , and took H8610 them .
2 And the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS sent H7971 W-VQY3MS Rab H7262 - shakeh from Lachish H3923 to Jerusalem H3389 unto H413 PREP king H4428 NMS Hezekiah H2396 with a great H3515 VQS3MS army H2428 . And he stood H5975 by the conduit H8585 of the upper H5945 pool H1295 in the highway H4546 of the fuller H3526 \'s field H7704 CMS .
3 Then came forth H3318 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS him Eliakim H471 , Hilkiah H2518 \'s son H1121 , which H834 RPRO was over H5921 PREP the house H1004 , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and Joah H3098 , Asaph H623 \'s son H1121 , the recorder H2142 .
4 And Rab H7262 - shakeh said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 PREP them , Say H559 W-VQY3MS ye now H4994 IJEC to H413 PREP Hezekiah H2396 , Thus H3541 saith H559 W-VQY3MS the great H1419 D-AMS king H4428 NMS , the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 GFS , What H4100 IGAT confidence H986 is this H2088 D-PMS wherein H834 RPRO thou trustest H982 ?
5 I say H559 VQQ1MS , sayest H389 ADV thou H389 ADV , ( ADV but H389 ADV they are but vain H8193 NFD words H1697 CMS ) I have counsel H6098 NFS and strength H1369 W-NFS for war H4421 : now H6258 ADV on H5921 PREP whom H4310 IPRO dost thou trust H982 , that H3588 CONJ thou rebellest H4775 against me ?
6 Lo H2009 IJEC , thou trustest H982 in H5921 PREP the staff H4938 of this H2088 D-PMS broken H7533 reed H7070 , on H5921 PREP Egypt H4714 EFS ; whereon H834 RPRO if a man H376 NMS lean H5564 , it will go H935 into his hand H3709 , and pierce H5344 it : so H3651 ADV is Pharaoh H6547 EMS king H4428 NMS of Egypt H4714 EFS to all H3605 that trust H982 in H5921 PREP him .
7 But H3588 W-CONJ if thou say H559 W-VQY3MS to H413 PREP me , We trust H982 in H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 : is it not H3808 D-NPAR he H1931 PPRO-3MS , whose H834 RPRO high places H1116 and whose altars H4196 Hezekiah H2396 hath taken away H5493 VHQ3MS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS to Judah H3063 and to Jerusalem H3389 , Ye shall worship H7812 before H6440 L-CMP this H2088 D-PMS altar H4196 D-NMS ?
8 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore give pledges H6149 , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , to H854 PREP my master H113 the king H4428 D-NMS of Assyria H804 GFS , and I will give H5414 thee two thousand H505 horses H5483 , if H518 PART thou be able H3201 VQI2MS on thy part to set H5414 riders H7392 upon H5921 PREP-3MP them .
9 How H349 W-IJEC then wilt thou turn away H7725 the face H6440 CMP of one H259 captain H6346 of the least H6996 of my master H113 \'s servants H5650 , and put thy trust H982 on H5921 PREP Egypt H4714 EFS for chariots H7393 and for horsemen H6571 ?
10 And am I now H6258 W-ADV come up H5927 without H1107 the LORD H3068 EDS against H5921 PREP this H2063 D-DFS land H776 D-GFS to destroy H7843 it ? the LORD H3068 EDS said H559 VQQ3MS unto H413 PREP me , Go up H5927 against H413 PREP this H2063 D-DFS land H776 D-GFS , and destroy H7843 it .
11 Then said H559 W-VQY3MS Eliakim H471 and Shebna H7644 and Joah H3098 unto H413 PREP Rab H7262 - shakeh , Speak H1696 , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , unto H413 PREP thy servants H5650 in the Syrian language H762 ; for H3588 CONJ we H587 understand H8085 it : and speak H1696 not H408 W-NPAR to H413 PREP us in the Jews\' language H3066 , in the ears H241 of the people H5971 that H834 RPRO are on H5921 PREP the wall H2346 .
12 But Rab H7262 - shakeh said H559 W-VQY3MS , Hath my master H113 sent H7971 me to H413 thy master H113 and to H413 W-PREP-2MS thee to speak H1696 these H428 D-DPRO-3MP words H1697 AMP ? hath he not H3808 I-NADV sent me to H5921 PREP the men H376 D-NMP that sit H3427 upon H5921 PREP the wall H2346 , that they may eat H398 L-VQFC their own dung H6675 , and drink H8354 WL-VQFC their own piss H4325 with H5973 you ?
13 Then Rab H7262 - shakeh stood H5975 , and cried H7121 W-VQY3MS with a loud H1419 AMS voice H6963 in the Jews\' language H3066 , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Hear H8085 VQI2MP ye the words H1697 CMP of the great H1419 AMS king H4428 NMS , the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 .
14 Thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the king H4428 D-NMS , Let not H408 NPAR Hezekiah H2396 deceive H5377 you : for H3588 CONJ he shall not H3808 ADV be able H3201 VQY3MS to deliver H5337 L-VHFC you .
15 Neither H408 W-NPAR let Hezekiah H2396 make you trust H982 in H413 PREP the LORD H3068 EDS , saying H559 L-VQFC , The LORD H3068 EDS will surely deliver H5337 us : this H2063 D-DFS city H5892 D-GFS shall not H3808 NADV be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 B-CFS of the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 .
16 Hearken H8085 not H408 ADV to H413 PREP Hezekiah H2396 : for H3588 CONJ thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the king H4428 D-NMS of Assyria H804 GFS , Make H6213 an agreement with H854 PREP-1MS me by a present H1293 , and come out H3318 to H413 PREP me : and eat H398 ye every one H376 NMS of his vine H1612 , and every one H376 NMS of his fig tree H8384 , and drink H8354 W-VQI2MP ye every one H376 NMS the waters H4325 of his own cistern H953 ;
17 Until H5704 PREP I come H935 and take you away H3947 to H413 PREP a land H776 GFS like your own land H776 , a land H776 GFS of corn H1715 and wine H8492 , a land H776 GFS of bread H3899 NMS and vineyards H3754 .
18 Beware lest H6435 CONJ Hezekiah H2396 persuade H5496 you , saying H559 L-VQFC , The LORD H3068 EDS will deliver H5337 us . Hath any H376 NMS of the gods H430 CDP of the nations H1471 D-NMP delivered H5337 his land H776 out of the hand H3027 M-GFS of the king H4428 NMS of Assyria H804 ?
19 Where H346 IGAT are the gods H430 CDP of Hamath H2574 and Arphad H774 ? where H346 IGAT are the gods H430 CDP of Sepharvaim H5617 ? and H3588 have they delivered H5337 Samaria H8111 out of my hand H3027 ?
20 Who H4310 IPRO are they among all H3605 B-CMS the gods H430 CDP of these H428 D-DPRO-3MP lands H776 , that H834 RPRO have delivered H5337 their land H776 out of my hand H3027 , that H3588 CONJ the LORD H3068 EDS should deliver H5337 Jerusalem H3389 out of my hand H3027 ?
21 But they held their peace H2790 , and answered H6030 VQQ3MP him not H3808 ADV a word H1697 VQPMS : for H3588 CONJ the king H4428 D-NMS \'s commandment H4687 CFS was , saying H559 L-VQFC , Answer H6030 him not H3808 NADV .
22 Then came H935 W-VQY3MS Eliakim H471 , the son H1121 of Hilkiah H2518 , that H834 RPRO was over H5921 PREP the household H1004 D-NMS , and Shebna H7644 the scribe H5608 , and Joah H3098 , the son H1121 of Asaph H623 , the recorder H2142 , to H413 PREP Hezekiah H2396 with their clothes H899 rent H7167 , and told H5046 him the words H1697 CMP of Rab H7262 - shakeh .