1.  AND it came to pass, when king

Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

clothes, and covered himself with

sackcloth, and went into the house

of the LORD.

2.  And he sent Eliakim, who was

over the household, and Shebna the

scribe, and the elders of the priests

covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah

the prophet the son of Amoz.

3.  And they said unto him, Thus

saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and of

blasphemy: for the children are

come to the birth, and there is not

strength to bring forth.

4.  It may be the LORD thy God will

hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom

the king of Assyria his master hath

sent to reproach the living God, and

will reprove the words which the

LORD thy God hath heard: where-

fore lift up thy prayer for the rem-

nant that is left.

5.  So the servants of king Hezekiah

came to Isaiah.

6.  ¶ And Isaiah said unto them,

Thus shall ye say unto your master,

Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid

of the words that thou hast heard,

wherewith the servants of the king

of Assyria have blasphemed me.

7.  Behold, I will send a blast upon

him, and he shall hear a rumour,

and return to his own land; and I

will cause him to fall by the sword in

his own land.

8.  ¶ So Rabshakeh returned, and

found the king of Assyria warring a-

gainst Libnah: for he had heard that

he was departed from Lachish.

9.  And he heard say concerning

Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is

come forth to make war with thee.

And when he heard it, he sent mes-

sengers to Hezekiah, saying,

10.  Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah

king of Judah, saying, Let not thy

God, in whom thou trustest, deceive

thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be

given into the hand of the king of

Assyria.

11.  Behold, thou hast heard what

the kings of Assyria have done to all

lands by destroying them utterly;

and shalt thou be delivered?

12.  Have the gods of the nations de-

livered them which my fathers have

destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran,

and Rezeph, and the children of

Eden which were in Telassar?

37:13 Where is the king of Hamath,

and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

14.  ¶ And Hezekiah received the

letter from the hand of the messen-

gers, and read it: and Hezekiah

went up unto the house of the LORD,

and spread it before the LORD.

15.  And Hezekiah prayed unto the

LORD, saying,

16.  O LORD of hosts, God of Israel,

that dwellest between the cheru-

bims, thou art the God, even thou

alone, of all the kingdoms of the

earth: thou hast made heaven and

earth.

17.  Incline thine ear, O LORD, and

hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and

see: and hear all the words of Senna-

cherib, which hath sent to reproach

the living God.

18.  Of a truth, LORD, the kings of

Assyria have laid waste all the na-

tions, and their countries,

19.  And have cast their gods into

the fire: for they were no gods, but

the work of men's hands, wood and

stone: therefore they have de-

stroyed them.

20.  Now therefore, O LORD our God,

save us from his hand, that all the

kingdoms of the earth may know that

thou art the LORD, even thou only.

21.  ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz

sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus

saith the LORD God of Israel, Where-

as thou hast prayed to me against

Sennacherib king of Assyria:

22.  This is the word which the LORD

hath spoken concerning him; The

virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath

despised thee, and laughed thee to

scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem

hath shaken her head at thee.

23.  Whom hast thou reproached

and blasphemed? and against whom

hast thou exalted thy voice, and

lifted up thine eyes on high? even a-

gainst the Holy One of Israel.

24.  By thy servants hast thou re-

proached the Lord, and hast said,

By the multitude of my chariots am

I come up to the height of the moun-

tains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I

will cut down the tall cedars there-

of, and the choice fir trees thereof:

and I will enter into the height of his

border, and the forest of his Carmel.

25.  I have digged, and drunk water;

and with the sole of my feet have I

dried up all the rivers of the besieged

places.

26.  Hast thou not heard long ago,

how I have done it; and of ancient

times, that I have formed it? now

have I brought it to pass, that thou

shouldest be to lay waste defenced

cities into ruinous heaps.

27.  Therefore their inhabitants

were of small power, they were dis-

mayed and confounded: they were

as the grass of the field, and as the

green herb, as the grass on the house-

tops, and as corn blasted before it be

grown up.

28.  But I know thy abode, and thy

going out, and thy coming in, and

thy rage against me.

29.  Because thy rage against me,

and thy tumult, is come up into

mine ears, therefore will I put my

hook in thy nose, and my bridle in

thy lips, and I will turn thee back by

the way by which thou camest.

30.  And this shall be a sign unto

thee, Ye shall eat this year such as

groweth of itself; and the second

year that which springeth of the

same: and in the third year sow ye,

and reap, and plant vineyards, and

eat the fruit thereof.

31.  And the remnant that is escaped

of the house of Judah shall again

take root downward, and bear fruit

upward:

32.  For out of Jerusalem shall go

forth a remnant, and they that

escape out of mount Zion: the zeal

of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

33.  Therefore thus saith the LORD

concerning the king of Assyria, He

shall not come into this city, nor

shoot an arrow there, nor come be-

fore it with shields, nor cast a bank

against it.

34.  By the way that he came, by the

same shall he return, and shall not

come into this city, saith the LORD.

35.  For I will defend this city to

save it for mine own sake, and for

my servant David's sake.

36.  Then the angel of the LORD

went forth, and smote in the camp of

the Assyrians a hundred and four-

score and five thousand: and when

they arose early in the morning,

behold, they were all dead corpses.

37.  ¶ So Sennacherib king of As-

syria departed, and went and re-

turned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

38.  And it came to pass, as he was

worshipping in the house of Nisroch

his god, that Adrammelech and

Sharezer his sons smote him with the

sword; and they escaped into the

land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon

his son reigned in his stead.