Isaiah 37 (kjv)

And it came to pass, when king^H4428 Hezekiah^H2396 heard^H8085 it, that he rent^H7167 his clothes^H899, and covered^H3680 himself with sackcloth^H8242, and went^H935 into the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068.²And he sent^H7971 Eliakim^H471, who was over the household^H1004, and Shebna^H7644 the scribe^H5608, and the elders^H2205 of the priests^H3548 covered^H3680 with sackcloth^H8242, unto Isaiah^H3470 the prophet^H5030 the son^H1121 of Amoz^H531.³And they said^H559 unto him, Thus saith^H559 Hezekiah^H2396, This day^H3117 is a day^H3117 of trouble^H6869, and of rebuke^H8433, and of blasphemy^H5007: for the children^H1121 are come^H935 to the birth^H4866, and there is not strength^H3581 to bring forth^H3205.⁴It may be the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 will hear^H8085 the words^H1697 of Rabshakeh^H7262, whom the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 his master^H113 hath sent^H7971 to reproach^H2778 the living^H2416 God^H430, and will reprove^H3198 the words^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath heard^H8085: wherefore lift up^H5375 thy prayer^H8605 for the remnant^H7611 that is left^H4672.⁵So the servants^H5650 of king^H4428 Hezekiah^H2396 came^H935 to Isaiah^H3470.

⁶And Isaiah^H3470 said^H559 unto them, Thus shall ye say^H559 unto your master^H113, Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068, Be not afraid^H3372 of^H6440 the words^H1697 that thou hast heard^H8085, wherewith the servants^H5288 of the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 have blasphemed^H1442 me.⁷Behold, I will send^H5414 a blast^H7307 upon him, and he shall hear^H8085 a rumour^H8052, and return^H7725 to his own land^H776; and I will cause him to fall^H5307 by the sword^H2719 in his own land^H776.

⁸So Rabshakeh^H7262 returned^H7725, and found^H4672 the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 warring^H3898 against Libnah^H3841: for he had heard^H8085 that he was departed^H5265 from Lachish^H3923.⁹And he heard^H8085 say^H559 concerning Tirhakah^H8640 king^H4428 of Ethiopia^H3568, He is come forth^H3318 to make war^H3898 with thee. And when he heard^H8085 it, he sent^H7971 messengers^H4397 to Hezekiah^H2396, saying^H559,¹⁰Thus shall ye speak^H559 to Hezekiah^H2396 king^H4428 of Judah^H3063, saying^H559, Let not thy God^H430, in whom thou trustest^H982, deceive^H5377 thee, saying^H559, Jerusalem^H3389 shall not be given^H5414 into the hand^H3027 of the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804.¹¹Behold, thou hast heard^H8085 what the kings^H4428 of Assyria^H804 have done^H6213 to all lands^H776 by destroying them utterly^H2763; and shalt thou be delivered^H5337?¹²Have the gods^H430 of the nations^H1471 delivered^H5337 them which my fathers^H1 have destroyed^H7843, as Gozan^H1470, and Haran^H2771, and Rezeph^H7530, and the children^H1121 of Eden^H5729 which were in Telassar^H8515?¹³Where is the king^H4428 of Hamath^H2574, and the king^H4428 of Arphad^H774, and the king^H4428 of the city^H5892 of Sepharvaim^H5617, Hena^H2012, and Ivah^H5755?

¹⁴And Hezekiah^H2396 received^H3947 the letter^H5612 from the hand^H3027 of the messengers^H4397, and read^H7121 it: and Hezekiah^H2396 went up^H5927 unto the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068, and spread^H6566 it before^H6440 the LORD^H3068.¹⁵And Hezekiah^H2396 prayed^H6419 unto the LORD^H3068, saying^H559,¹⁶O LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635, God^H430 of Israel^H3478, that dwellest^H3427 between the cherubims^H3742, thou art the God^H430, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776: thou hast made^H6213 heaven^H8064 and earth^H776.¹⁷Incline^H5186 thine ear^H241, O LORD^H3068, and hear^H8085; open^H6491 thine eyes^H5869, O LORD^H3068, and see^H7200: and hear^H8085 all the words^H1697 of Sennacherib^H5576, which hath sent^H7971 to reproach^H2778 the living^H2416 God^H430.¹⁸Of a truth^H551, LORD^H3068, the kings^H4428 of Assyria^H804 have laid waste^H2717 all the nations^H776, and their countries^H776,¹⁹And have cast^H5414 their gods^H430 into the fire^H784: for they were no gods^H430, but the work^H4639 of men's^H120 hands^H3027, wood^H6086 and stone^H68: therefore they have destroyed^H6 them.²⁰Now therefore, O LORD^H3068 our God^H430, save^H3467 us from his hand^H3027, that all the kingdoms^H4467 of the earth^H776 may know^H3045 that thou art the LORD^H3068, even thou only.

²¹Then Isaiah^H3470 the son^H1121 of Amoz^H531 sent^H7971 unto Hezekiah^H2396, saying^H559, Thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel^H3478, Whereas thou hast prayed^H6419 to me against Sennacherib^H5576 king^H4428 of Assyria^H804:²²This is the word^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 hath spoken^H1696 concerning him; The virgin^H1330, the daughter^H1323 of Zion^H6726, hath despised^H959 thee, and laughed thee to scorn;^H3932 the daughter^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389 hath shaken^H5128 her head^H7218 at thee^H310.²³Whom hast thou reproached^H2778 and blasphemed^H1442? and against whom hast thou exalted^H7311 thy voice^H6963, and lifted up^H5375 thine eyes^H5869 on high^H4791? even against the Holy One^H6918 of Israel^H3478.²⁴By^H3027 thy servants^H5650 hast thou reproached^H2778 the Lord^H136, and hast said^H559, By the multitude^H7230 of my chariots^H7393 am I come up^H5927 to the height^H4791 of the mountains^H2022, to the sides^H3411 of Lebanon^H3844; and I will cut down^H3772 the tall^H6967 cedars^H730 thereof, and the choice^H4005 fir trees^H1265 thereof: and I will enter^H935 into the height^H4791 of his border^H7093, and the forest^H3293 of his Carmel^H3760.²⁵I have digged^H6979, and drunk^H8354 water^H4325; and with the sole^H3709 of my feet^H6471 have I dried up^H2717 all the rivers^H2975 of the besieged places^H4693.²⁶Hast thou not heard^H8085 long ago^H7350, how I have done^H6213 it; and of ancient^H6924 times^H3117, that I have formed^H3335 it? now have I brought^H935 it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste^H7582 defenced^H1219 cities^H5892 into ruinous^H5327 heaps^H1530.²⁷Therefore their inhabitants^H3427 were of small^H7116 power^H3027, they were dismayed^H2865 and confounded^H954: they were as the grass^H6212 of the field^H7704, and as the green^H3419 herb^H1877, as the grass^H2682 on the housetops^H1406, and as corn blasted^H7709 before^H6440 it be grown up^H7054.²⁸But I know^H3045 thy abode^H3427, and thy going out^H3318, and thy coming in^H935, and thy rage^H7264 against me.²⁹Because thy rage^H7264 against me, and thy tumult^H7600, is come up^H5927 into mine ears^H241, therefore will I put^H7760 my hook^H2397 in thy nose^H639, and my bridle^H4964 in thy lips^H8193, and I will turn thee back^H7725 by the way^H1870 by which thou camest^H935.³⁰And this shall be a sign^H226 unto thee, Ye shall eat^H398 this year^H8141 such as groweth^H5599 of itself; and the second^H8145 year^H8141 that which springeth^H7823 of the same: and in the third^H7992 year^H8141 sow^H2232 ye, and reap^H7114, and plant^H5193 vineyards^H3754, and eat^H398 the fruit^H6529 thereof.³¹And the remnant^H7604 that is escaped^H6413 of the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063 shall again^H3254 take root^H8328 downward^H4295, and bear^H6213 fruit^H6529 upward^H4605:³²For out of Jerusalem^H3389 shall go forth^H3318 a remnant^H7611, and they that escape^H6413 out of mount^H2022 Zion^H6726: the zeal^H7068 of the LORD^H3068 of hosts^H6635 shall do^H6213 this.³³Therefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 concerning the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804, He shall not come^H935 into this city^H5892, nor shoot^H3384 an arrow^H2671 there, nor come before^H6923 it with shields^H4043, nor cast^H8210 a bank^H5550 against it.³⁴By the way^H1870 that he came^H935, by the same shall he return^H7725, and shall not come^H935 into this city^H5892, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.³⁵For I will defend^H1598 this city^H5892 to save^H3467 it for mine own sake, and for my servant^H5650 David's^H1732 sake.

³⁶Then the angel^H4397 of the LORD^H3068 went forth^H3318, and smote^H5221 in the camp^H4264 of the Assyrians^H804 a hundred^H3967 and fourscore^H8084 and five^H2568 thousand^H505: and when they arose early^H7925 in the morning^H1242, behold, they were all dead^H4191 corpses^H6297.

³⁷So Sennacherib^H5576 king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 departed^H5265, and went^H3212 and returned^H7725, and dwelt^H3427 at Nineveh^H5210.³⁸And it came to pass, as he was worshipping^H7812 in the house^H1004 of Nisroch^H5268 his god^H430, that Adrammelech^H152 and Sharezer^H8272 his sons^H1121 smote^H5221 him with the sword^H2719; and they escaped^H4422 into the land^H776 of Armenia^H780: and Esarhaddon^H634 his son^H1121 reigned^H4427 in his stead.