Verse 8

Isaiah 36:8

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

8 And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand horses, and thou wilt not be able on thy part to find riders for them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּה֙ הִתְעָ֣רֶב נָ֔א אֶת אֲדֹנִ֖/י הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וְ/אֶתְּנָ֤ה לְ/ךָ֙ אַלְפַּ֣יִם סוּסִ֔ים אִם תּוּכַ֕ל לָ֥/תֶת לְ/ךָ֖ רֹכְבִ֥ים עֲלֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And now, I would like to intervene with my lord the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses if you are able to put riders on them.
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Chapter 36 Context
1 And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians... Focus ↗
2 And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias with a great... Focus ↗
3 And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe,... Focus ↗
4 And Rabsaces said to them: Tell Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What... Focus ↗
5 Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art r... Focus ↗
6 Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go... Focus ↗
7 But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the Lord our God (Elohim): is it not he whose high places an... Focus ↗
8 And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand h...
9 And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's serv... Focus ↗
10 And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up ag... Focus ↗
11 And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for... Focus ↗
12 And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these word... Focus ↗
13 Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear the words... Focus ↗
14 Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you. Focus ↗
15 And let not Ezechias make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this c... Focus ↗
16 Do not hearken to Ezechias: for thus said the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for yo... Focus ↗
17 Till I come and take you away to a land, like to your own, a land of corn and of wine, a land of bre... Focus ↗
18 Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nati... Focus ↗
19 Where is the god of Emath and of Arphad? where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they delivered Samaria... Focus ↗
20 Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that... Focus ↗
21 And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer h... Focus ↗
22 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of... Focus ↗