Verse 4
Isaiah 36:4
American Standard Version Byzantine Text
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And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵי/הֶם֙ רַב שָׁקֵ֔ה אִמְרוּ נָ֖א אֶל חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כֹּֽה אָמַ֞ר הַ/מֶּ֤לֶךְ הַ/גָּדוֹל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר מָ֧ה הַ/בִּטָּח֛וֹן הַ/זֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּטָֽחְתָּ
English Translation
And he said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What is this trust that you have trusted?'"
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Chapter 36 Context
1
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came u...
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And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great arm...
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3
Then came forth unto him Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scri...
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4
And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria...
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I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that th...
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6
Behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, whereon if a man lean, i...
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7
But if thou say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God (Elohim): is not that he, whose high places and...
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8
Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two...
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9
How then canst thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put...
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10
And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up ag...
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11
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the S...
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12
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he...
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13
Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words...
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14
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
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15
neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will surely deliver us; this city sh...
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16
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out t...
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17
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of...
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18
Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nati...
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19
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Sa...
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Who are they among all the gods of these countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand...
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But they held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answ...
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Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah,...
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