Verse 25

2 Kings 19:25

Geneva Bible

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25 Hast thou not heard, howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I nowe bring it, that it should be destroyed, and laid on ruinous heapes, as cities defensed?

Original Language Text

hebrew

הֲ/לֹֽא שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְ/מֵֽ/רָחוֹק֙ אֹתָ֣/הּ עָשִׂ֔יתִי לְ/מִ֥/ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִֽ/יצַרְתִּ֑י/הָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵיאתִ֗י/הָ וּ/תְהִ֗י לַ/הְשׁ֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻרֽוֹת

English Translation

Have you not heard from afar? I have made it from days of old, and now I have brought it, and it will be to lay waste cities into ruin.

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Chapter 19 Context

1 And when King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and put on sackecloth, and came into the house... Focus ↗

2 And sent Eliakim which was the stewarde of the house, and Shebnah the chanceller, and the Elders of... Focus ↗

3 And they said vnto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of tribulation and of rebuke, and bla... Focus ↗

4 If so be the Lord thy God (Elohim) hath heard all the wordes of Rabshakeh, whome the King of Asshur... Focus ↗

5 So the seruants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. Focus ↗

6 And Isaiah said vnto them, So shall ye say to your master, Thus sayeth the Lord, Be not afraide of t... Focus ↗

7 Beholde, I will sende a blast vpon him, and he shall heare a noyse, and returne to his owne lande: a... Focus ↗

8 So Rabshakeh returned, and founde the King of Asshur fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that... Focus ↗

9 He heard also men say of Tirhakah King of Ethiopia, Beholde, he is come out to fight against thee: h... Focus ↗

10 Thus shall ye speake to Hezekiah King of Iudah, and say, Let not thy God (Elohim) deceiue thee in wh... Focus ↗

11 Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all landes, how they haue destroyed t... Focus ↗

12 Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them which my fathers haue destroyed? as Gozan, and Haran, an... Focus ↗

13 Where is the King of Hamath, and the King of Arpad, and the King of the citie of Shepharuaim, Hena a... Focus ↗

14 So Hezekiah receiued the letter of the hande of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went vp in... Focus ↗

15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and saide, O Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, which dwellest betwee... Focus ↗

16 Lord, bow downe thine eare, and heare: Lord open thine eyes and behold, and heare the wordes of Sane... Focus ↗

17 Trueth it is, Lord, that the Kings of Asshur haue destroyed the nations and their landes, Focus ↗

18 And haue set fire on their gods: for they were no gods, but the worke of mans hands, euen wood and s... Focus ↗

19 Nowe therefore, O Lord our God (Elohim), I beseech thee, saue thou vs out of his hande, that all the... Focus ↗

20 Then Isaiah the sonne of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim) of Israel,... Focus ↗

21 This is the worde that the Lord hath spoken against him, O Virgine, daughter of Zion, he hath despis... Focus ↗

22 Whome hast thou railed on? and whome hast thou blasphemed? and against whome hast thou exalted thy v... Focus ↗

23 By thy messengers thou hast rayled on the Lord, and said, By the multitude of my charets I am come v... Focus ↗

24 I haue digged, and drunke the waters of others, and with the plant of my feete haue I dried all the... Focus ↗

25 Hast thou not heard, howe I haue of olde time made it, and haue formed it long ago? and should I now...

26 Whose inhabitants haue small power, and are afraid, and confounded: they are like the grasse of the... Focus ↗

27 I knowe thy dwelling, yea, thy going out, and thy comming in, and thy furie against me. Focus ↗

28 And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares, I will put mine hooke i... Focus ↗

29 And this shalbe a signe vnto thee, O Hezekiah, Thou shalt eate this yeere such things as growe of th... Focus ↗

30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Iudah, shall againe take roote downewarde, and beare... Focus ↗

31 For out of Ierusalem shall goe a remnant, and some that shall escape out of mount Zion: the zeale of... Focus ↗

32 Wherefore thus saith the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, no... Focus ↗

33 But he shall returne the way he came, and shall not come into this citie, saith the Lord. Focus ↗

34 For I will defende this citie to saue it for mine owne sake, and for Dauid my seruants sake. Focus ↗

35 And the same night the Angell of the Lord went out and smote in the campe of Asshur an hundreth four... Focus ↗

36 So Saneherib King of Asshur departed, and went his way, and returned, and dwelt in Nineueh. Focus ↗

37 And as he was in the Temple worshipping Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sonnes slewe hi... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 19 (37 verses)
Version: Geneva Bible

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