1 GLT And it happened when King Hezekiah heard, and he tore his clothes, and he covered himself with sackcloth, and he went{ into} the house of Yahweh. BSB BSB: On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
3 GLT And they said to him,“Thus says Hezekiah,‘This day{ is} a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, for sons have come up to the birth canal, but there is no strength for birth. BSB BSB: to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of distress, rebuke, and disgrace; for children have come to the point of birth, but there is no strength to deliver them.
4 GLT Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of the chief commander, who the king of Assyria his lord sent him to defy the living God, and he will reproach the words that Yahweh your God has heard. And you will lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is found.’” BSB BSB: Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to defy the living God, and He will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up a prayer for the remnant that still survives.”
5 GLT And the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, BSB BSB: So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
6 GLT and Isaiah said to them,“Thus you will say to your lord:‘Thus says Yahweh,“Do not be afraid from the face of the words that you have heard,{ with} which the young men of the king of Assyria insulted me. BSB BSB: who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.
7 GLT Look at me— giving a spirit on him, and he will hear a report, and he will return to his land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his land.”’” BSB BSB: Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
8 GLT And the chief commander returned, and he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that he pulled out from from Lachish. BSB BSB: When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
9 GLT And he heard concerning Tirhakah the king of Cush, saying,“Look— he went out to fight with you.” And he returned, and he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, BSB BSB: Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “Look, he has set out to fight against you.” So Sennacherib again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 GLT “Thus you will say to Hezekiah the king of Judah, saying‘Do not let your God whom you are trusting in him deceive you, saying,“Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” BSB BSB: “Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
11 GLT Look— you yourself have heard that which the kings of Assyria did to all the lands by destroying them. But you yourself will be delivered? BSB BSB: Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?
12 GLT Did the gods of the nations that my fathers destroyed rescue them: Gozan or Haran or Rezeph or the sons of Eden who{ were} in Tel Assar? BSB BSB: Did the gods of the nations destroyed by my fathers rescue those nations—the gods of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and of the people of Eden in Telassar?
13 GLT Where{ is} the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad or the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivvah?’” BSB BSB: Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
14 GLT And Hezekiah took the letters from the hand of the messengers, and he read them. And he went up{ to} the house of Yahweh, and Hezekiah spread it out to the face of Yahweh. BSB BSB: So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
15 GLT And Hezekiah prayed to the face of Yahweh, and he said,“Yahweh the God of Israel, dwelling{ above} the cherubim, you{ are} he— the God, you alone, over all the kingdoms of the earth. You yourself made the heavens and the earth. BSB BSB: And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
16 GLT Stretch out your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. And hear the words of Sennacherib, that he sent it to mock the living God. BSB BSB: Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
17 GLT Truly, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their land. BSB BSB: Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands.
18 GLT And they have given their gods into the fire, for they{ are} not gods, but rather{ the} work of{ the} hands of humanity, wood and stone, and they have destroyed them. BSB BSB: They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
19 GLT But now Yahweh our God, save us, please, from his hand, and all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Yahweh,{ are} God, you alone.” BSB BSB: And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
20 GLT And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,“Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel:‘Because you prayed to me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyria, I have listened. BSB BSB: Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
21 GLT This{ is} the word that Yahweh has spoken about him:“She despises you; she derides you, a maiden, the daughter of Zion. She shakes a head after you, the daughter of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
22 GLT Whom have you mocked and have you taunted? And against whom have you raised a voice and have you lifted your eyes upward? Against the Holy One of Israel! BSB BSB: Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 GLT By the hand of your messengers you mocked my Lord, and you said,‘With the multitude of my chariots I myself went up{ to} the heights of the mountains, the highest elevations of Lebanon. And I cut down the heights of its cedars, the choicest of its cypress trees, so that I may enter the lodging place of its end, the forest of its orchard. BSB BSB: Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.
24 GLT I myself dug, and I drank foreign waters. And I dried up, with the sole of my footstep, all the rivers of Egypt.’ BSB BSB: I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
25 GLT Did you not hear from long ago, I put it; from days of old, and I planned it? Now I have brought it, and it will happen by laying waste{ into} heaps of ruins fortified cities. BSB BSB: Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
26 GLT And their inhabitants{ are} short of hand— they are dismayed, and they are ashamed. They are plants of{ the} field or a shoot of grass, grass of roofs, scorching heat to the face of standing grain. BSB BSB: Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
27 GLT But I know your sitting down and your going out and your coming in and your raging against me. BSB BSB: But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
28 GLT Because of your raging against me, and your arrogance has gone up in my ears, and I will put my hook in your nose, and my bit in your lips. And I will turn you back on the path that you came on it.” BSB BSB: Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
29 GLT And this{ is} the sign for you: the{ first} year, eating what grows of itself, and in the second year, self- seeded plant. But in the third year, sow and harvest and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. BSB BSB: And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
30 GLT And the remaining survivors of the house of Judah will again{ be} a root downward, and it will make fruit upward. BSB BSB: And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
31 GLT For from Jerusalem a remnant will come out and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh will do this. BSB BSB: For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
33 GLT By the way which he came on it, he will return, and he will not enter into this city,” declares Yahweh. BSB BSB: He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
34 GLT “For I will defend over this city to save it, for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.”’” BSB BSB: I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
35 GLT And it happened during that night, and the angel of Yahweh went out, and he struck in the camp of Assyria 185, 000{ men}. And they got up early in the morning, and look— all of them{ were} dead corpses. BSB BSB: And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
36 GLT And he pulled out, and he went, and Sennacherib the king of Assyria returned, and he stayed in Nineveh. BSB BSB: So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
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