1 GLT And it happened when King Hezekiah heard, then he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and 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.
2 GLT And he sent Eliakim, who{ was} over the court, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet. BSB BSB: And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz
3 GLT And they said to him,“Thus says Hezekiah,‘This day{ is} a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as sons coming to the opening of the womb, but there is no strength to give 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 the words of the chief commander, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. So, lift up a prayer for the remaining remnant.’” BSB BSB: Perhaps the LORD your God will hear 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 shall say to your master:‘Thus says Yahweh,“Do not be afraid from the face of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have 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 Behold, I shall put a spirit in him, and he will hear a report and go back to his land. And I shall cause him to 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 Then the chief commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had gone away 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 about Tirhakah king of Cush, saying“He has gone out to fight against you,” and he heard{ it}, so he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, BSB BSB: Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king of Cush: “He has set out to fight against you.” On hearing this, Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 GLT “Thus you shall say to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying,‘Do not let your God in whom you trust 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 Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them completely. And will you be rescued? 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 Have the gods of the nations rescued them whom my fathers destroyed: Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and 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 and the king of Arpad and the king of the cities of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’” BSB BSB: Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?’”
14 GLT And Hezekiah received the writings from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then he went up{ to} the house of Yahweh. And Hezekiah spread it out before 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 Yahweh, saying, BSB BSB: And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
16 GLT “Yahweh of hosts, God of Israel, sitting{ by} the cherubim, you{ are} he: you alone{ are} God over all the kingdoms of the earth.{ It is} you{ who} made the heavens and the earth. BSB BSB: “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
17 GLT Turn your ear, Yahweh, and listen. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. BSB BSB: Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
18 GLT Indeed, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their land. BSB BSB: Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries and their lands.
19 GLT And they have put their gods into the fire, for they{ were} not gods but the work of the hands of man, 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.
20 GLT And now, Yahweh our God, save us from his hand; then all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you{ are} Yahweh, you alone.” BSB BSB: And now, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
21 GLT Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,“Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel,‘Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, BSB BSB: Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 GLT this{ is} the word that Yahweh has spoken about him:“The virgin daughter of Zion despises you, scorns you; the daughter of Jerusalem shakes{ her} head at you. 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.
23 GLT Whom have you defied and insulted? And against whom have you exalted{ your} voice and lifted upward your eyes? 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!
24 GLT By the hand of your servants you have defied the Lord and you have said,‘With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, the reaches of Lebanon. And I shall cut down its tall cedars, its choice cypresses, and I shall enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. 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 heights, the densest of its forests.
25 GLT { It is} I who has dug and drunk water; And I dried up all the rivers of Egypt with the soles of my feet.’ 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.”
26 GLT Have you not heard? Long ago I determined it, and made it from days of old. Now I am bringing it to pass, that you should devastate the fortressed cities{ to} heaps of ruins. 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.
27 GLT And their inhabitants, those short of hand, are dismayed and ashamed. They are plants of the field and green grass, grass of the roof or the field, before the face of the east wind. 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.
28 GLT “But your sitting down and your going out and your coming in, I know and your raging against me. BSB BSB: But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
29 GLT Because of your raging against me, and your arrogance coming up to my ears, so I shall put my hook in your nose, and my bit in your mouth, and I shall turn you back to the way by which you came.” 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.’
30 GLT And this{ will be} the sign for you:“This year you will eat wild plants, and in the second year the after- growth. But in the third year you must sow and harvest and plant vineyards and eat the 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.
31 GLT And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and produce fruit above. BSB BSB: And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
32 GLT For from Jerusalem a remnant will come out, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts 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 Therefore, thus says Yahweh about the king of Assyria:“He will not come into this city and he will not shoot an arrow here. And he will not bring near it a shield and he will not build up against it siegeworks. BSB BSB: So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
34 GLT The way by which he came, he will return{ in}, and he will not enter to this city”— the declaration of Yahweh— BSB BSB: He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
35 GLT “and I shall protect over this city, rescuing 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.’”
36 GLT Then the angel of Yahweh went out and struck 185, 000 of the camp of Assyria. And they rose early in the morning, and behold, all of them{ were} dead bodies. BSB BSB: Then 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!
37 GLT Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and traveled and went back. And he stayed in Nineveh. BSB BSB: So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
38 GLT And it happened, he was worshiping{ in} the house of Nisrok his god, and his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer struck him with the sword. And they escaped{ into} the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.
Select verses for actions: Enter goes to them and Escape comes back.