1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

2 Kings 19

1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them. 6 Isaiah comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah's prayer. 20 Isaiah's prophecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion. 35 An angel slayeth the Assyrians. 36 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons.

 19:1 And when King 4428 Hezekiah 2396 heard 8085 [it], he tore 7167 his clothes 899b, covered 3680 himself with sackcloth 8242 and entered 935 the house 1004 of the LORD 3068.

 19:2 Then he sent 7971 Eliakim 471 who 834 was over 5921 the household 1004 with Shebna 7644 the scribe 5613b and the elders 2205 of the priests 3548, covered 3680 with sackcloth 8242, to Isaiah 3470b the prophet 5030 the son 1121 of Amoz 531.

 19:3 They said 559 to him, “Thus 3541 says 559 Hezekiah 2396, ‘This 2088 day 3117 is a day 3117 of distress 6869a, rebuke 8433a, and rejection 5007a; for children 1121 have come 935 to birth 4866 and there 369 is no 369 strength 3581b to [deliver].

 19:4 ‘Perhaps 194 the LORD 3068 your God 430 will hear 8085 all 3605 the words 1697 of Rabshakeh 7262, whom 834 his master 113 the king 4428 of Assyria 804b has sent 7971 to reproach 2778a the living 2416a God 430, and will rebuke 3198 the words 1697 which 834 the LORD 3068 your God 430 has heard 8085. Therefore, offer 5375 a prayer 8605 for the remnant 7611 that is left 4672.’”

 19:5 So the servants 5650 of King 4428 Hezekiah 2396 came 935 to Isaiah 3470b.

 19:6 Isaiah 3470b said 559 to them, “Thus 3541 you shall say 559 to your master 113, ‘Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, “Do not be afraid 3372a because 4480 6440 of the words 1697 that you have heard 8085, with which 834 the servants 5288 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804b have blasphemed 1442 Me.

 19:7 “Behold 2009, I will put 5414 a spirit 7307 in him so that he will hear 8085 a rumor 8052 and return 7725 to his own land 776. And I will make him fall 5307 by the sword 2719 in his own land 776.”’”

 19:8 ¶ Then Rabshakeh 7262 returned 7725 and found 4672 the king 4428 of Assyria 804b fighting 3898a against 5921 Libnah 3841, for he had heard 8085 that the king had left 5265 Lachish 3923.

 19:9 When he heard 8085 [them] say 559 concerning 413 Tirhakah 8640 king 4428 of Cush 3568a, “Behold 2009, he has come 3318 out to fight 3898a against 854 you,” he sent 7971 messengers 4397 again 7725 to Hezekiah 2396 saying 559,

 19:10 “Thus 3541 you shall say 559 to Hezekiah 2396 king 4428 of Judah 3063, ‘Do not let your God 430 in whom 834 you trust 982 deceive 5378 you saying 559, “Jerusalem 3389 will not be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804b.”

 19:11 ‘Behold 2009, you have heard 8085 what 834 the kings 4428 of Assyria 804b have done 6213a to all 3605 the lands 776, destroying 2763a them completely 2763a. So will you be spared 5337?

 19:12 ‘Did the gods 430 of those nations 1471 which 834 my fathers 1 destroyed 7843 deliver 5337 them, [even] Gozan 1470 and Haran 2771a and Rezeph 7530 and the sons 1121 of Eden 5729 who 834 [were] in Telassar 8515?

 19:13 ‘Where 335 is the king 4428 of Hamath 2574, the king 4428 of Arpad 774, the king 4428 of the city 5892b of Sepharvaim 5617, and [of] Hena 2012 and Ivvah 5755?’”

 19:14 ¶ Then Hezekiah 2396 took 3947 the letter 5612 from the hand 3027 of the messengers 4397 and read 7121 it, and he went 5927 up to the house 1004 of the LORD 3068 and spread 6566 it out before 6440 the LORD 3068.

 19:15 Hezekiah 2396 prayed 6419 before 6440 the LORD 3068 and said 559, “O LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, who are enthroned 3427 [above] the cherubim 3742, You are the God 430, You alone 905, of all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776. You have made 6213a heaven 8064 and earth 776.

 19:16 “Incline 5186 Your ear 241, O LORD 3068, and hear 8085; open 6491b Your eyes 5869, O LORD 3068, and see 7200; and listen 8085 to the words 1697 of Sennacherib 5576, which 834 he has sent 7971 to reproach 2778a the living 2416a God 430.

 19:17 “Truly 551, O LORD 3068, the kings 4428 of Assyria 804b have devastated 2717b the nations 1471 and their lands 776

 19:18 and have cast 5414 their gods 430 into the fire 784, for they were not gods 430 but the work 4639 of men’s 120 hands 3027, wood 6086 and stone 68. So they have destroyed 6 them.

 19:19 “Now 6258, O LORD 3068 our God 430, I pray 4994, deliver 3467 us from his hand 3027 that all 3605 the kingdoms 4467 of the earth 776 may know 3045 that You alone 905, O LORD 3068, are God 430.”

 19:20 ¶ Then Isaiah 3470b the son 1121 of Amoz 531 sent 7971 to Hezekiah 2396 saying 559, “Thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068, the God 430 of Israel 3478, ‘Because 834 you have prayed 6419 to Me about 413 Sennacherib 5576 king 4428 of Assyria 804b, I have heard 8085 [you].’

 19:21 “This 2088 is the word 1697 that the LORD 3068 has spoken 1696 against 5921 him: ‘She has despised 959 you and mocked 3932 you, The virgin 1330 daughter 1323 of Zion 6726; She has shaken 5128 [her] head 7218 behind 310 you, The daughter 1323 of Jerusalem 3389!

 19:22 ‘Whom 4310 have you reproached 2778a and blasphemed 1442? And against 5921 whom 4310 have you raised 7311 [your] voice 6963, And haughtily 4791 lifted 5375 up your eyes 5869? Against 5921 the Holy 6918 One 6918 of Israel 3478!

 19:23 ‘Through 3027 your messengers 4397 you have reproached 2778a the Lord 136, And you have said 559, “With my many 7230 chariots 7393 I came 5927 up to the heights 4791 of the mountains 2022, To the remotest 3411 parts 3411 of Lebanon 3844; And I cut 3772 down 3772 its tall 6967 cedars 730 [and] its choice 4004 cypresses 1265. And I entered 935 its farthest 7093 lodging 4411 place 4411, its thickest 3759 forest 3293a.

 19:24 “I dug 6979 [wells] and drank 8354 foreign 2114a waters 4325, And with the sole 3709 of my feet 6471 I dried 2717a up All 3605 the rivers 2975 of Egypt 4693.”

 19:25 ¶ ‘Have you not heard 8085? Long 7350 ago 7350 I did 6213a it; From ancient 6924a times 3117 6924a I planned 3335 it. Now 6258 I have brought 935 it to pass 935, That you should turn 1961 7582 fortified 1219 cities 5892b into ruinous 5327c heaps 1530.

 19:26 ‘Therefore their inhabitants 3427 were short 7116 of strength 3027, They were dismayed 2865 and put 954 to shame 954; They were as the vegetation 6212a of the field 7704 and as the green 3419 herb 1877, As grass 2682 on the housetops 1406 is scorched 7711a before 6440 it is grown 7054 up.

 19:27 ‘But I know 3045 your sitting 3427 down 3427, And your going 3318 out and your coming 935 in, And your raging 7264 against 413 Me.

 19:28 ‘Because 3282 of your raging 7264 against 413 Me, And because your arrogance 7600 has come 5927 up to My ears 241, Therefore I will put 7760 My hook 2397 in your nose 639, And My bridle 4964 in your lips 8193, And I will turn 7725 you back 7725 by the way 1870 which 834 you came 935.

 19:29 ¶ ‘Then this 2088 shall be the sign 226 for you: you will eat 398 this year 8141 what 5599b grows 5599b of itself, in the second 8145 year 8141 what 5501b springs 5501b from the same, and in the third 7992 year 8141 sow 2232, reap 7114b, plant 5193 vineyards 3754, and eat 398 their fruit 6529.

 19:30 ‘The surviving 7604 remnant 7604 of the house 1004 of Judah 3063 will again 3254 take root 8328 downward 4295 and bear 6213a fruit 6529 upward 4605.

 19:31 ‘For out of Jerusalem 3389 will go 3318 forth 3318 a remnant 7611, and out of Mount 2022 Zion 6726 survivors 6413. The zeal 7068 of the LORD 3068 will perform 6213a this 2088.

 19:32 ¶ ‘Therefore 3651 thus 3541 says 559 the LORD 3068 concerning 413 the king 4428 of Assyria 804b, “He will not come 935 to this 2088 city 5892b or shoot 3384 an arrow 2671 there 8033; and he will not come 6923 before 6923 it with a shield 4043 or 3808 throw 8210 up a siege 5550 ramp 5550 against 5921 it.

 19:33 “By the way 1870 that he came 935, by the same he will return 7725, and he shall not come 935 to this 2088 city 5892b,”’ declares 5002 the LORD 3068.

 19:34 ‘For I will defend 1598 this 2088 city 5892b to save 3467 it for My own sake 4616 and for My servant 5650 David’s 1732 sake 4616.’”

 19:35 ¶ Then it happened 1961 that night 3915 that the angel 4397 of the LORD 3068 went 3318 out and struck 5221 185,000 3967 8084 2568 505 in the camp 4264 of the Assyrians 804b; and when men rose 7925 early 7925 in the morning 1242, behold 2009, all 3605 of them were dead 4191 6297.

 19:36 So Sennacherib 5576 king 4428 of Assyria 804b departed 5265 and returned 7725 [home], and lived 3427 at Nineveh 5210.

 19:37 It came 1961 about as he was worshiping 7812 in the house 1004 of Nisroch 5268 his god 430, that Adrammelech 152 and Sharezer 8272 killed 5221 him with the sword 2719; and they escaped 4422 into the land 776 of Ararat 780. And Esarhaddon 634 his son 1121 became 4427a king 4427a in his place 8478.