1995 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Isaiah 36

1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 4 Rabshekeh, sent by Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions soliciteth the people to revolt. 22 His words are told the Hezekiah.

 36:1 Now in the fourteenth 702 6240 year 8141 of King 4428 Hezekiah 2396, Sennacherib 5576 king 4428 of Assyria 804b came 5927 up against 5921 all 3605 the fortified 1219 cities 5892b of Judah 3063 and seized 8610 them.

 36:2 And the king 4428 of Assyria 804b sent 7971 Rabshakeh 7262 from Lachish 3923 to Jerusalem 3389 to King 4428 Hezekiah 2396 with a large 3515 army 2428. And he stood 5975 by the conduit 8585a of the upper 5945a pool 1295 on the highway 4546 of the fuller’s 3526 field 7704.

 36:3 Then Eliakim 471 the son 1121 of Hilkiah 2518, who 834 was over 5921 the household 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5613b, and Joah 3098 the son 1121 of Asaph 623, the recorder 2142, came 3318 out to him.

 36:4 ¶ Then Rabshakeh 7262 said 559 to them, “Say 559 now 4994 to Hezekiah 2396, ‘Thus 3541 says 559 the great 1419 king 4428, the king 4428 of Assyria 804b, “What 4100 is this 2088 confidence 986 that you have 982?

 36:5 “I say 559, ‘Your counsel 6098 and strength 1369 for the war 4421 are only 389 empty 8193 words 1697.’ Now 6258 on whom 4310 do you rely 982, that you have rebelled 4775 against me?

 36:6 “Behold 2009, you rely 982 on the staff 4938b of this 2088 crushed 7533 reed 7070, [even] on Egypt 4714, on which 834 if a man 376 leans 5564, it will go 935 into his hand 3709 and pierce 5344a it. So 3651 is Pharaoh 6547 king 4428 of Egypt 4714 to all 3605 who rely 982 on him.

 36:7 “But if 3588 you say 559 to me, ‘We trust 982 in the LORD 3068 our God 430,’ is it not He whose 834 high 1116 places 1116 and whose altars 4196 Hezekiah 2396 has taken 5493 away 5493 and has said 559 to Judah 3063 and to Jerusalem 3389, ‘You shall worship 7812 before 6440 this 2088 altar 4196’?

 36:8 “Now 6258 therefore, come 4994 make 6148 a bargain 6148 with my master 113 the king 4428 of Assyria 804b, and I will give 5414 you two thousand 505 horses 5483b, if 518 you are able 3201 on your part to set 5414 riders 7392 on them.

 36:9 “How 349 then can you repulse 7725 6440 one 259 official 6346 of the least 6996a of my master’s 113 servants 5650 and rely 982 on Egypt 4714 for chariots 7393 and for horsemen 6571b?

 36:10 “Have I now 6258 come 5927 up without 1107 the LORD’S 3068 approval against 5921 this 384 land 776 to destroy 7843 it? The LORD 3068 said 559 to me, ‘Go 5927 up against 413 this 384 land 776 and destroy 7843 it.’”’”

 36:11 ¶ Then Eliakim 471 and Shebna 7644 and Joah 3098 said 559 to Rabshakeh 7262, “Speak 1696 now 4994 to your servants 5650 in Aramaic 762, for we understand 8085 [it]; and do not speak 1696 with us in Judean 3066 in the hearing 241 of the people 5971a who 834 are on the wall 2346.”

 36:12 But Rabshakeh 7262 said 559, “Has my master 113 sent 7971 me only to your master 113 and to you to speak 1696 these 428 words 1697, [and] not to the men 376 who sit 3427 on the wall 2346, [doomed] to eat 398 their own dung 2716 and drink 8354 their own urine 7890 with you?”

 36:13 ¶ Then Rabshakeh 7262 stood 5975 and cried 7121 with a loud 1419 voice 6963 in Judean 3066 and said 559, “Hear 8085 the words 1697 of the great 1419 king 4428, the king 4428 of Assyria 804b.

 36:14 “Thus 3541 says 559 the king 4428, ‘Do not let Hezekiah 2396 deceive 5378 you, for he will not be able 3201 to deliver 5337 you;

 36:15 nor 408 let Hezekiah 2396 make you trust 982 in the LORD 3068, saying 559, “The LORD 3068 will surely 5337 deliver 5337 us, this 384 city 5892b will not be given 5414 into the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804b.”

 36:16 ‘Do not listen 8085 to Hezekiah 2396,’ for thus 3541 says 559 the king 4428 of Assyria 804b, ‘Make 6213a your peace 1293 with me and come 3318 out to me, and eat 398 each 376 of his vine 1612 and each 376 of his fig 8384 tree 8384 and drink 8354 each 376 of the waters 4325 of his own cistern 953a,

 36:17 until 5704 I come 935 and take 3947 you away to a land 776 like your own land 776, a land 776 of grain 1715 and new 8492 wine 8492, a land 776 of bread 3899 and vineyards 3754.

 36:18 ‘[Beware] that Hezekiah 2396 does not mislead 5496 you, saying 559, “The LORD 3068 will deliver 5337 us.” Has any 376 one 376 of the gods 430 of the nations 1471 delivered 5337 his land 776 from the hand 3027 of the king 4428 of Assyria 804b?

 36:19 ‘Where 346 are the gods 430 of Hamath 2574 and Arpad 774? Where 346 are the gods 430 of Sepharvaim 5617? And when 3588 have they delivered 5337 Samaria 8111 from my hand 3027?

 36:20 ‘Who 4310 among all 3605 the gods 430 of these 428 lands 776 have delivered 5337 their land 776 from my hand 3027, that the LORD 3068 would deliver 5337 Jerusalem 3389 from my hand 3027?’”

 36:21 ¶ But they were silent 2790b and answered 6030a him not a word 1697; for the king’s 4428 commandment 4687 was, “Do not answer 6030a him.”

 36:22 Then Eliakim 471 the son 1121 of Hilkiah 2518, who 834 was over 5921 the household 1004, and Shebna 7644 the scribe 5613b and Joah 3098 the son 1121 of Asaph 623, the recorder 2142, came 935 to Hezekiah 2396 with their clothes 899b torn 7167 and told 5046 him the words 1697 of Rabshakeh 7262.