Isaiah 36:1
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth{H702}{H6240} year{H8141} of king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396}, that Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} came up{H5927}{(H8804)} against all the defenced{H1219}{(H8803)} cities{H5892} of Judah{H3063}, and took{H8610}{(H8799)} them.
Isaiah 36:2
And the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} Rabshakeh{H7262} from Lachish{H3923} to Jerusalem{H3389} unto king{H4428} Hezekiah{H2396} with a great{H3515} army{H2426}. And he stood{H5975}{(H8799)} by the conduit{H8585} of the upper{H5945} pool{H1295} in the highway{H4546} of the fuller's{H3526}{(H8801)} field{H7704}.
Isaiah 36:3
Then came forth{H3318}{(H8799)} unto him Eliakim{H471}, Hilkiah's{H2518} son{H1121}, which was over the house{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and Joah{H3098}, Asaph's{H623} son{H1121}, the recorder{H2142}{(H8688)}.
Isaiah 36:4
And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Say{H559}{(H8798)} ye now to Hezekiah{H2396}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the great{H1419} king{H4428}, the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest{H982}{(H8804)}?
Isaiah 36:5
I say{H559}{(H8804)}, sayest thou,(but they are but vain{H8193} words{H1697}) I have counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for war{H4421}: now on whom dost thou trust{H982}{(H8804)}, that thou rebellest{H4775}{(H8804)} against me?
Isaiah 36:6
Lo, thou trustest{H982}{(H8804)} in the staff{H4938} of this broken{H7533}{(H8803)} reed{H7070}, on Egypt{H4714}; whereon if a man{H376} lean{H5564}{(H8735)}, it will go{H935}{(H8804)} into his hand{H3709}, and pierce{H5344}{(H8804)} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} to all that trust{H982}{(H8802)} in him.
Isaiah 36:7
But if thou say{H559}{(H8799)} to me, We trust{H982}{(H8804)} in the LORD{H3068} our God{H430}: is it not he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away{H5493}{(H8689)}, and said{H559}{(H8799)} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem{H3389}, Ye shall worship{H7812}{(H8691)} before{H6440} this altar{H4196}?
Isaiah 36:8
Now therefore give pledges{H6148}{(H8690)}, I pray thee, to my master{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, and I will give{H5414}{(H8799)} thee two thousand{H505} horses{H5483}, if thou be able{H3201}{(H8799)} on thy part to set{H5414}{(H8800)} riders{H7392}{(H8802)} upon them.
Isaiah 36:9
How then wilt thou turn away{H7725}{(H8686)} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants{H5650}, and put thy trust{H982}{(H8799)} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen{H6571}?
Isaiah 36:10
And am I now come up{H5927}{(H8804)} without{H1107} the LORD{H3068} against this land{H776} to destroy{H7843}{(H8687)} it? the LORD{H3068} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto me, Go up{H5927}{(H8798)} against this land{H776}, and destroy{H7843}{(H8685)} it.
Isaiah 36:11
Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471} and Shebna{H7644} and Joah{H3098} unto Rabshakeh{H7262}, Speak{H1696}{(H8761)}, I pray thee, unto thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language{H762}; for we understand{H8085}{(H8802)} it: and speak{H1696}{(H8762)} not to us in the Jews' language{H3066}, in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall{H2346}.
Isaiah 36:12
But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to thy master{H113} and to thee to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} these words{H1697}? hath he not sent me to the men{H582} that sit{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the wall{H2346}, that they may eat{H398}{(H8800)} their own dung{H2716}{(H8676)}{H6675}, and drink{H8354}{(H8800)} their own piss{H4325}{H7272}{(H8675)}{H7890} with you?
Isaiah 36:13
Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood{H5975}{(H8799)}, and cried{H7121}{(H8799)} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language{H3066}, and said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye the words{H1697} of the great{H1419} king{H4428}, the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}.
Isaiah 36:14
Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the king{H4428}, Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377}{(H8686)} you: for he shall not be able{H3201}{(H8799)} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)} you.
Isaiah 36:15
Neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982}{(H8686)} in the LORD{H3068}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} will surely{H5337}{(H8687)} deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} us: this city{H5892} shall not be delivered{H5414}{(H8735)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}.
Isaiah 36:16
Hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} not to Hezekiah{H2396}: for thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}, Make{H6213}{(H8798)} an agreement with me by a present{H1293}, and come out{H3318}{(H8798)} to me: and eat{H398}{(H8798)} ye every one{H376} of his vine{H1612}, and every one{H376} of his fig tree{H8384}, and drink{H8354}{(H8798)} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his own cistern{H953};
Isaiah 36:17
Until I come{H935}{(H8800)} and take you away{H3947}{(H8804)} to a land{H776} like your own land{H776}, a land{H776} of corn{H1715} and wine{H8492}, a land{H776} of bread{H3899} and vineyards{H3754}.
Isaiah 36:18
Beware lest Hezekiah{H2396} persuade{H5496}{(H8686)} you, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} will deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} us. Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria{H804}?
Isaiah 36:19
Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath{H2574} and Arphad{H774}? where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim{H5617}? and have they delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} Samaria{H8111} out of my hand{H3027}?
Isaiah 36:20
Who are they among all the gods{H430} of these lands{H776}, that have delivered{H5337}{(H8689)} their land{H776} out of my hand{H3027}, that the LORD{H3068} should deliver{H5337}{(H8686)} Jerusalem{H3389} out of my hand{H3027}?
Isaiah 36:21
But they held their peace{H2790}{(H8686)}, and answered{H6030}{(H8804)} him not a word{H1697}: for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Answer{H6030}{(H8799)} him not.
Isaiah 36:22
Then came{H935}{(H8799)} Eliakim{H471}, the son{H1121} of Hilkiah{H2518}, that was over the household{H1004}, and Shebna{H7644} the scribe{H5608}{(H8802)}, and Joah{H3098}, the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623}, the recorder{H2142}{(H8688)}, to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent{H7167}{(H8803)}, and told{H5046}{(H8686)} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh{H7262}.