Isaiah 37
1 And it came to pass, when
king Hezekiah heard it, that he
rent his
clothes, and
covered himself with
sackcloth, and
went into the
house of the
LORD. 2 And he
sent Eliakim, who was over the
household, and
Shebna the
scribe, and the
elders of the
priests covered with
sackcloth, unto
Isaiah the
prophet the
son of
Amoz. 3 And they
said unto him, Thus
saith Hezekiah, This
day is a
day of
trouble, and of
rebuke, and of
blasphemy: for the
children are
come to the
birth, and there is not
strength to bring
forth.
4 It may be the
LORD thy
God will
hear the
words of
Rabshakeh, whom the
king of
Assyria his
master hath
sent to
reproach the
living God, and will
reprove the
words which the
LORD thy
God hath
heard: wherefore lift
up thy
prayer for the
remnant that is
left.
5 So the
servants of
king Hezekiah came to
Isaiah. 6 And
Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye
say unto your
master, Thus
saith the
LORD, Be not
afraid of the
words that thou hast
heard, wherewith the
servants of the
king of
Assyria have
blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I will
send a
blast upon him, and he shall
hear a
rumour, and
return to his own
land; and I will cause him to
fall by the
sword in his own
land. 8 So
Rabshakeh returned, and
found the
king of
Assyria warring against
Libnah: for he had
heard that he was
departed from
Lachish. 9 And he
heard say concerning
Tirhakah king of
Ethiopia, He is come
forth to make
war with thee. And when he
heard it, he
sent messengers to
Hezekiah, saying,
10 Thus shall ye
speak to
Hezekiah king of
Judah, saying, Let not thy
God, in whom thou
trustest,
deceive thee,
saying,
Jerusalem shall not be
given into the
hand of the
king of
Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast
heard what the
kings of
Assyria have
done to all
lands by destroying them
utterly; and shalt thou be
delivered?
12 Have the
gods of the
nations delivered them which my
fathers have
destroyed, as
Gozan, and
Haran, and
Rezeph, and the
children of
Eden which were in
Telassar? 13 Where is the
king of
Hamath, and the
king of
Arphad, and the
king of the
city of
Sepharvaim, Hena, and
Ivah? 14 And
Hezekiah received the
letter from the
hand of the
messengers, and
read it: and
Hezekiah went
up unto the
house of the
LORD, and
spread it
before the
LORD. 15 And
Hezekiah prayed unto the
LORD, saying,
16 O
LORD of
hosts, God of
Israel, that
dwellest between the
cherubims, thou art the
God, even thou alone, of all the
kingdoms of the
earth: thou hast
made heaven and
earth. 17 Incline thine
ear, O
LORD, and
hear;
open thine
eyes, O
LORD, and
see: and
hear all the
words of
Sennacherib, which hath
sent to
reproach the
living God. 18 Of a
truth, LORD, the
kings of
Assyria have laid
waste all the
nations, and their
countries, 19 And have
cast their
gods into the
fire: for they were no
gods, but the
work of
men's hands, wood and
stone: therefore they have
destroyed them.
20 Now therefore, O
LORD our
God, save us from his
hand, that all the
kingdoms of the
earth may
know that thou art the
LORD, even thou only.
21 Then
Isaiah the
son of
Amoz sent unto
Hezekiah, saying, Thus
saith the
LORD God of
Israel, Whereas thou hast
prayed to me against
Sennacherib king of
Assyria: 22 This is the
word which the
LORD hath
spoken concerning him; The
virgin, the
daughter of
Zion, hath
despised thee, and laughed thee to
scorn; the
daughter of
Jerusalem hath
shaken her
head at
thee. 23 Whom hast thou
reproached and
blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy
voice, and lifted
up thine
eyes on
high? even against the Holy
One of
Israel. 24 By thy
servants hast thou
reproached the
Lord, and hast
said, By the
multitude of my
chariots am I come
up to the
height of the
mountains, to the
sides of
Lebanon; and I will cut
down the
tall cedars thereof, and the
choice fir
trees thereof: and I will
enter into the
height of his
border, and the
forest of his
Carmel. 25 I have
digged, and
drunk water; and with the
sole of my
feet have I dried
up all the
rivers of the besieged
places. 26 Hast thou not
heard long
ago, how I have
done it; and of
ancient times, that I have
formed it? now have I
brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay
waste defenced cities into
ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore their
inhabitants were of
small power, they were
dismayed and
confounded: they were as the
grass of the
field, and as the
green herb, as the
grass on the
housetops, and as corn
blasted before it be grown
up. 28 But I
know thy
abode, and thy going
out, and thy coming
in, and thy
rage against me.
29 Because thy
rage against me, and thy
tumult, is come
up into mine
ears, therefore will I
put my
hook in thy
nose, and my
bridle in thy
lips, and I will turn thee
back by the
way by which thou
camest.
30 And this shall be a
sign unto thee, Ye shall
eat this
year such as
groweth of itself; and the
second year that which
springeth of the same: and in the
third year sow ye, and
reap, and
plant vineyards, and
eat the
fruit thereof.
31 And the
remnant that is
escaped of the
house of
Judah shall
again take
root downward, and
bear fruit upward: 32 For out of
Jerusalem shall go
forth a
remnant, and they that
escape out of
mount Zion: the
zeal of the
LORD of
hosts shall
do this.
33 Therefore thus
saith the
LORD concerning the
king of
Assyria, He shall not
come into this
city, nor
shoot an
arrow there, nor come
before it with
shields, nor
cast a
bank against it.
34 By the
way that he
came, by the same shall he
return, and shall not
come into this
city, saith the
LORD. 35 For I will
defend this
city to
save it for mine own sake, and for my
servant David's sake.
36 Then the
angel of the
LORD went
forth, and
smote in the
camp of the
Assyrians a
hundred and
fourscore and
five thousand: and when they arose
early in the
morning, behold, they were all
dead corpses. 37 So
Sennacherib king of
Assyria departed, and
went and
returned, and
dwelt at
Nineveh. 38 And it came to pass, as he was
worshipping in the
house of
Nisroch his
god, that
Adrammelech and
Sharezer his
sons smote him with the
sword; and they
escaped into the
land of
Armenia: and
Esarhaddon his
son reigned in his stead.