2 Kings 19:6-34

2 Kings 19:6-34

[6] And Isaiah  said  to your master,  Thus saith  the LORD,  Be not afraid  of  the words  which thou hast heard,  with which 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 shall 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 when he heard  say  of Tirhakah  king  of Ethiopia,  Behold, he is come out  to fight  against thee: he sent  messengers  again  unto 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 delivered  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 Thelasar?  [13] Where is the king  of Hamath,  and the king  of Arpad,  and the king  of the city  of Sepharvaim,  of Hena,  and Ivah?  [14] And Hezekiah  received  the letter  of the hand  of the messengers,  and read  it: and Hezekiah  went up  into the house  and spread  it before  [15] And Hezekiah  prayed  before  the LORD,  and said,  O LORD  God  of Israel,  which dwellest  between the cherubims,  thou art the God,  even thou alone, of all the kingdoms  of the earth;  thou hast made  heaven  and earth.  [16] LORD,  bow down  thine ear,  and hear:  open,  LORD,  thine eyes,  and see:  and hear  the words  of Sennacherib,  which hath sent  him to reproach  the living  God.  [17] Of a truth,  LORD,  the kings  of Assyria  have destroyed  the nations  and their lands,  [18] 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  [19] Now therefore, O LORD  our God,  I beseech thee, save  thou us out of his hand,  that all the kingdoms  of the earth  may know  that thou art the LORD  God,  even thou only. [20] Then Isaiah  the son  of Amoz  sent  to Hezekiah,  saying,  the LORD  God  of Israel,  That which thou hast prayed  to me against Sennacherib  king  of Assyria  I have heard.  [21] This is the word  that 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.  [22] 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.  [23] By  thy messengers  thou hast reproached  the Lord,  and hast said,  of my chariots  I am come up  to the height  of the mountains,  to the sides  of Lebanon,  and will cut down  the tall  cedar trees  fir trees  thereof: and I will enter  into the lodgings  of his borders,  and into the forest  [24] I have digged  and drunk  strange  waters,  and with the sole  of my feet  have I dried  up all the rivers  of besieged places.  [25] 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  fenced  cities  into ruinous  heaps.  [26] 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.  [27] But I know  thy abode,  and thy going out,  and thy coming in,  and thy rage  [28] Because thy rage  against me and thy tumult  is come up  into mine ears,  therefore I will 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.  [29] And this shall be a sign  unto thee, Ye shall eat  this year  such things as grow  of themselves, and in the second  year  that which springeth  of the same; and in the third  year  sow  ye, and reap,  and plant  vineyards,  and eat  the fruits  thereof. [30] And the remnant  that is escaped  of the house  of Judah  shall yet again  take root  downward,  and bear  fruit  upward.  [31] 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. [32] 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 shield,  nor cast  a bank  [33] By the way  that he came,  by the same shall he return,  and shall not come  into this city,  saith  the LORD.  [34] For I will defend  this city,  to save  it, for mine own sake, and for my servant  David's