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And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests,
1covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz.
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They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.
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2It may be that the LORD your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent
3to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for
4the remnant that is left."
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When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,
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Isaiah said to them, "Say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which
5the servants of the king of Assyria have
6reviled me.
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Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that
7he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him
8fall by the sword in his own land.'"
Sennacherib Defies the Lord
8 The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against
9Libnah, for he heard that the king had left
10Lachish.
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11Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has set out to fight against you." So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
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"Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God
12in whom you trust deceive you by promising that
13Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
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Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, devoting them to destruction. And shall you be delivered?
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14Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed,
15Gozan,
16Haran, Rezeph, and the people of
17Eden who were in Telassar?