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And it came to pass, when kingHezekiahheard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
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And he sentEliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe , and the elders of the priestscovered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.
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And they said unto him, Thus saithHezekiah, 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 .
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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 livingGod, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard : wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left .
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And Isaiahsaid unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraidof the words that thou hast heard , wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
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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.
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So Rabshakehreturned , and found the king of Assyriawarring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.
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And he heardsay concerning Tirhakahking of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sentmessengers to Hezekiah,saying ,
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Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiahking 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.
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Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly ; and shalt thou be delivered ?
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Have the gods of the nationsdelivered them which my fathers have destroyed , as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar?