Isaiah
Isaiah 36
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Isaiah 36 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king , that king of came up against all the defenced cities of , and took them. And the king of sent from to unto king with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller’s field. Then came forth unto him , Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and the scribe, and , Asaph’s son, the recorder. And said unto them, Say ye now to , Thus saith the great king, the king of , What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Lo, thou trustest in the of this broken reed, ; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is king of to all that trust in him. But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars hath taken away, and said to and to , Ye shall worship before this altar? Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of , and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able thy part to set riders upon them. How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and thy trust for chariots and for horsemen? And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. Then said and and unto , Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the ’ language, in the ears of the people that are the wall. But said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? Then stood, and cried with a loud voice in the ’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of . Thus saith the king, Let not deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. Neither let make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of . Hearken not to : for thus saith the king of , Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own ; Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. Beware lest persuade you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of ? Where are the gods of and ? where are the gods of ? and have they delivered out of my hand? Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver out of my hand? But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Then came , the son of , that was over the household, and the scribe, and , the son of , the recorder, to with their clothes rent, and told him the words of .