2 Kings 18:9-19:37New King James Version (NKJV)
9 Now it came to pass in the fourth
year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea
the son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of
Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. 10 And
at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the
ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. 11 Then
the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in
Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the
Medes, 12 because they did not obey the voice of
the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant and all
that Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded; and they would
neither hear nor do them.
13 And in the fourteenth year of King
Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities
of Judah and took them. 14 Then Hezekiah king of
Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; turn
away from me; whatever you impose on me I will pay.” And the king of Assyria
assessed Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty
talents of gold. 15 So Hezekiah gave him all
the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the
treasuries of the king’s house. 16 At that time
Hezekiah stripped the gold from the doors of the temple of
the Lord, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of
Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.
Sennacherib Boasts Against the Lord
17 Then the king of Assyria
sent the Tartan,[a] the Rabsaris,[b] and the Rabshakeh[c]from Lachish, with a great
army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to
Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the
upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller’s
Field. 18 And when they had called to the king,
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna
the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them. 19 Then the Rabshakeh
said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of
Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust? 20 You
speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere
words. And in whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? 21 Now
look! You are trusting in the staff of this broken reed, Egypt, on which if a
man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh
king of Egypt to all who trust in him. 22 But if
you say to me, ‘We trust in the Lord our God,’ is it
not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to
Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar in
Jerusalem’?”’ 23 Now therefore, I urge you, give a
pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand
horses—if you are able on your part to put riders on them! 24 How
then will you repel one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put
your trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 25 Have
I now come up without the Lordagainst this place to destroy it?
The Lord said to me, ‘Go up against this land, and destroy it.’”
26 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah,
Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your
servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to
us in Hebrew[d] in the hearing of the
people who are on the wall.”
27 But the Rabshakeh
said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these
words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own
waste with you?”
28 Then the Rabshakeh
stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew, and spoke, saying, “Hear the
word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 Thus
says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to
deliver you from his hand; 30 nor let Hezekiah make
you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lordwill surely deliver us; this
city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”’ 31 Do
not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with
me by a present and come out to me; and every one of you eat from his own vine
and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of
his own cistern; 32 until I come and take you away
to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and
vineyards, a land of olive groves and honey, that you may live and not die. But
do not listen to Hezekiah, lest he persuade you, saying,
“The Lord will deliver us.” 33 Has any of
the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of
Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of
Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena
and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand? 35 Who
among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand,
that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’”
36 But the people held their peace
and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer
him.” 37 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over
the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came
to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words
of theRabshakeh.
Isaiah Assures Deliverance
19 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that
he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of
the Lord. 2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over
the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with
sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3 And
they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of
trouble, and rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth,
but there is no strength to bring them forth. 4 It
may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of theRabshakeh,
whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and
will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore
lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’”
5 So the servants of King Hezekiah
came to Isaiah. 6 And Isaiah said to them, “Thus
you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of
the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria
have blasphemed Me. 7 Surely I will send a spirit
upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will
cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”
Sennacherib’s Threat and Hezekiah’s Prayer
8 Then the Rabshakeh
returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard
that he had departed from Lachish. 9 And the king
heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Look, he has come out to make war
with you.” So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus
you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom
you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of
the king of Assyria.” 11 Look! You have heard what
the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and
shall you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations
delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and
the people of Eden who were in Telassar? 13 Where is the
king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, 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 to the house
of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 Then
Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord God of
Israel, the Onewho dwells between the cherubim,
You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven
and earth. 16 Incline Your ear, O Lord, and
hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib,
which he has sent to reproach the living God. 17 Truly, Lord,
the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, 18 and
have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods,
but the work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed
them. 19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I
pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that
You are the Lord God, You alone.”
The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent
to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel: ‘Because you
have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.’ 21 This is the
word which the Lord has spoken concerning him:
‘The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
22 ‘Whom have you reproached and
blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.
23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord,
And said: “By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter the extremity of its borders,
To its fruitful forest.
24 I have dug and drunk strange water,
And with the soles of my feet I have dried up
All the brooks of defense.”
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.
23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord,
And said: “By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter the extremity of its borders,
To its fruitful forest.
24 I have dug and drunk strange water,
And with the soles of my feet I have dried up
All the brooks of defense.”
25 ‘Did you not hear long ago
How I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
How I made it,
From ancient times that I formed it?
Now I have brought it to pass,
That you should be
For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
26 Therefore their inhabitants had little power;
They were dismayed and confounded;
They were as the grass of the field
And the green herb,
As the grass on the housetops
And grain blighted before it is grown.
27 ‘But I know your dwelling place,
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.
28 Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back
By the way which you came.
Your going out and your coming in,
And your rage against Me.
28 Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back
By the way which you came.
29 ‘This shall be a
sign to you:
You shall eat this year such as grows of itself,
And in the second year what springs from the same;
Also in the third year sow and reap,
Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
30 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts[e] will do this.’
You shall eat this year such as grows of itself,
And in the second year what springs from the same;
Also in the third year sow and reap,
Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.
30 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah
Shall again take root downward,
And bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,
And those who escape from Mount Zion.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts[e] will do this.’
32 “Therefore thus says
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 build a siege mound against it.
33 By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.
34 ‘For I will defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with shield,
Nor build a siege mound against it.
33 By the way that he came,
By the same shall he return;
And he shall not come into this city,’
Says the Lord.
34 ‘For I will defend this city, to save it
For My own sake and for My servant David’s sake.’”
Sennacherib’s Defeat and Death
35 And it came to pass on a certain
night that the angel[f] of
the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one
hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early
in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead. 36 So
Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and
remained at Nineveh. 37 Now it came to pass, as he
was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and
Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of
Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.
Psalm 46New King James Version (NKJV)
God the Refuge of His People and Conqueror of the Nations
To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the
sons of Korah. A Song for Alamoth.
46 God is our refuge and
strength,
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
A very present help in trouble.
2 Therefore we will not fear,
Even though the earth be removed,
And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea;
3 Though its waters roar and be troubled,
Though the mountains shake with its swelling. Selah
4 There is a river whose
streams shall make glad the city of God,
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
The holy place of the tabernacle of the Most High.
5 God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved;
God shall help her, just at the break of dawn.
6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved;
He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
7 The Lord of hosts is with
us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
8 Come, behold the works of
the Lord,
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
Who has made desolations in the earth.
9 He makes wars cease to the end of the earth;
He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two;
He burns the chariot in the fire.
10 Be still, and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth!
11 The Lord of hosts is with
us;
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah
Psalm 80New King James Version (NKJV)
Prayer for Israel’s Restoration
80 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel,
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,
Stir up Your strength,
And come and save us!
You who lead Joseph like a flock;
You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth!
2 Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh,
Stir up Your strength,
And come and save us!
3 Restore us, O God;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
4 O Lord God of hosts,
How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
6 You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
How long will You be angry
Against the prayer of Your people?
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears,
And given them tears to drink in great measure.
6 You have made us a strife to our neighbors,
And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Restore us, O God of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
8 You have brought a vine out of
Egypt;
You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the mighty cedars with its boughs.
11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea,[c]
And her branches to the River.[d]
You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
9 You prepared room for it,
And caused it to take deep root,
And it filled the land.
10 The hills were covered with its shadow,
And the mighty cedars with its boughs.
11 She sent out her boughs to the Sea,[c]
And her branches to the River.[d]
12 Why have You broken down her
hedges,
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
13 The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.
So that all who pass by the way pluck her fruit?
13 The boar out of the woods uproots it,
And the wild beast of the field devours it.
14 Return, we beseech You, O God of
hosts;
Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
Look down from heaven and see,
And visit this vine
15 And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted,
And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down;
They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.
17 Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.
18 Then we will not turn back from You;
Revive us, and we will call upon Your name.
19 Restore us, O Lord God
of hosts;
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
Cause Your face to shine,
And we shall be saved!
Psalm 135New King James Version (NKJV)
Praise to God in Creation and Redemption
135 Praise the Lord!
Praise the name of the Lord;
Praise Him, O you servants of the Lord!
2 You who stand in the house of the Lord,
In the courts of the house of our God,
3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant.
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His special treasure.
Praise Him, O you servants of the Lord!
2 You who stand in the house of the Lord,
In the courts of the house of our God,
3 Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;
Sing praises to His name, for it is pleasant.
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob for Himself,
Israel for His special treasure.
5 For I know that the Lord is great,
And our Lord is above all gods.
6 Whatever the Lord pleases He does,
In heaven and in earth,
In the seas and in all deep places.
7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.
And our Lord is above all gods.
6 Whatever the Lord pleases He does,
In heaven and in earth,
In the seas and in all deep places.
7 He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth;
He makes lightning for the rain;
He brings the wind out of His treasuries.
8 He destroyed the firstborn of
Egypt,
Both of man and beast.
9 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt,
Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 He defeated many nations
And slew mighty kings—
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan—
12 And gave their land as a heritage,
A heritage to Israel His people.
Both of man and beast.
9 He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt,
Upon Pharaoh and all his servants.
10 He defeated many nations
And slew mighty kings—
11 Sihon king of the Amorites,
Og king of Bashan,
And all the kingdoms of Canaan—
12 And gave their land as a heritage,
A heritage to Israel His people.
13 Your name, O Lord, endures forever,
Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations.
14 For the Lord will judge His people,
And He will have compassion on His servants.
Your fame, O Lord, throughout all generations.
14 For the Lord will judge His people,
And He will have compassion on His servants.
15 The idols of the nations are silver
and gold,
The work of men’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
17 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
The work of men’s hands.
16 They have mouths, but they do not speak;
Eyes they have, but they do not see;
17 They have ears, but they do not hear;
Nor is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Those who make them are like them;
So is everyone who trusts in them.
19 Bless the Lord, O house of
Israel!
Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron!
20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion,
Who dwells in Jerusalem!
Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron!
20 Bless the Lord, O house of Levi!
You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord!
21 Blessed be the Lord out of Zion,
Who dwells in Jerusalem!
Praise the Lord!
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