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Isaiah 36:1-17

36:1

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth
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year
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of king
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Hezekiah
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[that] Sennacherib
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king
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of Assyria
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came up
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against all the defenced
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cities
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of Judah
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and took
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them.

36:2

And the king
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of Assyria
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sent
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Rabshakeh
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from Lachish
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to Jerusalem
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unto king
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Hezekiah
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with a great
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army
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And he stood
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by the conduit
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of the upper
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pool
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in the highway
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of the fuller's
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field
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36:3

Then came forth
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unto him Eliakim
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Hilkiah's
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son
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which was over the house
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and Shebna
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the scribe
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and Joah
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Asaph's
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son
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the recorder
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{scribe: or, secretary}

36:4

And Rabshakeh
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said
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unto them, Say
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ye now to Hezekiah
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Thus saith
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the great
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king
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the king
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of Assyria
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What confidence
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[is] this wherein thou trustest
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36:5

I say
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[sayest thou], (but [they are but] vain
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words
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[I have] counsel
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and strength
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for war
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now on whom dost thou trust
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that thou rebellest
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against me? {vain...: Heb. a word of lips} {I have...: or, but counsel and strength are for the war}

36:6

Lo, thou trustest
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in the staff
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of this broken
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reed
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on Egypt
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whereon if a man
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lean
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it will go
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into his hand
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and pierce
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it: so [is] Pharaoh
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king
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of Egypt
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to all that trust
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in him.

36:7

But if thou say
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to me, We trust
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in the LORD
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our God
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[is it] not he, whose high places
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and whose altars
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Hezekiah
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hath taken away
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and said
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to Judah
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and to Jerusalem
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Ye shall worship
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before
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this altar
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36:8

Now therefore give pledges
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I pray thee, to my master
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the king
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of Assyria
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and I will give
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thee two thousand
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horses
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if thou be able
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on thy part to set
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riders
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upon them. {pledges: or, hostages}

36:9

How then wilt thou turn away
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the face
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of one
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captain
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of the least
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of my master's
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servants
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and put thy trust
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on Egypt
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for chariots
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and for horsemen
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36:10

And am I now come up
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without
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the LORD
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against this land
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to destroy
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it? the LORD
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said
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unto me, Go up
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against this land
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and destroy
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it.

36:11

Then said
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Eliakim
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and Shebna
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and Joah
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unto Rabshakeh
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Speak
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I pray thee, unto thy servants
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in the Syrian language
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for we understand
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[it]: and speak
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not to us in the Jews' language
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in the ears
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of the people
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that [are] on the wall
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36:12

But Rabshakeh
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said
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Hath my master
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sent
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me to thy master
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and to thee to speak
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these words
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[hath he] not [sent me] to the men
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that sit
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upon the wall
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that they may eat
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their own dung
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and drink
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their own piss
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with you?

36:13

Then Rabshakeh
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stood
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and cried
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with a loud
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voice
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in the Jews' language
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and said
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Hear
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ye the words
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of the great
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king
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the king
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of Assyria
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36:14

Thus saith
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the king
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Let not Hezekiah
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deceive
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you: for he shall not be able
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to deliver
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you.

36:15

Neither let Hezekiah
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make you trust
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in the LORD
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saying
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The LORD
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will surely
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deliver
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us: this city
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shall not be delivered
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into the hand
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of the king
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of Assyria
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36:16

Hearken
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not to Hezekiah
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for thus saith
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the king
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of Assyria
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Make
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[an agreement] with me [by] a present
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and come out
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to me: and eat
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ye every one
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of his vine
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and every one
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of his fig tree
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and drink
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ye every one
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the waters
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of his own cistern
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{Make...: or, Seek my favour by a present: Heb. Make with me a blessing}

36:17

Until I come
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and take you away
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to a land
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like your own land
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a land
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of corn
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and wine
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a land
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of bread
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and vineyards
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