12 T But Rabſbakeh ſaid, Hath my maſter ſent me to thy maſter and to thee, to ſpeak thele words ? hath he not ſent me to the men that lic upon che wall, that they may eat their own dung,and drink rheir own piſs with you ?
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16 Hearken not to Hezekiah, for thus ſaith the king of Aiſyria, [| Make an agreement with me by a "re- | Or, ſj
f 72 7avoay his vine, andevery one of his fg-tree, and drink ye e- Ok very one the waters of his own ciſtern. niche
17 Unctill I come and take you away to a land like #n. || your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of _—_ and vineyards. |
13S Boware leſt Hezekiah perſwade you, ſaying, th LORD will deliver us, Hath any 6. the —_ iy nations delivered hisland out of the hand of the king of Aſlyria 2? |
19 Where are the gods of Hamath, and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim ? and have they de- livered Samaria out of my hand.
20 Who are they amongſt all the gods of theſe lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD ſhould deliver Jeruſalem out of my hand ?
21 But they held their peace, and anſwered him not a word, for the kings commandment was, ſaying, An- {wer him not. |
22 T Then came Eliakim the ſon of Hilkiah,that was over the houſhold, and Shebna the ſcribe, and Joah the ſon of Aſaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their
Clothes rene,and told the words of Rabſhakeh.
The Hiſtory related here,and in the three following Chapters, 1s For the ſubſtance of ir, and almoſt wholly, in the tame words con- tained, 2 Kings, Chap. 18. and 19g. and 20. Tris fitly incerted here to explain and confirm ſome of the foregoing Predictions. It may (cem to have been firſt Written by this Prophet, and from him co have been taken into the Bock of Kings, to compleat that Hil-
tory. | | © i; A P . XXXVIL | a 5. he comforteth them, 6, 7. Seunacheriv called away againſ# ths King of the Eth:opimns ſendeth a blaſphemous Letter to Hezekiah, 8——=173, his frayer, 14 20» Tſaiab's Proph:cy 421 35a 4n Angel layeth the Lfſyrians, 36. Sennacherib is ſlain at Nineveh by hisown ſons, 37, 38- © Nd* jt came to paſs when king Hezekiah heard zz, A. that he rent his clothes, and covered himſelf wich fackcloth ; and went into the houſe of the LORD. | — 2 And he ſent Eliakim who was over the houſhold, and Shebna the ſcribe, and the elders of the priefts co- verett with ſackcloth, unto Iſaiah the Prophet the ſon of Amoz. : | | , 3 And they ſaid unto him, Thus faith Hezekiah, [|Or, pro This day 3s a day of trouble, and of rebuke,and of||blafſ-- cation.
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5 So the Servants of king Hezekiah came to Iſaiah. Found, |
6CAnd Ifaiah faid unto them, Thus ſhall ye ſay un- to your maſter, Thus ſaith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou haſt heard, wherewith the ſervants of the king of Aſſyria have blaſphemed me. Wo
7 Behold, I will || ſend a blaſt upon him, and he ſhal ||, Or,pze hear a rumour and return to his own land, and I will firic int cauſe him to fall by the ſword in his own land. . , #m
8 So Rabſhakeh returned, and found the king of A. ſyria warring againit Libnah, for he had heard that he was departed from Lachiſh. |
9 And he heard ſay concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee, and when he heard i#,he ſent meſſengersto Hezekiah,ſaying,
10 Thus ſhal ye ſpeak to Hezekiah king of Judah, ſaying, Lernot thy God in whom thou truſteft deceive thee, ſaying, Jeruſalem Chal not be given intothe hand of the king of Aſlyria, | | Ii — _— _ _ u_ the kings of Aſſyria 1ave done to all _ lands deſtroying them ute and ſhalt thou be delivered?” | EM mY
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14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the meſſengers, and read it : and Hezekiah went up into the houſe of the LORD, and ſpread it before che LORD. ;
15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, ſaying,
16 O LORDof hoſts, God of Iſrael, that dwelleſt between the cherubims ; thou artthe God, eves thou alone, of all the kingdoms of theearth, thou haſt made heaven and earth.
17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear ; open thine eyes, O LORD,and ſee : and hear all the words of Sennacherib;which hath ſent to reproach the living God. X;
18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Aſſyria have laid waſte all the + nations and their countreys :
19 And have þ caſt their gods into the tire : for they | were no gods, but the work of mens hands, wood and Heb. gi-ftone, therefore they have deſtroyed them.
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For the underſtanding of this, and the foregoing Chapter, the TG Reader is deſired to conſult my Notes upon 2 Kings 181 & 19, ang *