(KJV) Isaiah 37¹

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⥃Isaiah’s Message of Deliverance ^{[ 2 Kings 19:1–7 ]}

[1] And it came² to pass, when king Hezekiah heard [it], that he rent³ his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went⁴ into the house of the Lord. [2] And he sent Eliakim, who [was] over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.⁵ [3] And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day [is] a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy⁶: for the⁷ children are come to the birth, and [there is] not strength to bring forth.⁸ [4] It may⁹ be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rab–shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach¹⁰ the living God, and will¹¹ reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up¹² [thy] prayer for the¹³ remnant that is left¹⁴. [5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

[6] [¶]And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall¹⁵ ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not¹⁶ afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. [7] Behold, I will¹⁷ send a blast upon him¹⁸, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause¹⁹ him to fall by the sword in his own land.

⥃Sennacherib’s Blasphemous Letter ^{[ 2 Kings 19:8–13 ]}

[8] So Rab–shakeh²⁰ returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah²¹: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish²². [9] And he heard²³ say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia²⁴, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard [it], he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,²⁵²⁶²⁷ [10] Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not²⁸ thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. [11] Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?²⁹ [12] Have the gods³⁰ of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan³¹, and Haran³², and Rezeph, and the children of Eden³³ which [were] in Telassar³⁴? [13] Where [is] the king of Hamath³⁵, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena³⁶, and Ivah³⁷?

⥃Hezekiah’s Prayer ^{[ 2 Kings 19:14–19 ]}

[14] [¶]And Hezekiah received³⁸ the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went³⁹ up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. [15] And Hezekiah prayed unto the Lord, saying,⁴⁰ [16] O Lord⁴¹ of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest⁴² [between] the cherubims, thou [art⁴³] the God, [even] thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast⁴⁴ made heaven and earth. [17] Incline⁴⁵ thine ear, O Lord, and hear⁴⁶; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. [18] Of a truth, Lord, the kings⁴⁷ of Assyria have laid waste all the nations⁴⁸, and their countries, [19] And have⁴⁹ cast⁵⁰ their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods⁵¹, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. [20] Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all⁵² the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the Lord, [even⁵³] thou only.

⥃Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied ^{[ 2 Kings 19:20–34 ]}

[21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas⁵⁴ thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: [22] This [is] the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin⁵⁵, the daughter⁵⁶ of Zion, hath despised⁵⁷ thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken⁵⁸ her head at thee. [23] Whom hast⁵⁹ thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom⁶⁰ hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One⁶¹ of Israel. [24] By thy servants⁶² hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the⁶³ multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof⁶⁴: and I will enter into the height of his border, [and] the forest of his Carmel⁶⁵. [25] I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole⁶⁶ of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged⁶⁷ places. [26] Hast thou not heard long ago⁶⁸, [how] I⁶⁹ have done it; [and] of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities [into] ruinous heaps. [27] Therefore their inhabitants⁷⁰ [were] of small power⁷¹, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of⁷² the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up. [28] But I know⁷³ thy abode⁷⁴, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. [29] Because thy rage⁷⁵ against me, and thy tumult⁷⁶, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I⁷⁷ put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. [30] And this [shall⁷⁸ be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall⁷⁹ eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. [31] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah⁸⁰ shall again take⁸¹ root downward, and bear fruit upward: [32] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape⁸² out of mount Zion: the zeal⁸³ of the Lord of hosts shall do this. [33] The⁸⁴refore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields⁸⁵, nor cast⁸⁶ a bank against it. [34] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.⁸⁷ [35] For I will⁸⁸ defend this city to save it for mine⁸⁹ own sake, and for⁹⁰ my servant David’s sake.

⥃Jerusalem Delivered from the Assyrians ^{[ 2 Kings 19:35–37 † 2 Chronicles 32:20–23 ]}

[36] Then the angel⁹¹ of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when⁹² they arose early in the morning, behold, they [were] all dead corpses.

[37] [¶]So Sennacherib⁹³ king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh⁹⁴. [38] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god⁹⁵, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia⁹⁶: and Esar–haddon⁹⁷ his son reigned in his stead.

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