Isaias

Hebrew Bible

Hebrew Bible, Isaias, Ottley, Cambridge, 1904

11 And Eliakim said, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, pray, unto thy servants in the Aramaean tongue, for we understand it: and speak not unto us in the Jewish tongue, in-the ears of the people which are on the wall.

12 And Rabshakeh said, Is it to thy lord, and to thee, that my lord hath sent me, to speak these words? Is it not to the men that sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and drink their own water with you?

[*](3. ‘recorder’: or, ‘remembrancer,’ and so ver. 22,)[*](5. Many propose to read ‘Thou ’ altering a small letter to agree with the parallel passage in 2 Kings.)[*](7. Or, ‘and for that thou sayest to me....’)[*](11 ‘understand’: lit. ‘hear‘: so in LXX.)

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13 And Rabshakeh Stood, and cried with a great voice in the Jewish tongue, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the ἦ king of AsSyria

14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he shall not be able to deliver you. ὁ .

15 And let not Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will safely deliver us; this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. ’

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus saith the king of Assyria., Make agreement with me, and come ’out to me; and eat ye everyone of his vine, and everyone of his ﬁg tree, and drink ye everyone the waters of his cistern :

17 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own - land, a land of corn and new wine, a land, of bread and vine- yards:

18 Lest Hezekiah entice you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. Have the gods of the nations delivered everyone his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods-of Hamath and Arpad? where the ’ gods of Sepharvaim? and verily they have delivered Samaria out ’ of my hand! .