Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Isaiah:
Chapter 37
1. AND it came
to pass, when king Hez-e-ki-ah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and
covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2. And he sent E-li-a-kim, 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.
3. And they said unto him, thus saith Hez-e-ki-ah, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to
the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
4. It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rab-sha-keh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and
will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift
up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.
5. So the servants of king Hez-e-ki-ah came to Isaiah.
6. And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto 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.
7. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and
return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his
own land.
8. So Rab-sha-keh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring
against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from La-chish.
9. And he heard say concerning Tir-ha-kah king of Ethiopia, He is come
forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent
messengers to Hez-e-ki-ah, saying,
10. Thus shall ye speak to Hez-e-ki-ah king of Judah, saying, Let not
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?
12. Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have
destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden
which were in Te-las-sar?
13. Where is the king of Ha-math, and the king of Ar-phad, and the king
of the city of Se-phar-va-im, Hena, and Ivah?
14. And Hez-e-ki-ah received the letter from the hand of the messengers,
and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread
it before the LORD.
15. And Hez-e-ki-ah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
16. O LORD of hosts, God if Israel, that dwellest between the
cher-u-bims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of
the earth: 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 Sen-nach-er-ib, which hath sent to
reproach the living God.
18. Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the
nations, and their countries,
19. And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, 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 all the
kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.
21. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hez-e-ki-ah, saying, Thus
saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against
Sen-nach-er-ib king of Assyria:
22. This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The
virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to
scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
23. Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou
exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the
Holy One of Israel.
24. By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the
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 thereof: and I will enter into the height of his
border, and the forest of his Carmel.
25. I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I
dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
26. Hast thou not heard long ago, how I 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 inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed
and confounded: they were as the grass of 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 know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy
rage against me.
29. Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine
ears, therefore will I put mine 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 shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall 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 Judah shall again
take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape
out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
33. Therefore 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 shields, nor cast 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.
35. For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and fore
my servant David's sake.
36. Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the
Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose
early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
37. So Sen-nach-er-ib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned,
and dwelt at Nin-e-veh.
38. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nis-roch
his god, that A-dram-me-lech and Sha-re-zer his sons smote him with the
sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and E-sar-had-don his
son reigned in his stead.
Oct. 11 Daily reading schedule, go to chapter
38
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