english Bible Presentation Sharing - Isaiah Book, chapter 36, verse 1 in Lxxen Version

Isaiah 36 : 1 (LXXEN)

Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of the reign of Ezekias, that Sennacherim, king of the Assyrians, came up against the strong cities of Judea, and took them.

Isaiah 36 : 2 (LXXEN)

And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces out of Laches to Jerusalem to king Ezekias with a large force: and he stood by the [Gr. in] conduit of the upper pool in the way of the fuller’s field.

Isaiah 36 : 3 (LXXEN)

And there went forth to him Heliakim the steward, the son of Chelcias, and Somnas the scribe, and Joach the son of Asaph, the recorder.

Isaiah 36 : 4 (LXXEN)

And Rabsaces said to them, Say to Ezekias, Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians, Why art thou secure?

Isaiah 36 : 5 (LXXEN)

Is war carried on with counsel and mere words of the lips? and now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Isaiah 36 : 6 (LXXEN)

Behold, thou trustest on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: as soon as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt and all that trust in him.

Isaiah 36 : 7 (LXXEN)

But it ye say, We trust in the Lord our God;

Isaiah 36 : 8 (LXXEN)

yet now make an agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, if ye shall be able to set riders upon them.

Isaiah 36 : 9 (LXXEN)

And how can ye then turn to the face of the [Or, local governors] satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider, are our servants.

Isaiah 36 : 10 (LXXEN)

And now, Have we come up against this land to fight against it without the Lord? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

Isaiah 36 : 11 (LXXEN)

Then Eliakim and Somnas and Joach said to him, Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jewish tongue: and wherefore speakest thou in the ears of the men on the wall?

Isaiah 36 : 12 (LXXEN)

And Rabsaces said to them, Has my lord sent me to your lord or to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat dung, and drink their water together with you?

Isaiah 36 : 13 (LXXEN)

And Rabsaces stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians:

Isaiah 36 : 14 (LXXEN)

thus says the king, Let not Ezekias deceive you with words: he will not be able to deliver you.

Isaiah 36 : 15 (LXXEN)

And let not Ezekias say to you, That God will deliver you, and this city will not at all be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

Isaiah 36 : 16 (LXXEN)

Hearken not to Ezekias: thus says the king of the Assyrians, If ye wish to be blessed, come out to me: and ye shall eat every one of his vine and his fig-trees, and ye shall drink water out of your own cisterns:

Isaiah 36 : 17 (LXXEN)

until I come and take you to a land, like your own land, a land of corn and wine, and bread, and vineyards.

Isaiah 36 : 18 (LXXEN)

Let not Ezekias deceive you, saying, God will deliver you. Have the gods of the nations delivered each one his own land out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?

Isaiah 36 : 19 (LXXEN)

Where is the god of Emath, and Arphath? and where is the god of Eppharuaim? have they been able to deliver Samaria out of my hand?

Isaiah 36 : 20 (LXXEN)

Which is the god of all these nations, that has delivered his land out of my hand, that God should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?

Isaiah 36 : 21 (LXXEN)

And they were silent, and none answered him a word; because the king had commanded that none should answer.

Isaiah 36 : 22 (LXXEN)

And Heliakim the son of Chelcias, the steward, and Somnas the military scribe, and Joach the son of Asaph, the recorder, came in to Ezekias, having their garments rent, and they reported to him the words of Rabsaces.