Isaiah 35 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Isaiah 36

¹Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all of the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.

KJVNow it came to pass in the fourteenth^H702^H6240 year^H8141 of king^H4428 Hezekiah^H2396, that Sennacherib^H5576 king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 came up^H5927^(H8804) against all the defenced^H1219^(H8803) cities^H5892 of Judah^H3063, and took^H8610^(H8799) them.

² The king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. He stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool in the fuller’s field highway.

KJVAnd the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804 sent^H7971^(H8799) Rabshakeh^H7262 from Lachish^H3923 to Jerusalem^H3389 unto king^H4428 Hezekiah^H2396 with a great^H3515 army^H2426. And he stood^H5975^(H8799) by the conduit^H8585 of the upper^H5945 pool^H1295 in the highway^H4546 of the fuller's^H3526^(H8801) field^H7704.

³ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder came out to him.

KJVThen came forth^H3318^(H8799) unto him Eliakim^H471, Hilkiah's^H2518 son^H1121, which was over the house^H1004, and Shebna^H7644 the scribe^H5608^(H8802), and Joah^H3098, Asaph's^H623 son^H1121, the recorder^H2142^(H8688).

⁴ Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?

KJVAnd Rabshakeh^H7262 said^H559^(H8799) unto them, Say^H559^(H8798) ye now to Hezekiah^H2396, Thus saith^H559^(H8804) the great^H1419 king^H4428, the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804, What confidence^H986 is this wherein thou trustest^H982^(H8804)?

⁵ I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

KJVI say^H559^(H8804), sayest thou,(but they are but vain^H8193 words^H1697) I have counsel^H6098 and strength^H1369 for war^H4421: now on whom dost thou trust^H982^(H8804), that thou rebellest^H4775^(H8804) against me?

⁶ Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

KJVLo, thou trustest^H982^(H8804) in the staff^H4938 of this broken^H7533^(H8803) reed^H7070, on Egypt^H4714; whereon if a man^H376 lean^H5564^(H8735), it will go^H935^(H8804) into his hand^H3709, and pierce^H5344^(H8804) it: so is Pharaoh^H6547 king^H4428 of Egypt^H4714 to all that trust^H982^(H8802) in him.

⁷ But if you tell me, ‘We trust in Yahweh our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?”

KJVBut if thou say^H559^(H8799) to me, We trust^H982^(H8804) in the LORD^H3068 our God^H430: is it not he, whose high places^H1116 and whose altars^H4196 Hezekiah^H2396 hath taken away^H5493^(H8689), and said^H559^(H8799) to Judah^H3063 and to Jerusalem^H3389, Ye shall worship^H7812^(H8691) before^H6440 this altar^H4196?

⁸ Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.

KJVNow therefore give pledges^H6148^(H8690), I pray thee, to my master^H113 the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804, and I will give^H5414^(H8799) thee two thousand^H505 horses^H5483, if thou be able^H3201^(H8799) on thy part to set^H5414^(H8800) riders^H7392^(H8802) upon them.

⁹ How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

KJVHow then wilt thou turn away^H7725^(H8686) the face^H6440 of one^H259 captain^H6346 of the least^H6996 of my master's^H113 servants^H5650, and put thy trust^H982^(H8799) on Egypt^H4714 for chariots^H7393 and for horsemen^H6571?

¹⁰ Have I come up now without Yahweh against this land to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’”

KJVAnd am I now come up^H5927^(H8804) without^H1107 the LORD^H3068 against this land^H776 to destroy^H7843^(H8687) it? the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8804) unto me, Go up^H5927^(H8798) against this land^H776, and destroy^H7843^(H8685) it.

¹¹ Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don’t speak to us in the Jews’ language in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

KJVThen said^H559^(H8799) Eliakim^H471 and Shebna^H7644 and Joah^H3098 unto Rabshakeh^H7262, Speak^H1696^(H8761), I pray thee, unto thy servants^H5650 in the Syrian language^H762; for we understand^H8085^(H8802) it: and speak^H1696^(H8762) not to us in the Jews' language^H3066, in the ears^H241 of the people^H5971 that are on the wall^H2346.

¹² But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

KJVBut Rabshakeh^H7262 said^H559^(H8799), Hath my master^H113 sent^H7971^(H8804) me to thy master^H113 and to thee to speak^H1696^(H8763) these words^H1697? hath he not sent me to the men^H582 that sit^H3427^(H8802) upon the wall^H2346, that they may eat^H398^(H8800) their own dung^H2716^(H8676)^H6675, and drink^H8354^(H8800) their own piss^H4325^H7272^(H8675)^H7890 with you?

¹³ Then Rabshakeh stood, and called out with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

KJVThen Rabshakeh^H7262 stood^H5975^(H8799), and cried^H7121^(H8799) with a loud^H1419 voice^H6963 in the Jews' language^H3066, and said^H559^(H8799), Hear^H8085^(H8798) ye the words^H1697 of the great^H1419 king^H4428, the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804.

¹⁴ The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.

KJVThus saith^H559^(H8804) the king^H4428, Let not Hezekiah^H2396 deceive^H5377^(H8686) you: for he shall not be able^H3201^(H8799) to deliver^H5337^(H8687) you.

¹⁵ Don’t let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, “Yahweh will surely deliver us. This city won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”’

KJVNeither let Hezekiah^H2396 make you trust^H982^(H8686) in the LORD^H3068, saying^H559^(H8800), The LORD^H3068 will surely^H5337^(H8687) deliver^H5337^(H8686) us: this city^H5892 shall not be delivered^H5414^(H8735) into the hand^H3027 of the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804.

¹⁶ Don’t listen to Hezekiah, for the king of Assyria says, ‘Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and each of you eat from his vine, and each one from his fig tree, and each one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

KJVHearken^H8085^(H8799) not to Hezekiah^H2396: for thus saith^H559^(H8804) the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804, Make^H6213^(H8798) an agreement with me by a present^H1293, and come out^H3318^(H8798) to me: and eat^H398^(H8798) ye every one^H376 of his vine^H1612, and every one^H376 of his fig tree^H8384, and drink^H8354^(H8798) ye every one^H376 the waters^H4325 of his own cistern^H953;

¹⁷ until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

KJVUntil I come^H935^(H8800) and take you away^H3947^(H8804) to a land^H776 like your own land^H776, a land^H776 of corn^H1715 and wine^H8492, a land^H776 of bread^H3899 and vineyards^H3754.

¹⁸ Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “Yahweh will deliver us.” Have any of the gods of the nations delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

KJVBeware lest Hezekiah^H2396 persuade^H5496^(H8686) you, saying^H559^(H8800), The LORD^H3068 will deliver^H5337^(H8686) us. Hath any^H376 of the gods^H430 of the nations^H1471 delivered^H5337^(H8689) his land^H776 out of the hand^H3027 of the king^H4428 of Assyria^H804?

¹⁹ Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?

KJVWhere are the gods^H430 of Hamath^H2574 and Arphad^H774? where are the gods^H430 of Sepharvaim^H5617? and have they delivered^H5337^(H8689) Samaria^H8111 out of my hand^H3027?

²⁰ Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Yahweh should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”

KJVWho are they among all the gods^H430 of these lands^H776, that have delivered^H5337^(H8689) their land^H776 out of my hand^H3027, that the LORD^H3068 should deliver^H5337^(H8686) Jerusalem^H3389 out of my hand^H3027?

²¹ But they remained silent, and said nothing in reply, for the king’s commandment was, “Don’t answer him.”

KJVBut they held their peace^H2790^(H8686), and answered^H6030^(H8804) him not a word^H1697: for the king's^H4428 commandment^H4687 was, saying^H559^(H8800), Answer^H6030^(H8799) him not.

²² Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

KJVThen came^H935^(H8799) Eliakim^H471, the son^H1121 of Hilkiah^H2518, that was over the household^H1004, and Shebna^H7644 the scribe^H5608^(H8802), and Joah^H3098, the son^H1121 of Asaph^H623, the recorder^H2142^(H8688), to Hezekiah^H2396 with their clothes^H899 rent^H7167^(H8803), and told^H5046^(H8686) him the words^H1697 of Rabshakeh^H7262.

WEB·Isaiah 35

¹The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.

KJVThe wilderness^H4057 and the solitary place^H6723 shall be glad^H7797^(H8799) for them; and the desert^H6160 shall rejoice^H1523^(H8799), and blossom^H6524^(H8799) as the rose^H2261.

² It will blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing. Lebanon’s glory will be given to it, the excellence of Carmel and Sharon. They will see Yahweh’s glory, the excellence of our God.

KJVIt shall blossom^H6524^(H8799) abundantly^H6524^(H8800), and rejoice^H1523^(H8799) even with joy^H1525 and singing^H7444^(H8763): the glory^H3519 of Lebanon^H3844 shall be given^H5414^(H8738) unto it, the excellency^H1926 of Carmel^H3760 and Sharon^H8289, they shall see^H7200^(H8799) the glory^H3519 of the LORD^H3068, and the excellency^H1926 of our God^H430.

³ Strengthen the weak hands, and make the feeble knees firm.

KJVStrengthen^H2388^(H8761) ye the weak^H7504 hands^H3027, and confirm^H553^(H8761) the feeble^H3782^(H8802) knees^H1290.

⁴ Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

KJVSay^H559^(H8798) to them that are of a fearful^H4116^(H8737) heart^H3820, Be strong^H2388^(H8798), fear^H3372^(H8799) not: behold, your God^H430 will come^H935^(H8799) with vengeance^H5359, even God^H430 with a recompence^H1576; he will come^H935^(H8799) and save^H3467^(H8686) you.

⁵ Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.

KJVThen the eyes^H5869 of the blind^H5787 shall be opened^H6491^(H8735), and the ears^H241 of the deaf^H2795 shall be unstopped^H6605^(H8735).

⁶ Then the lame man will leap like a deer, and the tongue of the mute will sing; for waters will break out in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.

KJVThen shall the lame^H6455 man leap^H1801^(H8762) as an hart^H354, and the tongue^H3956 of the dumb^H483 sing^H7442^(H8799): for in the wilderness^H4057 shall waters^H4325 break out^H1234^(H8738), and streams^H5158 in the desert^H6160.

⁷ The burning sand will become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water. Grass with reeds and rushes will be in the habitation of jackals, where they lay.

KJVAnd the parched ground^H8273 shall become a pool^H98, and the thirsty land^H6774 springs^H4002 of water^H4325: in the habitation^H5116 of dragons^H8577, where each lay^H7258, shall be grass^H2682 with reeds^H7070 and rushes^H1573.

⁸ A highway will be there, a road, and it will be called “The Holy Way”. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it will be for those who walk in the Way. Wicked fools shall not go there.

KJVAnd an highway^H4547 shall be there, and a way^H1870, and it shall be called^H7121^(H8735) The way^H1870 of holiness^H6944; the unclean^H2931 shall not pass over^H5674^(H8799) it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men^H1980^(H8802), though fools^H191, shall not err^H8582^(H8799) therein.

⁹ No lion will be there, nor will any ravenous animal go up on it. They will not be found there; but the redeemed will walk there.

KJVNo lion^H738 shall be there, nor any ravenous^H6530 beast^H2416 shall go up^H5927^(H8799) thereon, it shall not be found^H4672^(H8735) there; but the redeemed^H1350^(H8803) shall walk^H1980^(H8804) there:

¹⁰ Then Yahweh’s ransomed ones will return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away.”

KJVAnd the ransomed^H6299^(H8803) of the LORD^H3068 shall return^H7725^(H8799), and come^H935^(H8804) to Zion^H6726 with songs^H7440 and everlasting^H5769 joy^H8057 upon their heads^H7218: they shall obtain^H5381^(H8686) joy^H8057 and gladness^H8342, and sorrow^H3015 and sighing^H585 shall flee away^H5127^(H8804).

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