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Isaiah 36 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Isa 36:1

Isa 36:1And it came about in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that Sennacherib, king of Assyria, came up against all the walled towns of Judah and took them.

Isa 36:2

Isa 36:2And the king of Assyria sent the Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a strong force, and he took up his position by the stream of the higher pool, by the highway of the washerman's

Isa 36:3

Isa 36:3And there came out to him Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.

Isa 36:4

Isa 36:4And the Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, These are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria: In what are you placing your hope?

Isa 36:5

Isa 36:5You say you have a design and strength for war, but these are only words: now to whom are you looking for support, that you have gone against my authority?

Isa 36:6

Isa 36:6See, you are basing your hope on that broken rod of Egypt, which will go into a man's hand if he makes use of it for a support; for so is Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all who put their faith in him.

Isa 36:7

Isa 36:7And if you say to me, Our hope is in the Lord our God; is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and Jerusalem that worship may only be given before this altar?

Isa 36:8

Isa 36:8And now, take a chance with my master, the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able to put horsemen on them.

Isa 36:9

Isa 36:9How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

Isa 36:10

Isa 36:10And have I now come to send destruction on this land without the Lord's authority? It was the Lord himself who said to me, Go up against this land and make it waste.

Isa 36:11

Isa 36:11Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rab-shakeh, Please make use of the Aramaean language in talking to your servants, for we are used to it, and do not make use of the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall.

Isa 36:12

Isa 36:12But the Rab-shakeh said, Is it to your master or to you that my master has sent me to say these words? has he not sent me to the men seated on the wall? for they are the people who will be short of food with you when the town is shut in.

Isa 36:13

Isa 36:13Then the Rab-shakeh got up and said with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Give ear to the words of the great king, the king of Assyria:

Isa 36:14

Isa 36:14This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

Isa 36:15

Isa 36:15And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

Isa 36:16

Isa 36:16Do not give ear to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me, and come out to me; and everyone will be free to take the fruit of his vine and of his fig-tree, and the water of his spring;

Isa 36:17

Isa 36:17Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens.

Isa 36:18

Isa 36:18Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The Lord will keep us safe. Has any one of the gods of the nations kept his land from falling into the hands of the king of Assyria?

Isa 36:19

Isa 36:19Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? where are the gods of Samaria? and have they kept Samaria out of my hand?

Isa 36:20

Isa 36:20Who among all the gods of these countries have kept their country from falling into my hand, to give cause for the thought that the Lord will keep Jerusalem from falling into my hand?

Isa 36:21

Isa 36:21But they kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

Isa 36:22

Isa 36:22Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.
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