וַיְהִי כִּשְׁמֹעַ הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ וַיִּקְרַע אֶת־בְּגָדָיו וַיִּתְכַּס בַּשָּׂק וַיָּבֹא בֵּית יְהוָה׃   37:1

Isai. 37:1   And it was when king Hezekiah heard that he rent his garments and covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord.

This chapter repeats, although with some variations, part of 2Kings Chapter 19.

וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת־אֶלְיָקִים אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַבַּיִת וְאֵת שֶׁבְנָא הַסֹּופֵר וְאֵת זִקְנֵי הַכֹּהֲנִים מִתְכַּסִּים בַּשַּׂקִּים    37:2 אֶל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן־אָמֹוץ הַנָּבִיא׃

Isai. 37:2   And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna, the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.

וַיֹּאמְרוּ אֵלָיו כֹּה אָמַר חִזְקִיָּהוּ יֹום־צָרָה וְתֹוכֵחָה וּנְאָצָה הַיֹּום הַזֶּה כִּי בָאוּ בָנִים עַד־מַשְׁבֵּר וְכֹחַ    37:3 אַיִן לְלֵדָה׃

Isai. 37:3   and they said to him, “Thus Hezekiah has said:  ‘A day of trouble and rebuke and scorn, for the children have come up to the moment of birth but there is no strength for the delivery.’”

אוּלַי יִשְׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵת דִּבְרֵי רַב־שָׁקֵה אֲשֶׁר שְׁלָחֹו מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֲדֹנָיו לְחָרֵף אֱלֹהִים חַי    37:4 וְהֹוכִיחַ בַּדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁמַע יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְנָשָׂאתָ תְפִלָּה בְּעַד הַשְּׁאֵרִית הַנִּמְצָאָה׃

Isai. 37:4   “Maybe the Lord, your God, will hear the words of Rab-shakeh whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to defy the living God and He will decide against the words that the Lord, your God, heard.  So you will lift up a prayer on behalf of the remnant that is present.”

וַיָּבֹאוּ עַבְדֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יְשַׁעְיָהוּ׃    37:5

Isai. 37:5   When the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah,

וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל־אֲדֹנֵיכֶם כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה אַל־תִּירָא מִפְּנֵי הַדְּבָרִים אֲשֶׁר    37:6 שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר גִּדְּפוּ נַעֲרֵי מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר אֹותִי׃

Isai. 37:6   then Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master:  ‘Thus says the Lord:  ‘Do not be afraid before the words that you have heard by which the servants of the king of Assyria blasphemed Me.’

הִנְנִי נֹותֵן בֹּו רוּחַ וְשָׁמַע שְׁמוּעָה וְשָׁב אֶל־אַרְצֹו וְהִפַּלְתִּיו בַּחֶרֶב בְּאַרְצֹו׃    37:7

Isai. 37:7   ‘Behold, I am putting a spirit on him that he will hear a rumor, so he will return to his land, and I will cause his fall by the sword in his own land.’”

וַיָּשָׁב רַב־שָׁקֵה וַיִּמְצָא אֶת־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר נִלְחָם עַל־לִבְנָה כִּי שָׁמַע כִּי נָסַע מִלָּכִישׁ׃    37:8

Isai. 37:8   So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he had heard that he had gone forth from Lachish.

וַיִּשְׁמַע עַל־תִּרְהָקָה מֶלֶךְ־כּוּשׁ לֵאמֹר יָצָא לְהִלָּחֵם אִתָּךְ וַיִּשְׁמַע וַיִּשְׁלַח מַלְאָכִים אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר׃   37:9

Isai. 37:9   And he heard about Tirhakah, King of Ethiopia, saying, “He came out to fight with you.”  When he heard, then he sent messengers to Hezekiah saying,

כֹּה תֹאמְרוּן אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה לֵאמֹר אַל־יַשִּׁאֲכָ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה בֹּוטֵחַ בֹּו לֵאמֹר לֹא    37:10 תִנָּתֵן יְרוּשָׁלִַם בְּיַד מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר׃

Isai. 37:10   “Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah, king of Judah, saying, ‘Do not let your God in Whom you are trusting deceive you saying, ‘Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

הִנֵּה אַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ אֲשֶׁר עָשׂוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר לְכָל־הָאֲרָצֹות לְהַחֲרִיםָם וְאַתָּה תִּנָּצֵל׃    37:11

Isai. 37:11   ‘Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, utterly destroying them.  And you will be delivered?’

הַהִצִּילוּ אֹותָם אֱלֹהֵי הַגֹּויִם אֲשֶׁר הִשְׁחִיתוּ אֲבֹותַי אֶת־גֹּוזָן וְאֶת־חָרָן וְרֶצֶף וּבְנֵי־עֶדֶן אֲשֶׁר    37:12 בִּתְלַשָּׂר׃

Isai. 37:12   ‘Did the gods of the nations deliver them that my fathers destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?’

אַיֵּה מֶלֶךְ־חֲמָת וּמֶלֶךְ אַרְפָּד וּמֶלֶךְ לָעִיר סְפַרְוָיִם הֵנַע וְעִוָּה׃    37:13

Isai. 37:13   ‘Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and of Ivvah?’”

וַיִּקַּח חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶת־הַסְּפָרִים מִיַּד הַמַּלְאָכִים וַיִּקְרָאֵהוּ וַיַּעַל בֵּית יְהוָה וַיִּפְרְשֵׂהוּ חִזְקִיָּהוּ לִפְנֵי יְהוָה׃    37:14

Isai. 37:14   And Hezekiah received the writings from the hand of the messengers and read of it.  Then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and lay it open before the Lord.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל חִזְקִיָּהוּ אֶל־יְהוָה לֵאמֹר׃    37:15

Isai. 37:15   And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord saying,

יְהוָה צְבָאֹות אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל יֹשֵׁב הַכְּרֻבִים אַתָּה־הוּא הָאֱלֹהִים לְבַדְּךָ לְכֹל מַמְלְכֹות הָאָרֶץ אַתָּה    37:16 עָשִׂיתָ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ׃

Isai. 37:16   “Lord of hosts, God of Israel, Establisher of the cherubim!  You it is Who is God, only You, of all the dominions of the world.  You made the heavens and the earth.”

הַטֵּה יְהוָה אָזְנְךָ וּשְׁמָע פְּקַח יְהוָה עֵינֶךָ וּרְאֵה וּשְׁמַע אֵת כָּל־דִּבְרֵי סַנְחֵרִיב אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַח לְחָרֵף    37:17 אֱלֹהִים חָי׃

Isai. 37:17   “Incline, O Lord, Your ‘ear’ and hear!  Open, O Lord, Your ‘eye’ and see!  And discern all the words of Sennacherib which he sent to defy the living God!”

אָמְנָם יְהוָה הֶחֱרִיבוּ מַלְכֵי אַשּׁוּר אֶת־כָּל־הָאֲרָצֹות וְאֶת־אַרְצָם׃    37:18

Isai. 37:18   “No doubt, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the countries and their land,

וְנָתֹן אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶם בָּאֵשׁ כִּי לֹא אֱלֹהִים הֵמָּה כִּי אִם־מַעֲשֵׂה יְדֵי־אָדָם עֵץ וָאֶבֶן וַיְאַבְּדוּם׃    37:19

Isai. 37:19   and cast their gods into the fire, for they are not gods, but only the work of the hands of men, wood and stone, so they destroyed them.”

וְעַתָּה יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ הֹושִׁיעֵנוּ מִיָדֹו וְיֵדְעוּ כָּל־מַמְלְכֹות הָאָרֶץ כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה לְבַדֶּךָ׃    37:20

Isai. 37:20   “So now, O Lord, our God, rescue us from his hand so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone are the Lord.”

וַיִּשְׁלַח יְשַׁעְיָהוּ בֶן־אָמֹוץ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּהוּ לֵאמֹר כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר הִתְפַּלַּלְתָּ אֵלַי    37:21 אֶל־סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר׃

Isai. 37:21   Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel:  ‘Of what you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּר יְהוָה עָלָיו בָּזָה לְךָ לָעֲגָה לְךָ בְּתוּלַת בַּת־צִיֹּון אַחֲרֶיךָ רֹאשׁ הֵנִיעָה בַּת    37:22 יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃

Isai. 37:22   this is the word that the Lord has spoken about him:

                      “The virgin daughter of Zion has contempt for you,

                               laughs with scorn at you.

                      The head of the daughter of Jerusalem shakes after you.”

אֶת־מִי חֵרַפְתָּ וְגִדַּפְתָּ וְעַל־מִי הֲרִימֹותָה קֹּול וַתִּשָּׂא מָרֹום עֵינֶיךָ אֶל־קְדֹושׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל׃    37:23

Isai. 37:23   “Whom have you defied and blasphemed,

                               and against Whom have you raised a voice?

                      And you have lifted up your eyes on high

                               against the Holy One of Israel.”

בְּיַד עֲבָדֶיךָ חֵרַפְתָּ אֲדֹנָי וַתֹּאמֶר בְּרֹב רִכְבִּי אֲנִי עָלִיתִי מְרֹום הָרִים יַרְכְּתֵי לְבָנֹון וְאֶכְרֹת קֹומַת    37:24 אֲרָזָיו מִבְחַר בְּרֹשָׁיו וְאָבֹוא מְרֹום קִצֹּו יַעַר כַּרְמִלֹּו׃

Isai. 37:24   “By the hand of your servants

                               you have defied the Master and said,

                      ‘With the multitude of my chariots

                                I have ascended the height of the mountains

                      of the recesses of Lebanon,

                               and I have cut down the tallest of its cedars,

                       the choicest of its cypress trees,

                               and I have entered the highest of its recesses,

                       its garden-land forest.”

אֲנִי קַרְתִּי וְשָׁתִיתִי מָיִם וְאַחְרִב בְּכַף־פְּעָמַי כֹּל יְאֹרֵי מָצֹור׃    37:25

Isai. 37:25   “I have dug and drunk water,

                                and dried up with the sole of my feet

                      all the rivers of Egypt.”

הֲלֹוא־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְמֵרָחֹוק אֹותָהּ עָשִׂיתִי מִימֵי קֶדֶם וִיצַרְתִּיהָ עַתָּה הֲבֵאתִיהָ וּתְהִי לְהַשְׁאֹות גַּלִּים    37:26 נִצִּים עָרִים בְּצֻרֹות׃

Isai. 37:26   “Have you not heard?

                                From afar I prepared it from days of old,

                      and I fashioned it.

                                Now I have brought it to pass

                       that it is laying in waste,

                                 ruined heaps of fortified cities.”

ְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶן קִצְרֵי־יָד חַתּוּ וָבֹשׁוּ הָיוּ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא חֲצִיר גַּגֹּות וּשְׁדֵמָה לִפְנֵי קָמָה׃    37:27

Isai. 37:27   “So their inhabitants were short of power.

                               They were dismayed and confounded.

                      They were grass of the field and green herb,

                               hay of the housetops,

                      and a corn field before maturity.”

וְשִׁבְתְּךָ וְצֵאתְךָ וּבֹואֲךָ יָדָעְתִּי וְאֵת הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלָי׃    37:28

Isai. 37:28   “And of your sitting down and your going out

                               and your coming in I know,

                      and your raging against Me.”

יַעַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ עָלָה בְאָזְנָי וְשַׂמְתִּי חַחִי בְּאַפֶּךָ וּמִתְגִּי בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ וַהֲשִׁיבֹתִיךָ בַּדֶּרֶךְ    37:29 אֲשֶׁר־בָּאתָ בָּהּ׃

Isai. 37:29   “Because your raging against Me,

                               with your tumult, has come up into My ‘ears,’

                      so I will put My hook in your nose

                               and My bit in your lips,

                      and I will turn you back

                               on the way on which you came.”

וְזֶה־לְּךָ הָאֹות אָכֹול הַשָּׁנָה סָפִיחַ וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשֵּׁנִית שָׁחִיס וּבַשָּׁנָה הַשְּׁלִישִׁית זִרְעוּ וְקִצְרוּ וְנִטְעוּ    37:30 כְרָמִים (וְאָכֹול) [וְאִכְלוּ] פִרְיָם׃

Isai. 37:30   “And this is the sign for you:  Eat this year what grows by itself, and in the second year, what grows from it, and in the third year, plant and harvest, and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.”

סְפָה פְּלֵיטַת בֵּית־יְהוּדָה הַנִּשְׁאָרָה שֹׁרֶשׁ לְמָטָּה וְעָשָׂה פְרִי לְמָעְלָה׃    37:31

Isai. 37:31   “And the remnant of the house of Judah that escapes shall increase, taking root downward and bearing fruit upward.”

כִּי מִירוּשָׁלִַם תֵּצֵא שְׁאֵרִית וּפְלֵיטָה מֵהַר צִיֹּון קִנְאַת יְהוָה צְבָאֹות תַּעֲשֶׂה־זֹּאת׃    37:32

Isai. 37:32   “For from Jerusalem shall come forth a remnant, and the escaped from Mount Zion.  The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.”                         [Return to 2Kin. 19:31]

לָכֵן כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֶל־מֶלֶךְ אַשּׁוּר לֹא יָבֹוא אֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְלֹא־יֹורֶה שָׁם חֵץ וְלֹא־יְקַדְּמֶנָּה מָגֵן    37:33    וְלֹא־יִשְׁפֹּךְ עֳלֶיהָ סֹלְלָה׃

Isai. 37:33   Therefore, thus says the Lord about the king of Assyria:  “He shall not come in to this city and shall not shoot an arrow there, and a shield shall not come before it, and a rampart shall not be cast against it.”

בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּא בָּהּ יָשׁוּב וְאֶל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לֹא יָבֹוא נְאֻם־יְהוָה׃    37:34

Isai. 37:34   “By the way that he came he shall return on it, and to this city he shall not come.” Declares the Lord:

וְגַנֹּותִי עַל־הָעִיר הַזֹּאת לְהֹושִׁיעָהּ לְמַעֲנִי וּלְמַעַן דָּוִד עַבְדִּי׃    37:35

Isai. 37:35   “And I will be a Defense over this city, saving it for My sake and for the sake of David, My servant.”

וַיֵּצֵא מַלְאַךְ יְהוָה וַיַּכֶּה בְּמַחֲנֵה אַשּׁוּר מֵאָה וּשְׁמֹנִים וַחֲמִשָּׁה אָלֶף וַיַּשְׁכִּימוּ בַבֹּקֶר וְהִנֵּה כֻלָּם    37:36 פְּגָרִים מֵתִים׃

Isai. 37:36   And an angel of the Lord went out and smote a hundred eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp.  When they were aroused early in the morning, then behold, all of them were dead corpses.

וַיִּסַּע וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיָּשָׁב סַנְחֵרִיב מֶלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר וַיֵּשֶׁב בְּנִינְוֵה׃    37:37

Isai. 37:37   So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed and went and returned, and he dwelled in Ninevah.

וַיְהִי הוּא מִשְׁתַּחֲוֶה בֵּית נִסְרֹךְ אֱלֹהָיו וְאַדְרַמֶּלֶךְ וְשַׂרְאֶצֶר בָּנָיו הִכֻּהוּ בַחֶרֶב וְהֵמָּה נִמְלְטוּ אֶרֶץ    37:38 אֲרָרָט וַיִּמְלֹךְ אֵסַר־חַדֹּן בְּנֹו תַּחְתָּיו׃

Isai. 37:38   And it happened, he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch, his god, and Adrammelech and Sarezer, his sons, smote him by sword, and they escaped to the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon, his son, became king in his stead.

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