H9002–/וְ–v

At that time did Hezekiah cut off [supplied: the gold from] the doors of the temple of Yahweh, and [supplied: from] the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

The king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great army to Jerusalem. They went up and came to Jerusalem. When they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

When they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

וְשֶׁבְנָה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֥ח (וְ) ve. “and”

You say (but they are but vain words), [supplied: There is] counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

וּגְבוּרָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

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 in Jerusalem?

וְכִי־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (וְ) ve. “and”

Now therefore, Please give pledges 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.

וְעַתָּה֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְאֵ֣יךְ (וְ) ve. “and”וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃ (וּ) u. “and”

Am I now come up without Yahweh against this place to destroy it? Yahweh said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.

וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Please speak to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and don't speak with us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people who are on the wall.

וְשֶׁבְנָ֨ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֜ח (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? Hasn't he sent me to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת (וְ) ve. “and”

neither let Hezekiah make you trust in Yahweh, saying, Yahweh will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

וְאַל־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְלֹ֤א (וְ) ve. “and”

Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and everyone drink the waters of his own cistern;

וּצְא֣וּ (וּ) u. “and”וְאִכְל֤וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וְאִ֣ישׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּשְׁת֖וּ (וּ) u. “and”

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, a land of olive trees and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and don't listen to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, Yahweh will deliver us.

וְתִיר֜וֹשׁ (וְ) ve. “and”וּכְרָמִ֗ים (וּ) u. “and”וּדְבַ֔שׁ (וּ) u. “and”וִֽחְי֖וּ (וִֽ) vi “and”וְלֹ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאַֽל־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?

וְאַרְפָּ֗ד (וְ) ve. “and”וְעִוָּ֑ה (וְ) ve. “and”

But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, saying, Don't answer him.

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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

וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א (וְ) ve. “and”וְיוֹאָ֨ח (וְ) ve. “and”

He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

וְשֶׁבְנָ֣א (וְ) ve. “and”וְאֵת֙ (וְ) ve. “and”

They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

וְתוֹכֵחָ֛ה (וְ) ve. “and”וּנְאָצָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”וְכֹ֥חַ (וְ) ve. “and”

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered?

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden that were in Telassar?

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”וְרֶ֥צֶף (וְ) ve. “and”וּבְנֵי־ (וּ) u. “and”

Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?

וּמֶ֣לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וּמֶ֖לֶךְ (וּ) u. “and”וְעִוָּֽה׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

Hezekiah prayed before Yahweh, and said, Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sit [supplied: above] the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear; open your eyes, Yahweh, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, with which he has sent him to defy the living God.

וּֽשֲׁמָ֔ע (וּֽ) u. “and”וּרְאֵ֑ה (וּ) u. “and”וּשְׁמַ֗ע (וּ) u. “and”

Of a truth, Yahweh, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

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.

וָאֶ֖בֶן (וָ) va. “and”