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And it cometh to pass, at king Hezekiah's hearing, that he rendeth his garments, and covereth himself with sackcloth, and entereth the house of Jehovah,

וַיְהִ֗י (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרַ֖ע (וַ) va “and”וַיִּתְכַּ֣ס (וַ) va “and”וַיָּבֹ֖א (וַ) va “and”

and sendeth Eliakim, who `is' over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covering themselves with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz,

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

and they say unto him, `Thus said Hezekiah -- A day of distress, and rebuke, and despising `is' this day; for come have sons unto the birth, and power there is not to bring forth.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

`It may be Jehovah thy God doth hear all the words of the chief of the butlers with which the king of Asshur his lord hath sent him to reproach the living God, and hath decided concerning the words that Jehovah thy God hath heard, and thou hast lifted up prayer for the remnant that is found.'

וְהוֹכִ֙יחַ֙ (וְ) ve. “and”וְנָשָׂ֣אתָ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the servants of king Hezekiah come in unto Isaiah,

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”

and Isaiah saith to them, `Thus do ye say unto your lord: Thus said Jehovah, Be not afraid because of the words that thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Asshur have reviled Me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Lo, I am giving in him a spirit, and he hath heard a report, and hath turned back to his land, and I have caused him to fall by the sword in his land.'

וְשָׁמַ֥ע (וְ) ve. “and”וְשָׁ֣ב (וְ) ve. “and”וְהִפַּלְתִּ֥יו (וְ) ve. “and”

And the chief of the butlers turneth back and findeth the king of Asshur fighting against Libnah, for he hath heard that he hath journeyed from Lachish.

וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְצָא֙ (וַ) va “and”

And he heareth concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, saying, `Lo, he hath come out to fight with thee;' and he turneth and sendeth messengers unto Hezekiah, saying,

וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah taketh the letters out of the hand of the messengers, and readeth them, and goeth up to the house of Jehovah, and Hezekiah spreadeth it before Jehovah.

וַיִּקַּ֨ח (וַ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָאֵ֑ם (וַ) va “and”וַיַּ֙עַל֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּפְרְשֵׂ֥הוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Hezekiah prayeth before Jehovah, and saith, `O Jehovah, God of Israel, inhabiting the cherubs, Thou `art' God Himself -- Thyself alone -- to all the kingdoms of the earth: Thou hast made the heavens and the earth.

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּאמַר֒ (וַ) va “and”

and have put their gods into fire, for they `are' no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone, and destroy them.

וְנָתְנ֥וּ (וְ) ve. “and”וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

And Isaiah son of Amoz sendeth unto Hezekiah, saying, `Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed unto Me concerning Sennacherib king of Asshur I have heard:

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Whom hast thou reproached and reviled? And against whom lifted up a voice? Yea, thou dost lift up on high thine eyes -- Against the Holy One of Israel!

וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

By the hand of thy messengers Thou hast reproached the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of mountains -- The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the lodging of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”

Hast thou not heard from afar, it I made, From days of old that I formed it? Now I have brought it in, And it becometh a desolation, Ruinous heaps `are' fenced cities,

וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ (וִֽ) vi. “and”

And their inhabitants `are' feeble-handed, They were broken down, and are dried up, They have been the herb of the field, And the greenness of the tender grass, Grass of the roofs, And blasted corn -- before it hath risen up!

וַיֵּבֹ֑שׁוּ (וַ) va “and”

Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise -- it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.

וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י (וְ) ve. “and”וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ (וַ) va. “and”

And it hath continued -- The escaped of the house of Judah That hath been left -- to take root beneath, And hath made fruit upward.

וְיָ֨סְפָ֜ה (וְ) ve. “and”וְעָשָׂ֥ה (וְ) ve. “and”

And I have covered over this city, To save it, for Mine own sake, And for the sake of David My servant.'

וְגַנּוֹתִ֛י (וְ) ve. “and”

And it cometh to pass, in that night, that a messenger of Jehovah goeth out, and smiteth in the camp of Asshur a hundred eighty and five thousand, and they rise early in the morning, and lo, all of them `are' dead corpses.

וַיְהִי֮ (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּצֵ֣א׀ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּךְ֙ (וַ) va “and”וַיַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Sennacherib king of Asshur journeyeth, and goeth, and turneth back, and dwelleth in Nineveh;

וַיִּסַּ֣ע (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֔לֶךְ (וַ) va “and”וַיָּ֖שָׁב (וַ) va “and”וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב (וַ) va “and”

and it cometh to pass, he is bowing himself in the house of Nisroch his god, and Adramelech and Sharezar `his sons' have smitten him with the sword, and they have escaped to the land of Ararat, and Esar-Haddon his son reigneth in his stead.

וַיְהִי֩ (וַ) va “and”וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ (וַ) va “and”

In those days hath Hezekiah been sick unto death, and come unto him doth Isaiah son of Amoz the prophet, and saith unto him, `Thus said Jehovah: Give a charge to thy house, for thou art dying, and dost not live.'

וַיָּבֹ֣א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

And he turneth round his face unto the wall, and prayeth unto Jehovah, saying,

וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (וַ) va “and”וַיִּ֨תְפַּלֵּ֔ל (וַ) va “and”