H9001–/וַ–v

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.

וּבָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וּנְקָבָ֑הּ (וּ) u. “and”

But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

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

וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ (וַֽ) va “and”וַיִּקְרָ֥א (וַ) va “and”וַיֹּ֕אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י (וְ) ve. “and”

But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not.

וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ (וַֽ) va “and”

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

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

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

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

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

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

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

So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּ (וַ) va “and”

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

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

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

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

And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

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

And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּל֙ (וַ) va “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.

וַֽיְאַבְּדֽוּם׃ (וַֽ) Va “and”

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”