H9001–/וַ–v

Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this in which you trust?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust on him.

וּבָ֥א (וּ) u. “and”וּנְקָבָ֑הּ (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?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “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?

וַתִּבְטַ֤ח (וַ) va. “and”

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

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? [ergänzt: has he] not [ergänzt: sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear you 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 grain and new 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, Don't answer him.

וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ (וַֽ) va “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.

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

It happened, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of Yahweh.

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

וַ֠יִּשְׁלַח (וַ֠) Va “and”

They said to him, Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (וַ) va “and”

It may be Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore lift up your 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”

Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you tell your master, Thus says Yahweh, Don't be afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר (וַ) va “and”

Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall hear news, and shall 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”

He heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come out to fight against you. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

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

Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of Yahweh, and spread it before Yahweh.

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

Hezekiah prayed to Yahweh, 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 to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,

וַיִּשְׁלַח֙ (וַ) va “and”

Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high? [ergänzt: even] against the Holy One of Israel.

וַתִּשָּׂ֥א (וַ) va. “and”

By your servants have you defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (וַ) va. “and”