H9002–/וְ–v

at that time hath Hezekiah cut off the doors of the temple of Jehovah, and the pillars that Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and giveth them to the king of Asshur.

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And the king of Asshur sendeth Tartan, and the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the butlers, from Lachish, unto king Hezekiah, with a heavy force, to Jerusalem, and they go up and come in to Jerusalem, and they go up, and come in and stand by the conduit of the upper pool that `is' in the highway of the fuller's field.

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

And they call unto the king, and go out unto them doth Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who `is' over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer.

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

Thou hast said: Only a word of the lips! counsel and might `are' for battle; now, on whom hast thou trusted that thou hast rebelled against me?

וּגְבוּרָ֖ה (וּ) u. “and”

`And when ye say unto me, Unto Jehovah our God we have trusted, is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath turned aside, and saith to Judah and to Jerusalem, Before this altar do ye bow yourselves in Jerusalem?

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

`And, now, give a pledge for thee, I pray thee, to my lord the king of Asshur, and I give to thee two thousand horses, if thou art able to give for thee riders on them.

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

And how dost thou turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, that thou dost trust for thee on Egypt for chariot, and for horsemen?

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

Now, without Jehovah have I come up against this place to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and thou hast destroyed it.'

וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Eliakim son of Hilkiah saith -- and Shebna, and Joah -- to the chief of the butlers, `Speak, we pray thee, unto thy servants `in' Aramaean, for we are understanding, and do not speak with us `in' Jewish, in the ears of the people who `are' on the wall.'

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

And the chief of the butlers saith unto them, `For thy lord, and unto thee, hath my lord sent me to speak these words? is it not for the men, those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water, with you?'

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

and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, and this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

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

`Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,

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

till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive, and honey, and live, and die not; and do not hearken unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, Jehovah doth 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 Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?

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

And the people have kept silent, and have not answered him a word, for the command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'

וְלֹֽא־ (וְ) ve. “and”

And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who `is' over the house, cometh in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the remembrancer, unto Hezekiah, with rent garments, and they declare to him the words of the chief of the butlers.

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

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

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

Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands -- to devote them; and thou art delivered!

וְאַתָּ֖ה (וְ) ve. “and”

did the gods of the nations deliver them whom my fathers destroyed -- Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the sons of Eden, who `are' in Thelassar?

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, Hena, and Ivvah?'

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

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “and”

Incline, O Jehovah, Thine ear, and hear; open, O Jehovah, Thine eyes, and see; and hear Thou the words of Sennacherib with which he hath sent him to reproach the living God.

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

`Truly, O Jehovah, kings of Asshur have laid waste the nations, and their land,

וְאֶת־ (וְ) ve. “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.

וָאֶ֖בֶן (וָ) va. “and”