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This is what the king says: Do not be tricked by Hezekiah, for there is no salvation for you in him.

לָכֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “<to>”לְהַצִּ֥יל (לְ) le. “to”

And do not let Hezekiah make you put your faith in the Lord, saying, The Lord will certainly keep us safe, and this town will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

But the people kept quiet and gave him no answer: for the king's order was, Give him no answer.

לֵאמֹ֖ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah, with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

ל֔וֹ (ל֔) l “to”

And they said to him, Hezekiah says, This day is a day of trouble and punishment and shame; for the children are ready to come to birth, but there is no strength to give birth to them.

לְלֵדָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “for”

It may be that the Lord your God will give ear to the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, sent to say evil things against the living God, and will make his words come to nothing: so then make your prayer for the rest of the peo

לְחָרֵף֙ (לְ) le. “to”

And Isaiah said to them, This is what you are to say to your master: The Lord says, Be not troubled by the words which the servants of the king of Assyria have said against me in your hearing.

לָהֶם֙ (לָ) la. “to”

See, I will put a spirit into him, and bad news will come to his ears, and he will go back to his land; and there I will have him put to death by the sword.

לְאַרְצ֑וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And when news came to him that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had made an attack on him, he sent representatives to Hezekiah again, saying,

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לְהִלָּחֵ֣ם (לְ) le. “to”לֵאמֹֽר׃ (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is what you are to say to Hezekiah, king of Judah: Let not your God, in whom is your faith, give you a false hope, saying, Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

No doubt the story has come to your ears of what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, putting them to the curse; and will you be kept safe?

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְהַֽחֲרִימָ֑ם (לְ) le. “by”

And Hezekiah took the letter from the hands of those who had come with it; and after reading it, Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, opening the letter there before the Lord.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth.

לִפְנֵ֣י (לִ) li “<to>”לְבַדְּךָ֔ (לְ) le. “to”לְכֹ֖ל (לְ) le. “of”

Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God.

לְחָרֵ֖ף (לְ) le. “to”

But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.

לְבַדֶּֽךָ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

Then Isaiah, the son of Amoz, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord, the God of Israel, says, The prayer which you have made to me against Sennacherib, king of Assyria, has come to my ears.

לֵאמֹ֑ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”

This is the word which the Lord has said about him: In the eyes of the virgin daughter of Zion you are shamed and laughed at; the daughter of Jerusalem has made sport of you.

לְךָ֜ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְךָ֗ (לְ) le. “<to>”

Has it not come to your ears how I did it long before, purposing it in times long past? Now I have given effect to my design, so that by you strong towns might be turned into masses of broken walls.

לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמִ֥ימֵי (לְ) le. “<to>”לַהְשׁ֛וֹת (לַ) la “[about] to”

This is why their townsmen had no power, they were broken and put to shame; they were like the grass of the field and the green plant, like grass on the house-tops.

לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And this will be the sign to you: you will get your food this year from what comes up of itself; and in the second year from the produce of the same; and in the third year you will put in your seed and get in the grain and make vine-gardens and take of t

לְּךָ֣ (לְּ) le. “for”

And those of Judah who are still living will again take root in the earth and give fruit.

לְמָ֑טָּה (לְ) le. “<to>”לְמָֽעְלָה׃ (לְ) le. “<to>”

For this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it;

לָכֵ֗ן (לָ) la. “<to>”

For I will keep this town safe, for my honour, and for the honour of my servant David.

לְהֽוֹשִׁיעָ֑הּ (לְ) le. “to”

In those days Hezekiah was ill and near death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him, and said to him, The Lord says, Put your house in order, for your death is near.

לָמ֑וּת (לָ) la. “to”לְבֵיתֶ֔ךָ (לְ) le. “to”