Isaiah 36
36:1And it came to pass the fourteenth year of the reigning of Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of the Assyrians ascended upon the fortified cities of Judea, and took them.
36:2And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabshakeh from Lachish unto Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great force. And he stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool in the way of the field of the fuller.
36:3And there came forth to him, Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah the manager, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder.
36:4And Rabshakeh said to them, Speak to Hezekiah! Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians. What are you relying on?
36:5Does the battle take place by a plan with the words of the lips? And now, upon whom are you relying that you resist my persuasion?
36:6Behold, you are relying upon this fractured rod of reed -- upon Egypt; which if a man should stay his weight upon it, it shall enter into his hand, and shall puncture it. Thus is Pharaoh king of Egypt, and all the ones relying upon him.
36:7And if you should say, Upon the lord our God we rely on. Is he not whom Hezekiah removed his high places, and his altars, and told Judah and Jerusalem, In front of this altar do obesiance now!
36:8But mix in with my master the king of the Assyrians, and I will give to you two thousand horses, if you are able to put riders upon them.
36:9And how are you all able to turn to the face of the toparchs? The ones relying upon the Egyptians for a horse and rider are our servants.
36:10And now, have we ascended without the lord upon this place to wage war with it? The lord said to me, Ascend upon this land, and utterly destroy it!
36:11And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to him, to Rabshakeh, Speak indeed to your servants in Syriac! for we hear ourselves; and do not speak to us in Jewish! For why do you speak unto the ears of the men standing upon the wall?
36:12And Rabshakeh said to them, Is it to your master, or to you my master sent me to speak these words? Is it not to the men, the ones sitting upon the wall, that they should eat their dung and drink their urine with you together?
36:13And Rabshakeh stood and yelled out with a great voice in Jewish, and said, Hearken to indeed the words of the great king, the king of the Assyrians!
36:14Thus says the king, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you with words! in no way shall he be able to rescue you.
36:15And do not let Hezekiah say to you that, God shall rescue you, and in no way shall this city be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.
36:16Do not hearken to Hezekiah! Thus says the king of the Assyrians, If you want to be blessed, come forth to me! and you shall each eat of his own grapevine and fig-trees, and shall drink water from out of his own well;
36:17until whenever I should come and should take you into a land as your land; a land of grain, and wine, and bread loaves, and vineyards.
36:18Let not Hezekiah deceive you! saying, God shall rescue us. Have the gods of the nations each rescued his own place from out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians?
36:19Where is the god of Hamath and Arpad? And where is the god of the city of Sepharvaim? Have they been able to rescue Samaria from out of my hand?
36:20Which of the gods of all these nations is the one who was rescued of his land from out of my hand, that the lord shall rescue Jerusalem from out of my hand?
36:21And they kept silent, and no one answered him a word by the assignment of the king, saying, No one is to answer.
36:22And Eliakim the son of Helkiah the manager entered, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah, having split their inner garments. And they announced to him the words of Rabshakeh.