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1 Now it came to pass in the four­teenth year of king Hezeki­ah, that Sen­nacherib king of As­syr­ia came up against all the de­fenced cities of Ju­dah, and took them. 2 And the king of As­syr­ia sent Rab­shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezeki­ah with a great army. And he stood by the con­duit of the up­per pool in the high­way of the fuller's field. 3 Then came forth unto him Eli­akim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Sheb­na the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. 4 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? 5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have coun­sel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou re­bellest against me? 6 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. 7 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? 8 Now there­fore give pledges, I pray thee, to my mas­ter the king of As­syr­ia, and I will give thee two thou­sand hors­es, if thou be able on thy part to set rid­ers upon them. 9 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? 10 And am I now come up with­out the LORD against this land to de­stroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and de­stroy it. 11 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. 12 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? 13 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. 14 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezeki­ah de­ceive you: for he shall not be able to de­liv­er you. 15 Nei­ther let Hezeki­ah make you trust in the LORD, say­ing, The LORD will sure­ly de­liv­er us: this city shall not be de­liv­ered into the hand of the king of As­syr­ia. 16 Hear­ken not to Hezeki­ah: for thus saith the king of As­syr­ia, Make an agreement with me by a pre­sent, and come out to me: and eat ye ev­ery one of his vine, and ev­ery one of his fig tree, and drink ye ev­ery one the wa­ters of his own cis­tern; 17 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. 18 Beware lest Hezeki­ah per­suade you, say­ing, The LORD will de­liv­er us. Hath any of the gods of the na­tions de­liv­ered his land out of the hand of the king of As­syr­ia? 19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sephar­vaim? and have they de­liv­ered Samaria out of my hand? 20 Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have de­liv­ered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should de­liv­er Jerusalem out of my hand? 21 But they held their peace, and an­swered him not a word: for the king's com­mand­ment was, say­ing, An­swer him not. 22 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.