C. about

713. Jehovah.
Heb. mim,
RPETUAL jURNING.
Rey. 14. a
DESOLA- TION. 15. See ev. 18, 2. i
For Jthe Lorp hath a sacrifice in Bozrah,
Anda great slaughter in theland_ of Idumea.
7 And the r unicorns
down with them,
And the bullocks with the bulls ;
‘And their land -shall_be_soaked with blood,
ane their dust tmade_fat with fat-
sshall_come_
8 For i tt is the_day_of J the Lorp’s vengeance, And the_year_of recompences for the_controversy_of Zion. 9 And the_streams thereof -shall_be_ turned into pitch, And the_dust thereof into brim- stone, And the_land thereof-shall_become burning pitch. 10 Tt shall not be_queuched night nor
day ;
The_smoke thereof shall_go_up for
> ever:
From generation to generation it shall_lie_waste ;
None +shall pass_ through it for ever and =ever.
11 But the cormorant and the bittern shall_possess it ;
The owl also and the raven shall_ dwell in it :
And He -shall_stretch_out upon it the_line_of confusion,
And the_stones_of emptiness.
2 They shall_call the_nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there,
And all her princes shall_be no-
thing.
13 And dons *shall_come_up in her palaces,
Nettles and brambles in the_for- tresses thereof :
And it -shall_be a habitation_of dragons,
And a court for ° owls.
14 The ts wild _beasts_of_the _desert ‘shall also meet with the ‘ wild_ beasts_of_the-_island,
And the hsatyr shall_ cry to his fellow ;
The screech_owl also -shall_rest there,
And -find for herself a place_of_rest.
15 There -shall the great_owl make_ her_nest,
And lay, and thatch, and «gather under her shadow :
There -shall the vultures also be_ gathered,
Every_one with her mate.
16 Seek ye out of the_book_of J the Lorp, and -read :
No one of these «shall_ fail,
None sshall_want her mate:
For My mouth it manded,
And His Spirit it -hath_gathered them.
¢ -hath_cast the lot for them,
And His hand -hath_divided it unto
them by «line:
They shall_possess it for ever,
From generation to generation
shall_they_dwell therein.
shath_com- 3
TsatiaAH XXXVI. 2.
THE wilderness and the ¢soli- S) foe -place ‘shall_be_glad for em And the desert shall_rejoice, And blossom as the rose. ? It_shall_blossom abundantly, And rejoice even with joy and singing: The-_glory_of Lebanon -shall_be_ given unto it, The_ excellency_ of xSharon, Chen shall_see the_glory_of / the
xCarmel and
And the_excellency_of our =God. 3 Strengthen ye the weak hands, And confirm the feeble knees.
4 Say to them_that_are_of_a_h fear-|%.
ful heart, ff -Be_strong, Hear not: Behold, your =God will_come with vengeance, Even =God with a recompence ; He will_come and save you. 5 Then the_eyes_of the =blind shall_ be_opened, And the-ears_of the =deaf shall_ be_unstopped. 6 Then shall the -lame @ xhart, And the_tongue_of the -dumb
man leap as
sing : For in the wilderness -shall waters break_out, And streams in the desert. 7 And the parched exound sshall_be- come a pool, And _ the thirsty_ land springs_of =water : In the-_habitation_of dragons, where_each_lay, Shall be grass with reeds and
rushes. S And a Elaiged *shall_be there, And aw And it oe be called “ The_way_ of xholiness ;’ ihe "unclean "shall not pass_over
a But it shall be for those: The wayfaring _men, though fools, shall not err therein. 9 No lion shall_be there, Nor any ravenous beast shall_go_ up thereon, It shall not be_found there ; But the =redeemed -shall_walk there: 10 And the_=ransomed_of J¢he Lorp shall_returfi, And come to Zion with songs And ey erlasting joy upon their
heads : They shall_obtain j joy and gladness, And sorrow and sighing -shall_ fiee_away.
NOW it came_to_pass in the_ fourteenth year_of xking Heze-
kiah, that Sennacherib king_of Assyria
came_ FMR all the defenced cities_ of Judah, and took them.
2 And the_king_of Assyria sent -Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto xking Hezekiah with a great army.
And he stood by the_conduit_of the
B.C. about 713.
THE DESERT. Ge dry_land.
e rue
J. Jehovah. =G. Elohim, plural.
ENCOUR- AGEMENT. . 4, 8. See Heb. 12. 11- 14.
h. hasty.
“PROMISES. 5, Ch, 29. 18,
WAY OF HOLINESS.
a, And He shall be with them, walking in the way ; and fools shall not err. Heb. Ve bu lah-
Jer. 31. 11.
1. 2Krn. 18. 13, 17. 2 Chr. 32. L
710. RABSHA- KEH SENT. 2, 3. 2 KIN. 18. 17, 18.
IsarAH XXXVI. 3. B.C. 710. | upper pool in the_highway_of the ful- ler’s field,
®Then came_forth unto him Elia- kim, Hilkiah’s son, which was_over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4And Rabshakeh said unto them, “Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus ‘saith the great xking, the_king_of Assyria, What confidence zs xthis wherein thou *trustest ?
5 T-say, sayest thou, (but they are but wvain words) I have counsel and strength for xwar : now on whom «dost_ thou_trust, that thou -rebellest against me?
6 Lo, thou -trustest in the_staff_of 7. xthis xbroken «reed, on Egypt ; whereon ifa ‘man lean, it -will_go into his hand, and -pierce it: so is Pharaoh king_of Egypt to all x:that trust in him.
But if thou tsay to me, ‘ We trust in J the Lorp our =God:’ is it not He, whose chigh_places and whose altars Hezekiah shath_taken_away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘Ye shall_ worship*before *this xaltar ?’
8 Nowtherefore :give_pledges, I_pray_ thee, to «my /-master the king_of As- syria, and I will_give thee two_thousand horses, if thou tbe_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 J the Lorp against xthis xland to destroy it? Jthe Lorp said unto me, ‘*Go_up against «this xland, and «destroy it.’”
il 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 ave on the wall.”
J3.G. Jehovah our Elohim.
7, Jord.
3. Jehovah.
THE ELDERS’ REQUEST. 11. 2 Kin. 18.
26.
RAB- 12 But Rabshakeh said, “-Hath my SEES 1-master sent me to thy /=master and
12, 2KIn. 18. to thee to speak xthese Xwords ? hath he 27
de @. anah- uponthe wall, that they may_eat -their_ shim. own dung, and drink -their_own v piss w. water. with you?”
Rab- 13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried SHAKEH'S |with a loud voice in_the_Jews’_lan- SPEECH 70 | puage, and said, “-Hear ye -the_words_ Peopie. |Of the great king, the_king_of As- 13-20, 2 Kin. | Syria.
18. 28-35. 14Thus ‘saith the king, ‘Let not Hezekiah deceive you : for he shall not be_able to deliver pou.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make pou
J. Jehovah. | trust in ’the Lorp, saying, ‘’ The Lorp will_surely deliver us: xthis xcity shall not be_delivered into the_-hand_of the_ king_of Assyria.’
16 tHearken not to Hezekiah: for thus -saith the_king_of Assyria, ‘Make an agreement with me by a present, and -come_out to me: and seat ye
a. ish. ievery_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 pon away to a land like your_own land, a land of
not sent me to the «men x+that sit | left.
IsaraH XXXVII. 10,
corn and » wine, a land_of bread and| B.C. 710
vineyards. n. new. 18 Beware lest Hezekiah uade eee
pou, saying, ‘? The Lorp will_deliver| ,{4om. BY :
us.
Hath any of the_gods_of the nations delivered his “land out_of the_-hand_of the_king_of a Ao -
19 Where are the_gods_of Hamath and Arphad? where are the. is_of Seph- arvaim ? and have they delivered -Sa- maria out_of my hand ?
20 Who are they nee the_gods_ of «these xlands, that shave_delivered their “land out_of my hand, that / the Lorp tshould_deliver ~Jerusalem out_ of my hand?” ae
21 But they held_their_peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, “tAn- swer him not,” f 7 ;
2 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| 37. -the_words_of Rabshakeh.
Br AND it came_to_pass, when «king
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his -clothes, and coyered_himself with sackcloth, and went into the_house_of ‘the Lorp,
2 And he sent ~Eliakim, who was over the household, and -Shebna the scribe, ; and -the_elders_of the priests covered 5 with xsackcloth, unto Isaiah the pro- phet the_son_of Amoz.
3 And they said unto him, “Thus ‘saith Hezekiah, «This xday is a day_of trouble, and of rebuke, and of + blas- phemy : for the « children sare_come to}s. the birth, and there is not strength to i bring_forth. 6 4
4 It_may_be J the Lorp thy =God will_ hear -the_words_of Rabshakeh, whom the_king_of Assyria his!=master -hath_|7, sent to ve reproach the living =God, and «will_reprove the words which J the Lorp
1. lord.
re.
5.6.51 thy =God -hath_heard: wherefore «lift_| thy up thy prayer for the remnant that is eft.”
5 So the_servants_of xking Hezekiah came to Isaiah.
6 And Isaiah said unto them, “Thus| Iss shall_ye_say unto your ! =master, ‘ Thus : x. ‘saith 4 the Lorp, *Be not afraid of the/® words that thou shast_heard, wherewith | 7 1 the _ servants _ of the _ king _ of Assyria *have_blasphemed me.
7 Behold, I +will_send a blast upon him, and he sshall_hear a rumour, and ‘return to his_own land; and I ¢will_ cause_him_to_fall by the sword in his_ a own land,’” : :
= So a a On ceed and und -the_king_o ia warring agains’ Libnah : for he had_heard that he was_ departed from Lachish.
9 And he heard say concerning Tir- hakah king_of Ethiopia, “He -is_come_| 19.& forth to make_war with thee.”
And when_he_heard 7, he sent mes- sengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10 “ Thus shall_ye_speak to Hezekiah king_of Judah, saying, ‘Let not thy =God, in whom thon trustest, deceive
548
SAIAH XXXVII, 11. 3.C. 710.
sons.
:ZEKIAH'S >RAYER. 20, 2 KIN. . 14-20. Jehovah.
lit. lands.
ahdahm
SHOVAH'S REPLY. “29, 2 KIN. 9, 20-28.
,. reviled,
thee, saying, ‘Jerusalem shall not be_ given into the_hand_of the_king_of
Assyria.
1 Behold, ihow -chast_heard what the_kings_of Assyria ‘have_done to all xlands by destroying_-them_utterly ; and shalt thou be_delivered ?
12 -Have the_gods_of the nations de- livered them which my fathers shave_ destroyed, as -Gozan, and -Haran, and Rezeph, and the_schildren_of Eden which were in Telassar?
18 Where ts the_king_of Hamath, and the_king_of Arphad, and the_king_of the_city_of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ?”
14 And Hezekiah received «the =letter from the_hand_of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went_up unto the_house_of /the Lorp, and spread it before 4 the Lorp.
15 And Hezekiah prayed unt ‘the Lorp, saying,
16 “O_4 Lorp of_hosts, =God_of Israél, that_dwellest between the cherubims, Thon art i the =God, even Thou alone of all the_kingdoms_of the earth : Thou shast_made ¢%=heayen and earth.
17 -Incline Thine ear, O_) Lorp, and
3.|*hear ; -open Thine eyes, O_’ Lorp, and
*see: and «hear «all the_words_of Sen- nacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living =God.
18 Of_a_truth, J Lorp, the_kings_of Assyria -have_laid_waste -all the /na- tions, and their «countries, é
19 And -have_cast their «gods into the fire: for thep were no gods, but the_ work_of «men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have_destroyed them.
20 Now therefore, O! Lory our =God, *save us from his hand, that all the_ kingdoms_of the earth tmay_ know ue Thou art the Lory, even Thou only.” ©
a Then Isaiah the_son_of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, “Thus -saith Jthe Lorp =God_of Israél, Whereas thou -hast_prayed to Me against Sen- nacherib king_of Assyria :
2'This is the word which ’ the Lorp phath spoken concerning him ;
§ yirgin, the_daughter_of Zion, hath despised thee,
And laughed_thee_to_scorn ;
The_daughter_of Jerusalem -hath_ shaken her head at thee.
23 “Whom -hast_thou_rereproached
and -blasphemed ?
And against whom -hast_thou_ex- alted thy voice,
And lifted_up thine eyes on_high ?
Even against the - Holy -One_of Israel.
24 By ,! thy servants -hast_thou_re re-
proached « the =Lord,
And hast_said, By the_multitude_
Isaran XXXVII. 38,
2 ¥ -have_digged, and -drunk water; And with the_sole_of my feet have I dried_up all the_rivers_of the besieged_places, 6 Hast thou not heard long-ago, how I -hayve-done it; And of ancient times, that I shave_ »p formed it ? Now shave_I_brought_it_to_pass, That thou shouldest_be to lay_ waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. 27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, They were _dismayed and founded : They were as tiie_grass_of the field, and as the green herb, As the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it -be_
grown_up.
28 But I -know thy sabode, and thy going_out, and thy coming_in,
And thy -rage against Me.
29 Because thy rage against Me, and thy «tumult, -is.come_up into Mine ears,
Therefore -will_I_put My hook in thy nose,
And My bridle in thy lips,
And I -will_turn_thee_back by the way by which thou camest.’
30 And this shall be a xsign unto thee,
Ye shall_eat this xyear such_as_ groweth_of_itself ;
And the second xyear that_which_ springeth_of_the_saime :
And in the third xyear sow ye, and ‘reap, and -plant vineyards, and seat the_fruit thereof.
31 And the_remnant x-that is_escap- ed_of the_house_of Judah «shall_ again take_root downward,
And ‘bear fruit upward :
32For out_of Jerusalem shall _go_ forth a remnant,
And they_that_escape out of mount Zion :
The_zeal_of ‘the Lorp of_hosts shall_do this.
83 Therefore thus -saith Jthe Lorp concerning the_king_of Assyria,
He shall not come into xthis xcity,
Nor shoot an arrow there,
Nor come before it with -shields,
Nor cast a bank against it.
34 By the way that he came, by the_ same shall_he_return,
And shall not come into xthis «city, asaith J the Lorp.
%> For I -will_defend xthis xcity to save it for Mine_own sake,
And for My servant David’s sake.”
36 Then the_angel_of J the Lorp went_
forth, and smote in the_camp_of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and ‘when they arose_early in the morning, behold,
*con-
of my chariots -am £ come_up to | they were all dead corpses.
the_height_of the mountains,
To the_sides_of Lebanon ;
And I will_cut_down the_tall cedars thereof,
And the_choice ¢ fir_trees thereof:
And I will_enter_into the_height_ of his border,
And the_forest_of his f Carmel.
87 So Sennacherib king_of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.
38 And it came_to_pass, as he was_
worshipping in the_house_of Nisroch|37 3s. 2 Kiv.
B.C. 710.
. OF Fourposed,
s. sitting. down.
ar. or arrogance.
SIGN TO HEZEKIAH. 30-32. 2 KIN. 19. 29-31,
PROMISE. 33-35. 2 KIN. 19, 32-34. J. Jehovah.
“AN ANGEL SMITES
,000. 36. 2 KIN. 19. i. i.e. the Israelites. SEN-
NACHERIB RETURNS
SLAIN.
his =god, that Adrammelech and Shar-| 19. 36, 37. ezer his sons smote him with the sword ; and thep escaped into the_land_
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TsAIAH
BC. 710. a, Ararat.
713. HEZEKIAH'’S SICKNESS AND PRAYER.
1-3. 2 KIN. 20. 1-3.
g. Give charge con- cerning thine house.
2. Ps. 50. 15.
J. Jehovah,
ANSWER. 4-6. 2 KIN.
20. 4-7. ake at,
6. Luke 18. 7, 8.
THE SIGN. 7, 8. 2 KIN. 20. 8-11.
WRITING OF HEZEKIAH.
9. Ps. 116. 1,~ 2,
gh. Jah, Jah.
a, ahdahm.
t. transitory- world,
F. or from the thrum.
J. Jehovah.
b. be-a_ surety-for.
pepe eee te