Isaiah 37:10-33

Isaiah 37:10-33

[10] Thus shall ye speak  to Hezekiah  king  of Judah,  saying,  Let not thy God,  in whom thou trustest,  deceive  thee, saying,  Jerusalem  shall not be given  into the hand  of the king  of Assyria.  [11] Behold, thou hast heard  what the kings  of Assyria  have done  to all lands  by destroying them utterly;  and shalt thou be delivered?  [12] Have the gods  of the nations  delivered  them which my fathers  have destroyed,  as Gozan,  and Haran,  and Rezeph,  and the children  of Eden  which were in Telassar?  [13] Where is 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 LORD,  and spread  it before  the LORD.  [15] And Hezekiah  prayed  unto the LORD,  saying,  [16] O LORD  of hosts,  God  of Israel,  that dwellest  between the cherubims,  thou art the God,  even thou alone, of all the kingdoms  of the earth:  thou hast made  heaven  and earth.  [17] Incline  thine ear,  O LORD,  and hear;  open  thine eyes,  O LORD,  and see:  and hear  all the words  of Sennacherib,  which hath sent  to reproach  the living  God.  [18] Of a truth,  LORD,  the kings  of Assyria  have laid waste  all the nations,  [19] And have cast  their gods  into the fire:  for they were no gods,  but the work  of men's  hands,  wood  and stone:  therefore they have destroyed  [20] Now therefore, O LORD  our God,  save  us from his hand,  that all the kingdoms  of the earth  may know  that thou art the LORD,  [21] Then Isaiah  the son  of Amoz  sent  unto Hezekiah,  saying,  the LORD  God  of Israel,  Whereas thou hast prayed  to me against Sennacherib  king  of Assyria:  [22] This is the word  which the LORD  hath spoken  concerning him; The virgin,  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 reproached  and blasphemed?  and against whom hast thou exalted  thy voice,  and lifted up  thine eyes  on high?  even against the Holy One  of Israel.  [24] By  thy servants  hast thou reproached  the Lord,  and hast said,  By the multitude  of my chariots  am I come up  to 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  [25] I have digged,  and drunk  water;  and with the sole  of my feet  have I dried up  all the rivers  of the besieged places.  [26] Hast thou not heard  long ago,  how I have done  it; and of ancient  times,  that I have formed  it? now have 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 confounded:  they were as the 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 abode,  and thy going out,  and thy coming in,  and thy rage  [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 sign  unto thee, Ye shall eat  this year  such as groweth  of itself; and the second  year  that which springeth  of the same: and in the third  year  sow  ye, and reap,  and plant  vineyards,  and eat  the fruit  thereof. [31] And the remnant  that is escaped  of the house  of Judah  shall again  take root  downward,  and bear  fruit  upward:  [32] For out of Jerusalem  shall go forth  a remnant,  and they that escape  out of mount  Zion:  the zeal  of the LORD  of hosts  shall do  this. [33] Therefore thus saith  the LORD  concerning the king  of Assyria,  He shall not come  into this city,  nor shoot  an arrow  there, nor come before  it with shields,  nor cast  a bank