[HNV] 2Kings 19, Hebrew Names Version
The Second Book Melakhim, starting at chapter 19
{19:1} It happened, when king Chizkiyahu heard it, that he tore his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house
of the LORD. {19:2} He sent Elyakim, who was over the household, and
Shevna the scribe, and the elders of the [1>]kohanim[<1], covered with
sackcloth, to Yeshaiyahu the prophet the son of Amotz. {19:3} They
said to him, Thus says Chizkiyahu, This day is a day of trouble, and
of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to the birth,
and there is not strength to bring forth. {19:4} It may be the LORD
your God will hear all the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king of Ashur
his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke the words
which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for
the remnant that is left. {19:5} So the servants of king Chizkiyahu
came to Yeshaiyahu. {19:6} Yeshaiyahu said to them, Thus shall you
tell your master, Thus says the LORD, Don't be afraid of the words
that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Ashur have
blasphemed me. {19:7} Behold, I will put a spirit in him, and he shall
hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to
fall by the sword in his own land. {19:8} So Ravshakeh returned, and
found the king of Ashur warring against Livna; for he had heard that
he was departed from Lakhish. {19:9} When he heard say of Tirhakah
king of Kush, Behold, he is come out to fight against you, he sent
messengers again to Chizkiyahu, saying, {19:10} Thus shall you speak
to Chizkiyahu king of Yehudah, saying, Don't let your God in whom you
trust deceive you, saying, Yerushalayim shall not be given into the
hand of the king of Ashur. {19:11} Behold, you have heard what the
kings of Ashur have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and
shall you be delivered? {19:12} Have the gods of the nations delivered
them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and Charan, and Retzef,
and the children of `Eden that were in Telassar? {19:13} Where is the
king of Chamat, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of
Sefarvayim, of Hena, and `Ivvah? {19:14} Chizkiyahu received the
letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Chizkiyahu
went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
{19:15} Chizkiyahu prayed before the LORD, and said, LORD, the God of
Yisra'el, who sit [above] the Keruvim, you are the God, even you
alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and
earth. {19:16} Incline your ear, LORD, and hear; open your eyes, LORD,
and see; and hear the words of Sancheriv, with which he has sent him
to defy the living God. {19:17} Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Ashur
have laid waste the nations and their lands, {19:18} 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 them. {19:19} Now
therefore, LORD our God, save you us, I beg you, out of his hand, that
all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you LORD are God alone.
{19:20} Then Yeshaiyahu the son of Amotz sent to Chizkiyahu, saying,
Thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, Whereas you have prayed to me
against Sancheriv king of Ashur, I have heard [you]. {19:21} This is
the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter
of Tziyon has despised you and ridiculed you; the daughter of
Yerushalayim has shaken her head at you. {19:22} Whom have you defied
and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice and
lifted up your eyes on high? [even] against the Holy One of Yisra'el.
{19:23} By your messengers you have defied the Lord, and have said,
With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the
mountains, to the innermost parts of Levanon; and I will cut down the
tall cedars of it, and the choice fir trees of it; and I will enter
into his farthest lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field.
{19:24} I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my
feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. {19:25} Haven't you heard
how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have
I brought it to pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified
cities into ruinous heaps. {19:26} 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 grain blasted before it is grown up. {19:27} But I know your
sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging
against me. {19:28} Because of your raging against me, and because
your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook
in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by
the way by which you came. {19:29} This shall be the sign to you: You
shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the se
[HNV] 2Kings 19, Hebrew Names Version
The Second Book Melakhim, starting at chapter 19
{19:1} It happened, when king Hizkiyahu heard it, that he tore his
clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house
of the LORD. {19:2} He sent Elyakim, who was over the household, and
Shevna the [1>]Sofer[<1], and the Zakenim of the [2>]Kohanim[<2],
covered with sackcloth, to Yesha`yahu the prophet the son of Amotz.
{19:3} They said to him, Thus says Hizkiyahu, This day is a day of
trouble, and of rebuke, and of rejection; for the children are come to
the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. {19:4} It may be
the LORD your God will hear all the words of Ravshakeh, whom the king
of Ashshur his master has sent to defy the living God, and will rebuke
the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your
prayer for the remnant that is left. {19:5} So the servants of king
Hizkiyahu came to Yesha`yahu. {19:6} Yesha`yahu said to them, Thus
shall you tell your master, Thus says the LORD, Don't be afraid of the
words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of
Ashshur have blasphemed me. {19:7} Behold, I will put a spirit in him,
and he shall hear news, and shall return to his own land; and I will
cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. {19:8} So Ravshakeh
returned, and found the king of Ashshur warring against Livna; for he
had heard that he was departed from Lakhish. {19:9} When he heard say
of Tirhakah king of Kush, Behold, he is come out to fight against you,
he sent messengers again to Hizkiyahu, saying, {19:10} Thus shall you
speak to Hizkiyahu king of Yehudah, saying, Don't let your God in whom
you trust deceive you, saying, Yerushalayim shall not be given into
the hand of the king of Ashshur. {19:11} Behold, you have heard what
the kings of Ashshur have done to all lands, by destroying them
utterly: and shall you be delivered? {19:12} Have the gods of the
nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, and
Haran, and Retzef, and the children of `Eden that were in Telassar?
{19:13} Where is the king of Hamat, and the king of Arpad, and the
king of the city of Sefarvayim, of Hena, and `Ivvah? {19:14} Hizkiyahu
received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and
Hizkiyahu went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the
LORD. {19:15} Hizkiyahu prayed before the LORD, and said, LORD, the
God of Yisra'el, who sit [above] the Keruvim, you are the God, even
you alone, of all the kingdoms of the [3>]eretz[<3]; you have made
heaven and [4>]eretz[<4]. {19:16} Incline your ear, LORD, and hear;
open your eyes, LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sancheriv, with
which he has sent him to defy the living God. {19:17} Of a truth,
LORD, the kings of Ashshur have laid waste the nations and their
lands, {19:18} 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 them. {19:19} Now therefore, LORD our God, save you us,
I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the [5>]eretz[<5]
may know that you LORD are God alone. {19:20} Then Yesha`yahu the son
of Amotz sent to Hizkiyahu, saying, Thus says the LORD, the God of
Yisra'el, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sancheriv king of
Ashshur, I have heard [you]. {19:21} This is the word that the LORD
has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Tziyon has despised
you and ridiculed you; the daughter of Yerushalayim has shaken her
head at you. {19:22} Whom have you defied and blasphemed? and against
whom have you exalted your voice and lifted up your eyes on high?
[even] against the Holy One of Yisra'el. {19:23} By your messengers
you have defied the Lord, and have said, With the multitude of my
chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost
parts of Levanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars of it, and the
choice fir trees of it; and I will enter into his farthest
lodging-place, the forest of his fruitful field. {19:24} I have dug
and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up
all the rivers of Mitzrayim. {19:25} Haven't you heard how I have done
it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to
pass, that it should be yours to lay waste fortified cities into
ruinous heaps. {19:26} 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 grain blasted before it is grown up. {19:27} But I know your
sitting down, and your going out, and your coming in, and your raging
against me. {19:28} Because of your raging against me, and because
your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook
in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by
the way by which you came. {19:29} This shall be the sign to you: You
shall eat this year t
