Isaiah 37

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1. 1When King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.
2. 2He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.
3. 3They told him, "Hezekiah says: 'Today is a day of trouble, rebuke, and blasphemy, for the children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.'"
4. 4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master, the king of Assyria, sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.
5. 5When King Hezekiah's servants arrived, they came to Isaiah.
6. 6Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master, 'The LORD says: Don't be afraid of the words you've heard — the blasphemy that the king of Assyria's servants spoke against me.
7. 7Look, I will send a blast upon him, and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.
8. 8Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria attacking Libnah, because he had heard that he had moved on from Lachish.
9. 9He heard that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, had come out to make war against him. When he heard this, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
10. 10Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: 'Do not let the God you trust deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.'
11. 11You've heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by completely destroying them; and will you be delivered?
12. 12Did the gods of those nations save them, whom my ancestors destroyed, like Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who lived in Telassar?
13. 13Where is the king of Hamath now? Or the king of Arphad? Or the king of Sepharvaim, Hena, or Ivah?'"
14. 14Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD.
15. 15Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:
16. 16"LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim — you alone are God over every kingdom on earth. You made heaven and earth.
17. 17Turn your ear toward me, LORD, and listen. Open your eyes, LORD, and see. Hear every word Sennacherib has sent to mock the living God.
18. 18It's true, LORD — the kings of Assyria have devastated every nation and their lands.
19. 19They threw their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands, made of wood and stone. Therefore, they destroyed them.
20. 20Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the LORD.
21. 21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: "The LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'Because you prayed to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22. 22Here is the word the LORD has spoken against him: The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs at you. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.
23. 23Who is it you've mocked and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your arrogant eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel!
24. 24Through your servants you defied the Lord, saying: 'With my many chariots, I have come to the heights of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees. I will reach the height of its border and the forest of its Carmel.'
25. 25I have dug and drunk water; with the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
26. 26Haven't you heard? I planned this long ago. I designed it in ancient times. Now I've brought it about — using you to crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.
27. 27Their people were powerless, terrified and humiliated. They were like grass in a field, like tender green plants, like grass sprouting on a rooftop — scorched before it can even grow.
28. 28But I know everything about you — where you live, when you come and go, and how you rage against me.
29. 29Because your rage against me and your tumult have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back the way you came.
30. 30"'And this will be the sign for you, Hezekiah: This year you'll eat whatever grows on its own. The second year, you'll eat what sprouts from that. But in the third year, you'll sow and harvest, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.
31. 31The survivors from the house of Judah will once again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
32. 32A remnant will go out from Jerusalem, and survivors will come from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will make this happen.
33. 33"So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city. He won't shoot a single arrow here. He won't advance against it with shields or build a siege ramp against it.
34. 34He will go back the same way he came. He will not enter this city,' declares the LORD.
35. 35'I will defend this city and save it — for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.'"
36. 36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When they arose early in the morning, they saw all the dead bodies.
37. 37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp, withdrew, and went back to Nineveh, where he stayed.
38. 38One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword. They escaped to the land of Armenia, and his son Esarhaddon became king in his place.