are upon the wall.

But the archbishop said unto them: Did my lord then send me to thy lord, or to thee, to speak such words? Yea, to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung with you, and drink their own urine.

And the prince stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria.

Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah set you up; for he is not able to deliver you out of mine hand.

And let not Hezekiah put you off unto the LORD, saying, The LORD will deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Do not obey Hezekiah. For thus saith the king of Assyria: Take hold of my grace, and come out unto me; and every man shall eat of his vine, and of his fig tree, and drink of his well, 32. Till I come and take you into a land like unto your own, where is corn, and wine, and bread, and vineyards, and olive trees, and oil, and honey; and ye shall live, and not die. Hearken not unto Hezekiah: for he deceiveth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

Have the gods also of the heathen delivered every man his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

Where are the gods to Hemath and Arphad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Iwa? Have they also delivered Samaria out of my hand?

Where is there a God among all the gods of the earth, which have delivered their land out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand?

And the people held their peace, and answered him nothing: for the king had commanded, saying, Answer him nothing.

And Eliakim the son of Hilkiah the chamberlain, and Zebenah the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the chancellor, came unto Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the prince.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 19
Sanherib’s defiance and power is broken and shattered at Hezekiah’s prayer.

And when Hezekiah the king heard it, he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

And he sent Eliakim the chamberlain, and Shebena the scribe, and the eldest priests, clothed with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This is a day of trouble, and reproach, and blasphemy; the children are come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring forth.

Whether the LORD thy God would hear all the words of the prince whom his lord the king of Assyria hath sent to reproach the living God, and to rebuke him with words which the LORD
thy God hath heard. Save thy prayer for the rest that are left.

And when the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah,

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus say ye unto your Lord, Thus saith the LORD; Fear not the words which thou hast heard, that the lads of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me, 7. Behold, I will give him a spirit, and he shall hear a rumour, and return unto his own land: and I will slay him with the sword in his own land.

And when the archbishop returned, he found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah: for he had heard that he was come out of Lachish.

And when he heard of Tirhakah king of the Moors: Behold, he is gone out to fight with thee, he turned and sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying.

Thus say ye to Hezekiah king of Judah, Let not thy God be set up, in whom thou trustest, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done unto all the countries, and hast utterly destroyed them: and thou shalt be saved?

Have the gods of the heathen saved them also, whom my fathers have destroyed; Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden, which were in Thelassar?

Where is the king of Hemath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Iwa?

And when Hezekiah had received the letters of the messengers, and had read them, he went up to the house of the LORD, and spread them out before the LORD.

And he prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which sitteth over cherubims, thou only art God among all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

O LORD, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold, and hear the words of Sanherib, which hath sent to mock the living GOD.

It is true, LORD, that the kings of Assyria slew the heathen with the sword, and destroyed their land.

And they have cast their gods into the fire. For they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stones: therefore they slew them.

But now, O LORD our God, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou, O LORD, art God alone.

And Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, What thou hast prayed unto me for Sanherib king of Assyria, that have I heard.

This is that the LORD hath spoken against him: The virgin the daughter of Zion despiseth thee, and mocketh thee: the daughter of Jerusalem shaketh her head at thee.

Whom hast thou heard and blasphemed? Against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice? Thou hast lifted up thine eyes against the Holy One of Israel.

Thou hast heard the LORD by thy messengers, saying, I have gone up through the multitude of my chariots unto the height of the mountains, unto the sides of Lebanon; I have cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice firs thereof, and am come unto the uttermost lodging place of the forest of his Carmel;

I have dug and drunk up the strange waters, and have dried up the lakes with the soles of my feet.

But hast thou not heard that I have done these things a long time before, and from the beginning have I prepared them? But now have I caused strong cities to fall into a desolate heap of stones,

And they that dwell therein shall be weary, and afraid, and ashamed, and shall be as the grass of the field, and as the green herb for hay upon the housetops, which withereth before it be ripe.

I know thy dwelling, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and that thou hast raged against me.

Because thou hast raged against me, and because thine insolence is come up into mine ears, I will put a ring upon thy nose, and a bit in thy mouth, and will bring thee again by the way whence thou camest.

And be a sign unto thee: In this year eat that which is trodden down; in the next year that which groweth of itself; in the third year sow, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

And the daughter of Judah, which is saved, and is left, shall take root among her, and bear fruit above her.

For from Jerusalem shall go forth them that are left, and them that are saved from mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria; He shall not enter into this city, neither shall he shoot an arrow therein, neither shall he put a shield before it, neither shall he build a wall round about it,

But he shall return by the way that he came, and shall not enter into that city: the LORD saith it.

And I will defend this city, and will help it for my sake, and for David my servant’s sake.

And the same night the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of Assyria an hundred and fifty and five thousand men. And when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead bodies.

So Sanherib king of Assyria departed, and went away, and returned; and abode at Nineveh.

And when he worshipped in the house of Nisroch his god, Adramelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Assar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.
(2 Kings)
Chapter 20
Hiskia’s illness, life extension, ambition and farewell.

In those days Hezekiah was sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Send thine house: for thou shalt die, and not live.

And he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying: 3. O LORD, remember that I have walked before thee faithfully, and with a righteous heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept greatly.

And when Isaiah was not yet half gone out of the city, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying:

Return, and say unto Hezekiah the prince of my people, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, and have seen thy tears. Behold, I will heal thee: the third day thou shalt go up into the house of the LORD.

And I will add fifteen years unto thy life. And I will do unto thy life fifteen years, and deliver thee and this city from the king of Assyria, and will defend this city for my sake, and for my
servant David’s sake.

And