2 Kings 19:1–10

Isaiah Tells Hezekiah Not to Be Afraid

^1aNow it happened that when King Hezekiah heard it, he ^btore his clothes, ^ccovered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh.

²Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, ^acovered with sackcloth, to ^bIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

³And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth.

⁴‘^aPerhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent ^bto ¹reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for ^cthe remnant that is left.’”

⁵So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

⁶And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the ^ayoung men of the king of Assyria ^bhave blasphemed Me.

⁷“Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that ^ahe will hear a report and return to his own land. And ^bI will make him fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”

Sennacherib Deceives Hezekiah

⁸Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against ^aLibnah, for he had heard that ¹the king had set out from ^bLachish.

⁹Then he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of ¹Ethiopia, “Behold, he has come out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying,

¹⁰“Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of ¹Judah, ‘Do not ^alet your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “^bJerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”