Isaiah 36:14
12 But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out loudly in Hebrew: “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!
This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
15 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the LORD when he says, ‘The LORD will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he cannot deliver you.
- KJV
- Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
- WEB
- The king says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.
- ASV
- Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:
- DARBY
- Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.
- BLB
- Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you⁺, for he will not be able to deliver you⁺.
- ÅB
- Så sier kongen: La ikke Hiskia få narret dere! For han makter ikke å redde dere.
- OTB
- Dette sier kongen: Ikke la Hiskia bedra dere, for han kan ikke redde dere.
- B1930
- Så sier kongen: La ikke Esekias få narret eder! For han makter ikke å redde eder.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Thessalonians 2:4
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
Read in contextRevelation 13:5–6
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:13–19
Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand?
Read in context2 Kings 19:22
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
Read in contextIsaiah 37:10–13
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Read in context2 Kings 19:10–13
“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Read in contextDaniel 7:25
He will speak out against the Most High and oppress the saints of the Most High, intending to change the appointed times and laws; and the saints will be given into his hand for a time, and times, and half a time.
Read in contextDaniel 6:20
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
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