Isaiah 36:14
12 But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
15 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
16 Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of 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
Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
Read in contextRevelation 13:5–6
And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:13–19
Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?
Read in context2 Kings 19:22
Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
Read in contextIsaiah 37:10–13
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Read in context2 Kings 19:10–13
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Read in contextDaniel 7:25
And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.
Read in contextDaniel 6:20
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
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