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Isaiah 37:11

Verse 11 of 38. The 37th of 66 chapters in Isaiah, in The Major Prophets.

7Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

8So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

9He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “He has come out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

10“Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem won’t be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

11Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Shall you be delivered?

12Have the gods of the nations delivered them, which my fathers have destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar?

13Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?’”

14Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.

15Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying,

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.