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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 36

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Isaiah 36 NASB - New American Standard BibleIsaiah 36 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 36 of Isaiah—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. 1Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, 2Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them.
  2. And the 3king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. And he stood by the 4conduit of the upper pool on the highway of the [a]fuller’s field.
  3. Then 5Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and 6Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him.
  4. ¶ Then 7Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you [b]have?
  5. I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war are only [c]empty words.’ Now on whom do you rely, that 8you have rebelled against me?
  6. Behold, you rely on the 9staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his [d]hand and pierce it. 10So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.
  7. But if you say to me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ is it not He 11whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?
  8. Now therefore, [e]come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
  9. How then can you [f]repulse one [g]official of the least of my master’s servants and [h]12rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
  10. Have I now come up [i]without the LORD’S approval against this land to destroy it? 13The LORD said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”’”
  11. ¶ Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, “Speak now to your servants in 14Aramaic, for we [j]understand it; and do not speak with us in [k]15Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”
  12. But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”
  13. ¶ Then Rabshakeh stood and 16cried with a loud voice in Judean and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.
  14. Thus says the king, ‘Do not let Hezekiah 17deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;
  15. nor let Hezekiah make you 18trust in the LORD, saying, “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 thus says the king of Assyria, ‘[l]Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his 19vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the 20waters of his own cistern,
  17. until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
  18. Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying, “21The LORD will deliver us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
  19. Where are the gods of 22Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of 23Sepharvaim? And when have they 24delivered Samaria from my hand?
  20. Who among all the 25gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the 26LORD would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’”
  21. ¶ But they were silent and 27answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”
  22. Then 28Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and 29Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ I.e. launderer’s
  2. ^ Lit trust
  3. ^ Lit words of lips
  4. ^ Lit palm
  5. ^ Lit please exchange pledges
  6. ^ Lit turn away the face of
  7. ^ Or governor
  8. ^ Lit rely on for yourself
  9. ^ Lit without the Lord
  10. ^ Lit hear
  11. ^ I.e. Hebrew
  12. ^ Lit Make with me a blessing

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 18:13
  2. ^ 2Ch 32:1
  3. ^ 2Ki 18:17-20:11; 2Ch 32:9-24; Is 36:2-38:8
  4. ^ Is 7:3
  5. ^ Is 22:20
  6. ^ Is 22:15
  7. ^ 2Ki 18:19
  8. ^ 2Ki 18:7
  9. ^ Eze 29:6, 7
  10. ^ Ps 146:3; Is 30:3, 5, 7
  11. ^ De 12:2-5; 2Ki 18:4, 5
  12. ^ Is 20:5; 30:2-5, 7; 31:3
  13. ^ 1Ki 13:18; 22:6, 12
  14. ^ Ezr 4:7; Da 2:4
  15. ^ Is 36:13
  16. ^ 2Ch 32:18
  17. ^ Is 37:10
  18. ^ Is 36:18, 20; 37:10, 11
  19. ^ 1Ki 4:25; Mc 4:4; Zc 3:10
  20. ^ Pr 5:15
  21. ^ Is 36:15
  22. ^ Is 10:9-11; 37:11-13; Je 49:23
  23. ^ Is 10:9-11; 37:11-13; Je 49:23
  24. ^ 2Ki 17:6
  25. ^ 1Ki 20:23, 28
  26. ^ Is 36:15
  27. ^ Pr 9:7, 8; 26:4
  28. ^ Is 22:20; 36:3
  29. ^ Is 22:15

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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