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37:33OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
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BrTrTherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, nor cast a weapon against it, nor bring a shield against it, nor make a rampart round it.
ULTTherefore, thus says Yahweh about the king of Assyria: ⇔ “He will not come into this city ⇔ and he will not shoot an arrow here. ⇔ And he will not bring near it a shield ⇔ and he will not build up against it siegeworks.
UST“This is what Yahweh says about the king of Assyria: ⇔ ‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem; ⇔ they will not even shoot a single arrow into it. ⇔ His soldiers will not bring one shield up to Jerusalem, ⇔ and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city ⇔ to enable them to attack the city.
BSBSo this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it. ⇔
OEB ⇔ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the King of Assyria, ⇔ he will not come into this city, ⇔ nor shoot an arrow there; ⇔ he will not come before it with shield, ⇔ nor cast up a mound against it.
WEBBE“Therefore the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
NETSo this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ⇔ ‘He will not enter this city, ⇔ nor will he shoot an arrow here. ⇔ He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, ⇔ nor will he build siege works against it.
LSVTherefore, thus said YHWH, Concerning the king of Asshur: He does not come into this city, Nor does he shoot an arrow there, Nor does he come before it [with] shield, Nor does he pour out a mound against it.
FBVThis is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: He shall not enter this city or shoot an arrow at it. He shall not advance towards it with a shield, or build a siege ramp against it.
T4T ¶ And this is what I, Yahweh, say about the King of Assyria: ⇔ ‘His armies will not enter Jerusalem; ⇔ they will not even shoot arrows into it. ⇔ His soldiers will not march outside the city gates holding their shields, ⇔ and they will not build high mounds of dirt against the walls of the city ⇔ to enable them to attack the city.
BBEFor this cause the Lord says about the king of Assyria, He will not come into this town, or send an arrow against it; he will not come before it with arms, or put up an earthwork against it.
JPSTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it.
ASVTherefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
DRAWherefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow into it, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a trench about it.
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah, Concerning the king of Asshur: He doth not come in unto this city, Nor doth he shoot there an arrow, Nor doth he come before it [with] shield, Nor doth he pour out against it a mount.
DrbyTherefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it.
RVTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it. (Therefore thus saith/says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it. )
SLTFor this, thus said Jehovah concerning the king of Assur, Thou shalt not come into this city, and thou shalt not shoot an arrow there, and thou shalt not go before it with a shield, and thou shalt not cast a mound against it.
WbstrTherefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a mound against it.
KJB-1769Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. (Therefore thus saith/says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. )
KJB-1611Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this citie, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a banke against it. (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)
GnvaTherefore thus sayth the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it. (Therefore thus saith/says the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it. )
ClVgPropterea hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: [Non intrabit civitatem hanc, et non jaciet ibi sagittam, et non occupabit eam clypeus, et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem.[fn] (That's_why these_things he_says Master from/about king Assyriorum: [Not/No intrabit the_city this, and not/no yaciet there an_arrow, and not/no occupabit her shield, and not/no sendt in/into/on around his aggerem. )
37.33Propterea. ID. Revertitur ad propositum, et post futurorum spem metum excutit præsentem. Nec enim tanta erit lætitia de his quæ promittebat futura, quanta de imminentibus cura
37.33That's_why. ID. Revertitur to propositum, and after futurorum hope metumexcutitbeforesentem. Neither because such_a_great_deal will_be joy from/about his which promittebat the_future, quanta from/about imminentibus care
37:33armies . . . arrow . . . shields . . . banks of earth: Despite their advanced military technology and great power, the Assyrians would not succeed against Jerusalem.
(Occurrence 0) He will not come … He will not come
(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH to/towards king ʼAshshūr not come to/towards the=city the,this and=not shoot there arrow and=not come_before,it shield and=not throw_up against,it siege_ramp )
Here the Assyrian king refers to both him and his army. Alternate translation: “His army will not come … They will not come”
(Occurrence 0) with shield
(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH to/towards king ʼAshshūr not come to/towards the=city the,this and=not shoot there arrow and=not come_before,it shield and=not throw_up against,it siege_ramp )
Alternate translation: “with shields”
(Occurrence 0) siege ramp
(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH to/towards king ʼAshshūr not come to/towards the=city the,this and=not shoot there arrow and=not come_before,it shield and=not throw_up against,it siege_ramp )
a large mound of dirt built against the wall of a city that better enables an army to attach the city
The harrowing experience of the attack on Judah by King Sennacherib of Assyria during Hezekiah’s reign is recorded by three different writers of Scripture and even by Sennacherib himself. Many scholars also suspect that this event formed the basis for Herodotus’s story regarding an army of mice eating the bow strings of the Assyrian army during their campaign against the Egyptians (Histories, 2.141). The origins of this event stretch back into the reign of Hezekiah’s father Ahaz, who enticed the Assyrians to attack Israel and Aram in exchange for making Judah a vassal of Assyria (2 Kings 16-17; 2 Chronicles 28; Isaiah 7-8; also see “The Final Days of the Northern Kingdom of Israel” map). Judah continued to be a vassal of Assyria through the early part of Hezekiah’s reign, but Hezekiah also quietly made extensive preparations to throw off the yoke of Assyria one day (2 Kings 18:1-12; 1 Chronicles 4:39-43; 2 Chronicles 29-31; also see “Hezekiah Strengthens Judah” map). Hezekiah also appears to have been hoping for support from Babylon and Egypt regarding his efforts to revolt against Assyria’s rule, but the prophet Isaiah warned Judah against placing their hopes in these foreign powers (Isaiah 30:1-5; 31:1-3; 39:1-8; 40:10-15; 2 Kings 20:12-19). After a few years spent quashing rebellion among the Babylonians, the Kassites, and the Medes in the east, Sennacherib turned his sights westward and began a campaign to subdue the various vassal nations that were refusing to submit to Assyria’s rule any longer. He first reconquered the Phoenician cities of Sidon and Tyre and then moved south to Philistia. He subdued Joppa, Beth-dagon, Bene-berak, and Azor and then moved to capture the cities of the Shephelah, which guarded the entrances to the valleys leading into the central hill country of Judah. While Sennacherib was attacking Lachish he sent his officers to demand Hezekiah’s surrender. This may be the Assyrian advance upon Jerusalem from the north described in Isaiah 10:28-32, but this is not certain (see “Assyria Advances on Jerusalem” map). Hezekiah sent officers back to Sennacherib with gold and silver taken from Temple and the royal treasury, but he would not surrender. The officers then traveled to Libnah to meet with Sennacherib, for he gone to fight there by that time. In the meantime King Tirhakah of Cush, who was ruling over Egypt at this time, came to attack Sennacherib, so Sennacherib sent his officials back to Hezekiah with a message that Jerusalem would be taken if he resisted. Hezekiah laid the letter from the officials before the Lord and prayed, and the Lord sent word through the prophet Isaiah that Jerusalem would not be taken. Then that very night the angel of the Lord killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers (probably those with Sennacherib fighting the Egyptians), and Sennacherib went back to Assyria. There while he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch, Sennacherib’s sons killed him and fled to Ararat (see “Ararat” map).
