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BrLXX Οὐχ οὕτως;
¶ Τάδε λέγει Κύριος πρὸς βασιλέα Ἀσσυρίων, οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν πόλιν ταύτην, καὶ οὐ τοξεύσει ἐκεῖ βέλος, καὶ οὐ προφθάσει ἐπʼ αὐτὴν θυρεὸς, καὶ οὐ μὴ ἐκχέῃ πρὸς αὐτὴν πρόσχωμα.
(Ouⱪ houtōs;
¶ Tade legei Kurios pros basilea Assuriōn, ouk eiseleusetai eis taʸn polin tautaʸn, kai ou toxeusei ekei belos, kai ou profthasei epʼ autaʸn thureos, kai ou maʸ ekⱪeaʸ pros autaʸn prosⱪōma. )

BrTr Is it not so?
¶ Thus saith the Lord [fn]concerning the king of the Assyrians, He shall not enter into this city, and he shall not shoot [fn]an arrow there, neither shall a shield [fn]come against it, neither shall he heap a mound against it.

19:32 Or, of. Heb.

19:32 Gr. a weapon.

19:32 Gr. come against it beforehand, etc.

ULT Therefore, thus says Yahweh to the king of Assyria:
⇔ “He will not enter into this city,
⇔ nor will he shoot an arrow there,
⇔ nor will he meet it with a shield,
⇔ nor will he pour out a siege ramp against it.

UST So this is what I, Yahweh, say
⇔ about the king of Assyria:
⇔ “His armies will not enter this city;
⇔ they will not even shoot any arrows into it.
⇔ His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields,
⇔ and they will not even build high mounds of earth
⇔ against the city walls
⇔ to enable them to attack the city.

BSB § So 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 No OEB 2KI book available

WEBBE “Therefore the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET So 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 shield-carrying warriors,
⇔ nor will he build siege works against it.

LSV Therefore, 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.

FBV This 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 So this is what Yahweh, says about the king of Assyria:
⇔ ‘His armies will not enter this city;
⇔ they will not even shoot any arrows into it!
⇔ His soldiers will not march outside the city gates carrying shields,
⇔ and they will not even build high mounds of dirt against the city walls
⇔ to enable them to attack the city.

LEB “ ‘Therefore thus says Yahweh to the king of Assyria, “He shall not come to this city, nor shall he shoot an arrow there, nor shall he bring a small shield near her, nor shall he cast a siege ramp against her.

BBE For 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;

Moff No Moff 2KI book available

JPS Therefore 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.

ASV Therefore 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.

DRA Wherefore 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.

YLT Therefore, 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.

Drby Therefore 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.

RV Therefore 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.

Wbstr Therefore 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 shield, nor cast a bank against it.

KJB-1769 Therefore 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 shield, 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 shield, nor cast a bank against it. )

KJB-1611 Therefore 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 shield, nor cast a banke against it:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Wherfore thus sayth the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: he shall not come to this citie, nor shote an arrowe into it, nor come before it with shielde, nor cast a banke against it.
(Wherefore thus saith/says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: he shall not come to this city, nor shote an arrow into it, nor come before it with shielde, nor cast a bank against it.)

Gnva Wherefore thus saith the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this citie, nor shoote an arrowe there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it:
(Wherefore thus saith/says the Lord, concerning the King of Asshur, He shall not enter into this city, nor shoote an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it: )

Cvdl Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE concernynge ye kynge of the Assyrians: He shall not come in to this cite, and shall shute no arowe therin, nether shal there come eny shylde before it, nether shall he dygge eny backe aboute it,
(Therefore thus sayeth the LORD concernynge ye/you_all king of the Assyrians: He shall not come in to this city, and shall shute no arrow therein, neither shall there come any shield before it, neither shall he dygge any back about it,)

Wycl Wherfor the Lord seith these thingis of the kyng of Assiriens, He schal not entre in to this citee, nethir he schal sende an arowe in to it, nether scheeld shal occupie it, nether strengthing, ethir bisegyng, schal cumpasse it.
(Wherfor the Lord saith/says these things of the king of Assiriens, He shall not enter in to this city, neither he shall send an arrow in to it, neither shield shall occupie it, neither strengthing, ethir bisegyng, shall cumpasse it.)

Luth Darum spricht der HErr vom Könige zu Assyrien also: Er soll nicht in diese Stadt kommen und keinen Pfeil drein schießen und kein Schild davor kommen und soll keinen Wall drum schütten,
(Therefore says the/of_the LORD from_the kings/king to Assyrien also: He should not in this/these city coming and none Pfeil threen schießen and kein shield/sign davor coming and should none Wall drum schütten,)

ClVg Quam ob rem hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum: Non ingredietur urbem hanc, nec mittet in eam sagittam, nec occupabit eam clypeus, nec circumdabit eam munitio.
(Quam ob rem these_things dicit Master about rege Assyriorum: Non ingredietur city hanc, but_not mittet in her sagittam, but_not occupabit her shield, but_not circumdabit her munitio. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

General Information:

This is the end of the message from Yahweh, spoken through the prophet Isaiah to King Hezekiah. It uses parallelism throughout.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) nor shoot an arrow here

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence thus he/it_had_said YHWH to/towards king Assyria not come to/towards the=city the,this and=not shoot there arrow and=not come_before,it shield and=not throw_up on/upon=it(f) siege_ramp )

“Arrow” is metonymy representing all tools of warfare and destruction. Alternate translation: “nor do any fighting here”

(Occurrence 0) or build up a siege ramp against it

Alternate translation: “and they will not even build up high mounds of earth against the city wall to enable them to attack the city”

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Sennacherib Attacks Judah

Isaiah 36-37; 2 Kings 18-19; 2 Chronicles 32

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).

Parallel 2KI 19:32

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Sennacherib Attacks Judah