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OET (OET-RV)“So this is whatYahwehsays to the Assyrian king: ⇔ He won’t enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. ⇔ He won’t push a large shield towards it or make a ramp up into it.
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXXΟὐχ 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. )
BrTrIs 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.
ULTTherefore, 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.
USTSo 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.
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. ⇔
MSBSo 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. ⇔
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.
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 shield-carrying 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.
T4TSo 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.
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. )
SLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah to the king of Assur, He shall not come into this city, and he shall not shoot an arrow there, and a shield shall not come before it, and he shall 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 shield, nor cast a bank 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 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-1611Therefore 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)
GnvaWherefore 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 shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a mount against it: )
ClVgQuam 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. (How obrem these_things he_says Master from/about king Assyriorum: Not/No to_enteretur city this, but_not sendt in/into/on her an_arrow, but_not occupabit her shield, but_not circumdabit her munitio. )
19:32-34 Sennacherib’s armies did not enter Jerusalem but returned home. In Sennacherib’s own account, he gave details of capturing and despoiling forty-six cities of Judah. He made no mention of the capture of Jerusalem but recorded only that he shut up Hezekiah “in Jerusalem . . . like a bird in a cage.” • For my own honor—in light of Sennacherib’s blasphemies and arrogance against God (18:25, 28-30; 19:10-13, 21, 27-28)—and for the sake of my servant David, to whom God had made his covenant promise (2 Sam 7:8-16) and whose faith Hezekiah had emulated (2 Kgs 18:3), the Lord would defend this city (see 20:6). The Lord decisively demonstrated that he alone is God and that he is faithful to his people who trust in him.
(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 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
(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 on/upon=it(f) siege_ramp )
Alternate translation: “and they will not even build up high mounds of earth against the city wall to enable them to attack 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).
