OET-RV 2 KI section

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20 Then Amots’s son Yeshayah (Isaiah) sent this message to Hizkiyah (Hezekiah): Yisrael’s (Israel) god Yahweh says, “Because you prayed to me concerning the Assyrian King Sanheriv (Sennacherib), I have listened. 21 This is what Yahweh says about that king:

Tsiyon’s (Zion) daughter despises you and derides you.

≈ Yerushalem’s (Jerusalem) daughter shakes her head at you.

22 Who did you think you were teasing and insulting?

Who did you think you were shouting at?

Did you raise your eyebrows against Yisrael’s holy one?

23 You sent messengers that mocked me.

You said that you went over the highest mountains with your many chariots.

≈ That you went to the highest parts of Levanon and harvested its tallest cedars—its best trees.

That you’ve been to the end of the inhabited world with its densest forest.

24 You said that you’ve dug wells far away and drunk their water,

yet with your own feet you dried up all of Mitsrayim’s (Egypt) rivers.

25 Haven’t you heard that I made plans long ago—

that what I previously planned, I’m now making it happen?

Fortified cities will collapse into heaps of rubble.

26 Their inhabitants will be powerless—dismayed and ashamed.

They’ll be as vulnerable as plants in the countryside,

or like the grass that grows on the rooftops—

they wilt and wither before they can grow tall. DOUBLE-CHECK

27 Yes, I know when you sit down and when you go out.

When you come in and rage against me.

28 Because you’ve raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears,

I’ll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth,

and I’ll lead you back on the road that you came here on.

29 “So this will be a sign to you Hizkiyah (Hezekiah):

This year you’ll eat what grew by itself,

and next year whatever seeded by itself,

but in the third year you’ll sow crops and plant vineyards, and eat what you harvest.

30 Yehudah’s (Judah) surviving descendants will send their roots downwards and will produce fruit above,

31 because a remnant will survive Yerushalem’s (Jerusalem) siege,

≈ and Mt. Tsiyon (Zion) will have survivors

because Yahweh’s enthusiasm will make sure it happens.

32 “So this is what Yahweh says 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.

33 He’ll return on the same road that he arrived on,

and Yahweh declares that he won’t enter this city,

34 because Yahweh will defend this city

to save it for his own sake

and for the sake of his servant David.”

35 That very night, Yahweh sent an angel out to kill 185,000 warriors, so when the army got up early the next morning there were dead bodies all over the place. 36 So the Assyrian King Sanheriv (Sennacherib) pulled out and went back to live in Nineveh. 37 While he was bowing in the temple of his god Nisrok, Adramelek and Sharetser ran him through with a sword before escaping to the Ararat region, and so his son Esar -Hadon replaced him as king.

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20 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Isaiah) the _son _of ʼĀmōʦ _he _sent to Ḩizqiy^yāh to_say thus YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says that_which you _prayed to_me concerning Şanḩērīⱱ the _king _of ʼAshshūr I _have _heard.

21 This is_the_message which YHWH he _has _spoken on/upon/above_him/it she _has _despised to/for_yourself(m) she _has _mocked to/for_yourself(m) the _virgin _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) behind_you a _head the _daughter _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) she _has _shaken.

22 DOM whom have _you _taunted and_have _you _blasphemed and_on whom have _you _raised a _voice and_have _you _lifted _up height eyes _of_your on the _holy_one_of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

23 The _hand _of your(pl)_messengers _of_your you _have _taunted my_master and_she/it _said in/on/at/with[fn] my _chariotry _of_my I I _have _gone _up the_height[s]_of mountains the _remotest _parts _of Ləⱱānōn and_I _have _cut _down the _height _of its _cedars _of_his the _choice _of its _pines _of_his and_I _have _gone the _lodging _place _of its _end _of_his[fn] the _forest _of its _plantation _of_his.

24 I I _have _dug and_I _have _drunk water strange and_I _have _dried _up with_the _sole _of my _feet _of_my all _of the _canals _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

25 Not have _you _heard (to)_from_distant_time DOM_her/it I _appointed (to)_from_days _of antiquity and_I_planned _it now I_have _brought _it and_you _are about_to_make _desolate heaps ruined cities fortified.

26 And_inhabitants _of_their were_short _of hand they _were _dismayed and_they _were _ashamed they _were vegetation _of the_field and_greenery _of fresh _grass grass _of roofs and_scorching to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before standing _grain.

27 And_your _sitting_down and_your _going_out and_coming_your I _know and_DOM raging_your against_me.

28 Because raged_you to_me and_your _of_arrogance it _has _come _up in_ears _of_my and_I _will _put hook _of_my in_nose _of_your and_bridle _of_my on_lips _of_your and_I_will _make _you _return by_way which you _came by_it.

29 And_this for_you will_be_the _sign you _will _eat this_year self-sown _grain and_in_year the_second(fs) self-seeded _plant[s] and_in_year (the)_third sow and_reap and_plant vineyards and_eat fruit _of_their.

30 And_ the _escaped _remnant _of the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) which_remains _it _will _add a _root (to)_downwards and_it _will _produce fruit (to)_upwards.

31 If/because from_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) a _remnant it _will _go _out and_an _escaped _remnant from_hill of _Tsiyyōn/(Zion) the _zeal _of YHWH[fn][fn] it _will _accomplish this.

32 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says concerning the _king _of ʼAshshūr not he _will _come into the_city (the)_this and_not he _will _shoot there an _arrow and_not he_will _confront _it a _shield and_not he _will _pour _out on/upon_it(f) a _mound.

33 By_way which he _is _coming by_it he _will _return and_near/to the_city (the)_this not he _will _come the _utterance _of YHWH.

34 And_I _will _defend (to) the_city (the)_this to_deliver_it for_my _own _sake and_for _the _sake _of Dāvid servant _of_my.

35 And_he/it _was in_night (the)_that and_he/it _went _out the _messenger _of YHWH and_he _struck _down in_the _camp _of ʼAshshūr one _hundred eighty and_five thousand and_they _rose _early in_morning and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE of _them _of_all were_corpses dead.

36 And_he _set _out and_he/it _went and_ Şanḩērīⱱ the _king _of ʼAshshūr _he _returned and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_Nīnəvēh.

37 And_he/it _was he was_bowing _down the _house _of Nişrok his/its_god and_ʼAdrammelek and_Sharʼeʦer[fn][fn] they_struck _him _down with_sword and_they they _escaped the _land _of ʼArāraţ and_ ʼĒşar- ḩaddōn his/its_son _he _became _king in_place _of _him.

19:23 OSHB variant note: ב/רכב: (x-qere) ’בְּ/רֹ֥ב’: lemma=b/7230 morph=HR/Ncbsc id=12F7i בְּ/רֹ֥ב

19:23 OSHB note: We have abandoned or added a ketib/qere relative to BHS. In doing this we agree with L against BHS.

19:31 OSHB variant note: (x-qere) ’צְבָא֖וֹת’: lemma=6635 b n=0.0 morph=HNcbpa id=12kTe צְבָא֖וֹת

19:31 OSHB note: Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

19:37 OSHB variant note: (x-qere) ’בָּנָי/ו֙’: lemma=1121 a n=1.1.0 morph=HNcmpc/Sp3ms id=12uR9 בָּנָי/ו֙

19:37 OSHB note: Adaptations to a Qere which L and BHS, by their design, do not indicate.

Isa 37:21–38

37:21 Yeshayah’s message to Hizkiyah

(2 Kgs 19:20-37)

21 Then Amots’ son Yeshayah (Isaiah) sent this message to King Hizkiyah (Hezekiah): “Yisrael’s (Israel) god Yahweh says that because you prayed to me about the Assyrian King Sanheriv (Sennacherib), 22 then this is what Yahweh pronounces about him:

Tsiyon’s (Zion) virgin daughter despises you—she scorns you.

Yerushalem’s (Jerusalem) daughter shakes her head at you.

23 Who is it that you’ve defied and insulted?

Who did you raise your voice against

and arrogantly challenged?

It was Yisrael’s holy one.

24 You’ve defied my master by sending your servants,

and you’ve said that you’ve gone to the tops of the mountains with your chariots—

up to the remotest parts of Levanon to cut down its tallest cedars and best pines.

You’ve said that you’ll enter the highest parts of its forest plantation.

25 It’s me who has dug and drunk water,

and dried up all of Mitsrayim’s (Egypt) canals with the soles of my feet.

26 “Haven’t you heard that I determined it from long ago.

≈ I planned it since ancient times and now I’m making it happen,

→ and you’re about to make fortified cities into desolate heaps of ruins.

27 Their powerless inhabitants are dismayed and ashamed.

They come and go like the vegetation in the countryside,

and like how a grass roof doesn’t stay green for long

and like a field as the grain crop grows.

28 “I know when you sit down and when you go in or out,

and I know your raging against me.

29 Because of that raging against me,

≈ and your arrogance that’s reached my ears,

I’ll put my hook in your nose

≈ and my bit in your mouth,

and I’ll send you home on the same road that you came here on.”

30 So this will be the sign for you Hizkiyah (Hezekiah):

This year you’ll eat wild crops,

and next year you’ll eat the self-seeded growth.

But in the third year you must sow and harvest,

and plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

31 The people of Yehudah (Judah) who’ve remained here

will send their roots down and their fruit will grow up,

32 because a remnant will come out of Yerushalem (Jerusalem),

≈ and survivors from Mt. Tsiyon (Zion).

Commander-in-chief Yahweh will accomplish this through his zeal.

33 Therefore Yahweh says this about the Assyrian king:

He won’t come into this city and he won’t shoot an error here.

≈ He won’t bring a shield near it, and he won’t build ramps up against it.

34 He’ll return by the road that he came on, and he won’t enter this city.

That is Yahweh’s declaration 35 and I’ll protect this city and rescue it for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.

37:36 Sanheriv’s retreat and assassination

36 Then Yahweh’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers—when the others got up early the next morning, wow, there were corpses all around! 37 Then the Assyrian King Sanheriv (Sennacherib) left and headed back there, and he settled down in Nineveh. 38 One day he was worshipping in the temple of his god Nisrok, and his sons Adramelek and Sharetser ran a sword through him before escaping to the Ararat region, and his son Esar -Hadon replaced him as king.

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21 And_ Yəshaˊ^yāh/(Isaiah) the _son _of ʼĀmōʦ _he _sent to Ḩizqiy^yāh to_say thus YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) he _says that you _have _prayed to_me concerning Şanḩērīⱱ the _king _of ʼAshshūr.

22 This is_the_message which YHWH he _has _spoken on/upon/above_him/it she _has _despised to/for_yourself(m) she _has _mocked to/for_yourself(m) the _virgin _of the _daughter _of Tsiyyōn/(Zion) behind_you a _head the _daughter _of Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) she _has _shaken.

23 DOM whom have _you _taunted and_have _you _blasphemed and_on whom have _you _raised a _voice and_have _you _lifted _up height eyes _of_your against the _holy_one_of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel).

24 By_the _hand _of your_servants you _have _taunted my_master and_she/it _said with_the _abundance _of my _chariotry _of_my I I _have _gone _up the_height[s]_of mountains the _remotest _parts _of Ləⱱānōn and_I _have _cut _down the _height _of its _cedars _of_his the _choicest _of its _pines _of_his and_I _have _gone the _height _of its _end _of_his the _forest _of its _plantation _of_his.

25 I I _have _dug and_I _have _drunk water and_I _have _dried _up with_the _sole _of my _feet _of_my all _of the _canals _of Miʦrayim/(Egypt).

26 Am_not have _you _heard (to)_from_distant_time it I _appointed from_days _of antiquity and_I_planned _it now I_have _brought _it and_you _are about_to_make _desolate heaps ruined cities fortified.

27 And_inhabitants _of_their were_short _of hand they _were _dismayed and_they _were _ashamed they _were vegetation _of the_field and_greenery _of fresh _grass grass _of roofs and_a _field to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before standing _grain.

28 And_your _sitting_down and_your _going_out and_coming_your I _know and_DOM raging_your against_me.

29 Because raged_you to_me and_your _of_arrogance it _has _come _up in_ears _of_my and_I _will _put hook _of_my in_nose _of_your and_bridle _of_my on_lips _of_your and_I_will _make _you _return by_way which you _came by_it.

30 And_this for_you will_be_the _sign you _will _eat this_year self-sown _grain and_in_year the_second(fs) self-seeded _plant[s] and_in_year (the)_third sow and_reap and_plant vineyards and[fn] fruit _of_their.

31 And_ the _escaped _remnant _of the _house _of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) which_remains _it _will _add a _root (to)_downwards and_it _will _produce fruit (to)_upwards.

32 If/because from_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) a _remnant it _will _go _out and_an _escaped _remnant from_hill of _Tsiyyōn/(Zion) the _zeal _of YHWH soldiers/messengers it _will _accomplish this.

33 For_so/thus/hence thus YHWH he _says concerning the _king _of ʼAshshūr not he _will _come into the_city (the)_this and_not he _will _shoot there an _arrow and_not he_will _confront _it a _shield and_not he _will _pour _out on_it[fn] a _mound.

34 By_way which he _came by_it he _will _return and_near/to the_city (the)_this not he _will _come the _utterance _of YHWH.

35 And_I _will _defend (on) the_city (the)_this to_deliver_it for_my _own _sake and_for _the _sake _of Dāvid servant _of_my.

36 And_he/it _went _out the _messenger _of YHWH and_he _struck _down in_the _camp _of ʼAshshūr one _hundred and_eighty and_five thousand and_they _rose _early in_morning and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE of _them _of_all were_corpses dead.

37 And_he _set _out and_he/it _went and_ Şanḩērīⱱ the _king _of ʼAshshūr _he _returned and_he/it _sat _down//remained//lived in_Nīnəvēh.

38 And_he/it _was he was_bowing _down the _house _of Nişrok his/its_god and_ʼAdrammelek and_Sharʼeʦer sons _of_his they_struck _him _down with_sword and_they they _escaped the _land _of ʼArāraţ and_ ʼĒşar- ḩaddōn his/its_son _he _became _king in_place _of _him.

37:30 OSHB variant note: ו/אכול: (x-qere) ’וְ/אִכְל֥וּ’: lemma=c/398 morph=HC/Vqv2mp id=23SPW וְ/אִכְל֥וּ

37:33 OSHB 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.

OET-RV by cross-referenced section 2 KI 19:20

Yahweh’s response to Hizkiyah via Yeshayah

2 Ki 19:20–37

Isa 37:21–38

OET-RV by cross-referenced section 2 KI 19:20

Yahweh’s response to Hizkiyah via Yeshayah

2 Ki 19:20–37

Isa 37:21–38

OET-RV by cross-referenced section 2 KI 19:20

2 Ki 19:20–37