Isaiah 8:8 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊，他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”

8:8 MSG

逐节对照

新标点和合本 - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊，他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。他展开翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以马内利啊！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。他展开翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以马内利啊！”
当代译本 - 席卷犹大，使整个犹大几遭灭顶之灾。他必展开双翼横扫你的土地。”愿上帝与我们同在！
圣经新译本 - 然后必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项，以马内利啊！它展开的翅膀必遮遍你广阔的地土。”
中文标准译本 - 然后涌入犹大，漫溢泛滥，高达颈项！他展开的翅膀，遍满你广阔的土地，以马内利啊！ ”
现代标点和合本 - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊！他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”
和合本（拼音版） - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊，他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”
New International Version - and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel !”
New International Reader's Version - They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”
English Standard Version - and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”
New Living Translation - and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.
Christian Standard Bible - It will pour into Judah, flood over it, and sweep through, reaching up to the neck; and its flooded banks will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
New American Standard Bible - Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the expanse of your land, Immanuel.
New King James Version - He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.
Amplified Bible - Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through [the hills], Reaching even to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head], And its outstretched wings (the armies of Assyria) will fill the width of Your land, O Immanuel.
American Standard Version - and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
King James Version - And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
New English Translation - It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”
World English Bible - It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
新標點和合本 - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。以馬內利啊，他展開翅膀，遍滿你的地。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。他展開翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以馬內利啊！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。他展開翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以馬內利啊！」
當代譯本 - 席捲猶大，使整個猶大幾遭滅頂之災。他必展開雙翼橫掃你的土地。」願上帝與我們同在！
聖經新譯本 - 然後必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項，以馬內利啊！它展開的翅膀必遮遍你廣闊的地土。”
呂振中譯本 - 並且必沖掃猶大，氾濫瀰漫，直到人的脖子；但主展開的翅膀必遮遍你廣闊的國土；上帝是與我們同在的。』
中文標準譯本 - 然後湧入猶大，漫溢氾濫，高達頸項！他展開的翅膀，遍滿你廣闊的土地，以馬內利啊！」
現代標點和合本 - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。以馬內利啊！他展開翅膀，遍滿你的地。」
文理和合譯本 - 流入猶大、氾濫及項、以馬內利歟、彼展其翼、遍於爾地、○
文理委辦譯本 - 泛濫猶大國、幾將滅頂、左翼右翼之兵、遍於以馬內利四境。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 流入猶大、氾濫漲溢、深及於項、以瑪內利乎、其其即亞述王羽翼必充於四境、遍爾國中、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - pasará hasta Judá, la inundará, y crecerá hasta llegarle al cuello. Sus alas extendidas, ¡oh Emanuel!, cubrirán la anchura de tu tierra».
현대인의 성경 - 유다 전역을 완전히 휩쓸어 버릴 것이다.” 그러나 임마누엘의 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다! 그의 편 날개가 이 땅을 보호할 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - и наводнением пойдет на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростертые крылья ее покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Еммануил!
Восточный перевод - и наводнением пойдёт на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростёртые крылья её покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Иммануил!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - и наводнением пойдёт на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростёртые крылья её покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Иммануил!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - и наводнением пойдёт на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростёртые крылья её покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Иммануил!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - il pénétrera en Juda, l’inondera et le submergera, il lui montera jusqu’au cou et le déploiement de ses flots couvrira toute l’étendue ╵de ton pays, Emmanuel.
Nova Versão Internacional - e inundarão Judá, cobrindo-o até o pescoço. Seus braços abertos se espalharão por toda a tua terra, ó Emanuel !”
Hoffnung für alle - so wird sich dieses Heer auf Juda zuwälzen und das Land überfluten. Das Wasser wird dem Volk bis zum Hals stehen. Dein ganzes Land, Immanuel, wird von ihnen bedeckt sein.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - khắp lãnh thổ của Giu-đa cho đến khi nước ngập tận cổ. Cánh của nó sẽ dang ra, che kín cả xứ, hỡi Em-ma-nu-ên.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และกวาดเข้ามาในยูดาห์ ไหลวนเหนือดินแดนนั้น ไหลหลากท่วมถึงคอ โอ อิมมานูเอล เอ๋ย! ท่วมมิดยูดาห์จนสุดเขตแดน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และน้ำจะไหลเข้าไปในยูดาห์ มันจะไหลท่วมและเลยต่อไป จะสูงจนถึงคอ และปีกที่กางแผ่ออกจะคลุมความกว้างของแผ่นดินของเจ้า โอ อิมมานูเอล”

交叉引用

Isaiah 22:1 - A Message concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s going on here anyway? All this partying and noisemaking, Shouting and cheering in the streets, the city noisy with celebrations! You have no brave soldiers to honor, no combat heroes to be proud of. Your leaders were all cowards, captured without even lifting a sword, A country of cowards captured escaping the battle.
Isaiah 22:4 - In the midst of the shouting, I said, “Let me alone. Let me grieve by myself. Don’t tell me it’s going to be all right. These people are doomed. It’s not all right.” For the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, is bringing a day noisy with mobs of people, Jostling and stampeding in the Valley of Vision, knocking down walls and hollering to the mountains, “Attack! Attack!” Old enemies Elam and Kir arrive armed to the teeth— weapons and chariots and cavalry. Your fine valleys are noisy with war, chariots and cavalry charging this way and that. God has left Judah exposed and defenseless.
Isaiah 29:1 - Doom, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David set camp! Let the years add up, let the festivals run their cycles, But I’m not letting up on Jerusalem. The moaning and groaning will continue. Jerusalem to me is an Ariel. Like David, I’ll set up camp against you. I’ll set siege, build towers, bring in siege engines, build siege ramps. Driven into the ground, you’ll speak, you’ll mumble words from the dirt— Your voice from the ground, like the muttering of a ghost. Your speech will whisper from the dust.
Isaiah 29:5 - But it will be your enemies who are beaten to dust, the mob of tyrants who will be blown away like chaff. Because, surprise, as if out of nowhere, a visit from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, With thunderclaps, earthquakes, and earsplitting noise, backed up by hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning strikes, And the mob of enemies at war with Ariel, all who trouble and hassle and torment her, will turn out to be a bad dream, a nightmare. Like a hungry man dreaming he’s eating steak and wakes up hungry as ever, Like a thirsty woman dreaming she’s drinking iced tea and wakes up thirsty as ever, So that mob of nations at war against Mount Zion will wake up and find they haven’t shot an arrow, haven’t killed a single soul.
Isaiah 29:9 - Drug yourselves so you feel nothing. Blind yourselves so you see nothing. Get drunk, but not on wine. Black out, but not from whiskey. For God has rocked you into a deep, deep sleep, put the discerning prophets to sleep, put the farsighted seers to sleep.
Isaiah 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria made war on all the fortress cities of Judah and took them. Then the king of Assyria sent his general, the “Rabshekah,” accompanied by a huge army, from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah. The general stopped at the aqueduct where it empties into the upper pool on the road to the public laundry. Three men went out to meet him: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, in charge of the palace; Shebna the secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the official historian.
Isaiah 36:4 - The Rabshekah said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that the Great King, the king of Assyria, says this: ‘What kind of backing do you think you have against me? You’re bluffing and I’m calling your bluff. Your words are no match for my weapons. What kind of backup do you have now that you’ve rebelled against me? Egypt? Don’t make me laugh. Egypt is a rubber crutch. Lean on Egypt and you’ll end up flat on your face. That’s all Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who leans on him. And if you try to tell me, “We’re leaning on our God,” isn’t it a bit late? Hasn’t Hezekiah just gotten rid of all the places of worship, telling you, “You’ve got to worship at this altar”?
Isaiah 36:8 - “‘Be reasonable. Face the facts: My master the king of Assyria will give you two thousand horses if you can put riders on them. You can’t do it, can you? So how do you think, depending on flimsy Egypt’s chariots and riders, you can stand up against even the lowest-ranking captain in my master’s army?
Isaiah 36:10 - “‘And besides, do you think I came all this way to destroy this land without first getting God’s blessing? It was your God who told me, Make war on this land. Destroy it.’”
Isaiah 36:11 - Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah answered the Rabshekah, “Please talk to us in Aramaic. We understand Aramaic. Don’t talk to us in Hebrew within earshot of all the people gathered around.”
Isaiah 36:12 - But the Rabshekah replied, “Do you think my master has sent me to give this message to your master and you but not also to the people clustered here? It’s their fate that’s at stake. They’re the ones who are going to end up eating their own excrement and drinking their own urine.”
Isaiah 36:13 - Then the Rabshekah stood up and called out loudly in Hebrew, the common language, “Listen to the message of the Great King, the king of Assyria! Don’t listen to Hezekiah’s lies. He can’t save you. And don’t pay any attention to Hezekiah’s pious sermons telling you to lean on God, telling you ‘God will save us, depend on it. God won’t let this city fall to the king of Assyria.’
Isaiah 36:16 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah. Listen to the king of Assyria’s offer: ‘Make peace with me. Come and join me. Everyone will end up with a good life, with plenty of land and water, and eventually something far better. I’ll turn you loose in wide open spaces, with more than enough fertile and productive land for everyone.’ Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you with his lies, ‘God will save us.’ Has that ever happened? Has any god in history ever gotten the best of the king of Assyria? Look around you. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? The gods of Sepharvaim? Did the gods do anything for Samaria? Name one god that has ever saved its countries from me. So what makes you think that God could save Jerusalem from me?’”
Isaiah 36:21 - The three men were silent. They said nothing, for the king had already commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
Isaiah 36:22 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, tearing their clothes in defeat and despair, went back and reported what the Rabshekah had said to Hezekiah.
Isaiah 28:14 - Now listen to God’s Message, you scoffers, you who rule this people in Jerusalem. You say, “We’ve taken out good life insurance. We’ve hedged all our bets, covered all our bases. No disaster can touch us. We’ve thought of everything. We’re advised by the experts. We’re set.”
Isaiah 28:16 - But the Master, God, has something to say to this: “Watch closely. I’m laying a foundation in Zion, a solid granite foundation, squared and true. And this is the meaning of the stone: a trusting life won’t topple. I’ll make justice the measuring stick and righteousness the plumb line for the building. A hailstorm will knock down the shantytown of lies, and a flash flood will wash out the rubble.
Isaiah 28:18 - “Then you’ll see that your precious life insurance policy wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. Your careful precautions against death were a pack of illusions and lies. When the disaster happens, you’ll be crushed by it. Every time disaster comes, you’ll be in on it— disaster in the morning, disaster at night.” Every report of disaster will send you cowering in terror. There will be no place where you can rest, nothing to hide under. God will rise to full stature, raging as he did long ago on Mount Perazim And in the valley of Gibeon against the Philistines. But this time it’s against you. Hard to believe, but true. Not what you’d expect, but it’s coming. Sober up, friends, and don’t scoff. Scoffing will just make it worse. I’ve heard the orders issued for destruction, orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies—ending up in an international disaster. * * *

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交叉引用

新标点和合本 - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊，他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。他展开翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以马内利啊！”
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。他展开翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以马内利啊！”
当代译本 - 席卷犹大，使整个犹大几遭灭顶之灾。他必展开双翼横扫你的土地。”愿上帝与我们同在！
圣经新译本 - 然后必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项，以马内利啊！它展开的翅膀必遮遍你广阔的地土。”
中文标准译本 - 然后涌入犹大，漫溢泛滥，高达颈项！他展开的翅膀，遍满你广阔的土地，以马内利啊！ ”
现代标点和合本 - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊！他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”
和合本（拼音版） - 必冲入犹大，涨溢泛滥，直到颈项。以马内利啊，他展开翅膀，遍满你的地。”
New International Version - and sweep on into Judah, swirling over it, passing through it and reaching up to the neck. Its outspread wings will cover the breadth of your land, Immanuel !”
New International Reader's Version - They will sweep on into Judah like a flood. They will pass through Judah and reach all the way to Jerusalem. Immanuel, they will attack your land like an eagle. Their wings will spread out and cover it.”
English Standard Version - and it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.”
New Living Translation - and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.
Christian Standard Bible - It will pour into Judah, flood over it, and sweep through, reaching up to the neck; and its flooded banks will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
New American Standard Bible - Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach as far as the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the expanse of your land, Immanuel.
New King James Version - He will pass through Judah, He will overflow and pass over, He will reach up to the neck; And the stretching out of his wings Will fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel.
Amplified Bible - Then it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and pass through [the hills], Reaching even to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head], And its outstretched wings (the armies of Assyria) will fill the width of Your land, O Immanuel.
American Standard Version - and it shall sweep onward into Judah; it shall overflow and pass through; it shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of its wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
King James Version - And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel.
New English Translation - It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel.”
World English Bible - It will sweep onward into Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will reach even to the neck. The stretching out of its wings will fill the width of your land, Immanuel.
新標點和合本 - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。以馬內利啊，他展開翅膀，遍滿你的地。」
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。他展開翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以馬內利啊！」
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。他展開翅膀，遮蔽你的全地。以馬內利啊！」
當代譯本 - 席捲猶大，使整個猶大幾遭滅頂之災。他必展開雙翼橫掃你的土地。」願上帝與我們同在！
聖經新譯本 - 然後必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項，以馬內利啊！它展開的翅膀必遮遍你廣闊的地土。”
呂振中譯本 - 並且必沖掃猶大，氾濫瀰漫，直到人的脖子；但主展開的翅膀必遮遍你廣闊的國土；上帝是與我們同在的。』
中文標準譯本 - 然後湧入猶大，漫溢氾濫，高達頸項！他展開的翅膀，遍滿你廣闊的土地，以馬內利啊！」
現代標點和合本 - 必沖入猶大，漲溢氾濫，直到頸項。以馬內利啊！他展開翅膀，遍滿你的地。」
文理和合譯本 - 流入猶大、氾濫及項、以馬內利歟、彼展其翼、遍於爾地、○
文理委辦譯本 - 泛濫猶大國、幾將滅頂、左翼右翼之兵、遍於以馬內利四境。
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 流入猶大、氾濫漲溢、深及於項、以瑪內利乎、其其即亞述王羽翼必充於四境、遍爾國中、○
Nueva Versión Internacional - pasará hasta Judá, la inundará, y crecerá hasta llegarle al cuello. Sus alas extendidas, ¡oh Emanuel!, cubrirán la anchura de tu tierra».
현대인의 성경 - 유다 전역을 완전히 휩쓸어 버릴 것이다.” 그러나 임마누엘의 하나님이 우리와 함께하신다! 그의 편 날개가 이 땅을 보호할 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - и наводнением пойдет на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростертые крылья ее покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Еммануил!
Восточный перевод - и наводнением пойдёт на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростёртые крылья её покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Иммануил!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - и наводнением пойдёт на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростёртые крылья её покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Иммануил!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - и наводнением пойдёт на Иудею; затопляя, поднимется по шею, и распростёртые крылья её покроют всю широту твоей земли, о Иммануил!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - il pénétrera en Juda, l’inondera et le submergera, il lui montera jusqu’au cou et le déploiement de ses flots couvrira toute l’étendue ╵de ton pays, Emmanuel.
Nova Versão Internacional - e inundarão Judá, cobrindo-o até o pescoço. Seus braços abertos se espalharão por toda a tua terra, ó Emanuel !”
Hoffnung für alle - so wird sich dieses Heer auf Juda zuwälzen und das Land überfluten. Das Wasser wird dem Volk bis zum Hals stehen. Dein ganzes Land, Immanuel, wird von ihnen bedeckt sein.«
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - khắp lãnh thổ của Giu-đa cho đến khi nước ngập tận cổ. Cánh của nó sẽ dang ra, che kín cả xứ, hỡi Em-ma-nu-ên.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - และกวาดเข้ามาในยูดาห์ ไหลวนเหนือดินแดนนั้น ไหลหลากท่วมถึงคอ โอ อิมมานูเอล เอ๋ย! ท่วมมิดยูดาห์จนสุดเขตแดน”
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - และน้ำจะไหลเข้าไปในยูดาห์ มันจะไหลท่วมและเลยต่อไป จะสูงจนถึงคอ และปีกที่กางแผ่ออกจะคลุมความกว้างของแผ่นดินของเจ้า โอ อิมมานูเอล”

Isaiah 22:1 - A Message concerning the Valley of Vision: What’s going on here anyway? All this partying and noisemaking, Shouting and cheering in the streets, the city noisy with celebrations! You have no brave soldiers to honor, no combat heroes to be proud of. Your leaders were all cowards, captured without even lifting a sword, A country of cowards captured escaping the battle.
Isaiah 22:4 - In the midst of the shouting, I said, “Let me alone. Let me grieve by myself. Don’t tell me it’s going to be all right. These people are doomed. It’s not all right.” For the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, is bringing a day noisy with mobs of people, Jostling and stampeding in the Valley of Vision, knocking down walls and hollering to the mountains, “Attack! Attack!” Old enemies Elam and Kir arrive armed to the teeth— weapons and chariots and cavalry. Your fine valleys are noisy with war, chariots and cavalry charging this way and that. God has left Judah exposed and defenseless.
Isaiah 29:1 - Doom, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David set camp! Let the years add up, let the festivals run their cycles, But I’m not letting up on Jerusalem. The moaning and groaning will continue. Jerusalem to me is an Ariel. Like David, I’ll set up camp against you. I’ll set siege, build towers, bring in siege engines, build siege ramps. Driven into the ground, you’ll speak, you’ll mumble words from the dirt— Your voice from the ground, like the muttering of a ghost. Your speech will whisper from the dust.
Isaiah 29:5 - But it will be your enemies who are beaten to dust, the mob of tyrants who will be blown away like chaff. Because, surprise, as if out of nowhere, a visit from God-of-the-Angel-Armies, With thunderclaps, earthquakes, and earsplitting noise, backed up by hurricanes, tornadoes, and lightning strikes, And the mob of enemies at war with Ariel, all who trouble and hassle and torment her, will turn out to be a bad dream, a nightmare. Like a hungry man dreaming he’s eating steak and wakes up hungry as ever, Like a thirsty woman dreaming she’s drinking iced tea and wakes up thirsty as ever, So that mob of nations at war against Mount Zion will wake up and find they haven’t shot an arrow, haven’t killed a single soul.
Isaiah 29:9 - Drug yourselves so you feel nothing. Blind yourselves so you see nothing. Get drunk, but not on wine. Black out, but not from whiskey. For God has rocked you into a deep, deep sleep, put the discerning prophets to sleep, put the farsighted seers to sleep.
Isaiah 36:1 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria made war on all the fortress cities of Judah and took them. Then the king of Assyria sent his general, the “Rabshekah,” accompanied by a huge army, from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah. The general stopped at the aqueduct where it empties into the upper pool on the road to the public laundry. Three men went out to meet him: Eliakim son of Hilkiah, in charge of the palace; Shebna the secretary; and Joah son of Asaph, the official historian.
Isaiah 36:4 - The Rabshekah said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that the Great King, the king of Assyria, says this: ‘What kind of backing do you think you have against me? You’re bluffing and I’m calling your bluff. Your words are no match for my weapons. What kind of backup do you have now that you’ve rebelled against me? Egypt? Don’t make me laugh. Egypt is a rubber crutch. Lean on Egypt and you’ll end up flat on your face. That’s all Pharaoh king of Egypt is to anyone who leans on him. And if you try to tell me, “We’re leaning on our God,” isn’t it a bit late? Hasn’t Hezekiah just gotten rid of all the places of worship, telling you, “You’ve got to worship at this altar”?
Isaiah 36:8 - “‘Be reasonable. Face the facts: My master the king of Assyria will give you two thousand horses if you can put riders on them. You can’t do it, can you? So how do you think, depending on flimsy Egypt’s chariots and riders, you can stand up against even the lowest-ranking captain in my master’s army?
Isaiah 36:10 - “‘And besides, do you think I came all this way to destroy this land without first getting God’s blessing? It was your God who told me, Make war on this land. Destroy it.’”
Isaiah 36:11 - Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah answered the Rabshekah, “Please talk to us in Aramaic. We understand Aramaic. Don’t talk to us in Hebrew within earshot of all the people gathered around.”
Isaiah 36:12 - But the Rabshekah replied, “Do you think my master has sent me to give this message to your master and you but not also to the people clustered here? It’s their fate that’s at stake. They’re the ones who are going to end up eating their own excrement and drinking their own urine.”
Isaiah 36:13 - Then the Rabshekah stood up and called out loudly in Hebrew, the common language, “Listen to the message of the Great King, the king of Assyria! Don’t listen to Hezekiah’s lies. He can’t save you. And don’t pay any attention to Hezekiah’s pious sermons telling you to lean on God, telling you ‘God will save us, depend on it. God won’t let this city fall to the king of Assyria.’
Isaiah 36:16 - “Don’t listen to Hezekiah. Listen to the king of Assyria’s offer: ‘Make peace with me. Come and join me. Everyone will end up with a good life, with plenty of land and water, and eventually something far better. I’ll turn you loose in wide open spaces, with more than enough fertile and productive land for everyone.’ Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you with his lies, ‘God will save us.’ Has that ever happened? Has any god in history ever gotten the best of the king of Assyria? Look around you. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? The gods of Sepharvaim? Did the gods do anything for Samaria? Name one god that has ever saved its countries from me. So what makes you think that God could save Jerusalem from me?’”
Isaiah 36:21 - The three men were silent. They said nothing, for the king had already commanded, “Don’t answer him.”
Isaiah 36:22 - Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the court historian, tearing their clothes in defeat and despair, went back and reported what the Rabshekah had said to Hezekiah.
Isaiah 28:14 - Now listen to God’s Message, you scoffers, you who rule this people in Jerusalem. You say, “We’ve taken out good life insurance. We’ve hedged all our bets, covered all our bases. No disaster can touch us. We’ve thought of everything. We’re advised by the experts. We’re set.”
Isaiah 28:16 - But the Master, God, has something to say to this: “Watch closely. I’m laying a foundation in Zion, a solid granite foundation, squared and true. And this is the meaning of the stone: a trusting life won’t topple. I’ll make justice the measuring stick and righteousness the plumb line for the building. A hailstorm will knock down the shantytown of lies, and a flash flood will wash out the rubble.
Isaiah 28:18 - “Then you’ll see that your precious life insurance policy wasn’t worth the paper it was written on. Your careful precautions against death were a pack of illusions and lies. When the disaster happens, you’ll be crushed by it. Every time disaster comes, you’ll be in on it— disaster in the morning, disaster at night.” Every report of disaster will send you cowering in terror. There will be no place where you can rest, nothing to hide under. God will rise to full stature, raging as he did long ago on Mount Perazim And in the valley of Gibeon against the Philistines. But this time it’s against you. Hard to believe, but true. Not what you’d expect, but it’s coming. Sober up, friends, and don’t scoff. Scoffing will just make it worse. I’ve heard the orders issued for destruction, orders from God-of-the-Angel-Armies—ending up in an international disaster. * * *