Isaiah 36:14 - Forerunner Commentary

Isaiah 36:14

12 But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?”

13 Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in Hebrew, and said, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

14 Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;

15 nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, “The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” ’

16 Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make peace with me by a present and come out to me; ^aand every one of you eat from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree, and every one of you drink the waters of his own cistern;

17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” Has any one of the ^agods of the nations delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, have they delivered ^aSamaria from my hand?

20 Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?’ ”

21 But they¹ held their peace and answered him not a word; for the king’s commandment was, “Do not answer him.”

22 Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.

Verse Comparison: Isaiah 36:14

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American Standard Version
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you:

Amplified® Bible
Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.

Contemporary English Version
Don't be fooled by Hezekiah. He can't save you.

Darby English Version
Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you.

Good News Bible
He warns you not to let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah can't save you.

King James Version
Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.

New American Standard Bible
"Thus says the king, `Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;

New International Version
This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you!

New King James Version
Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you;

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not have the ability to deliver you;

Revised Standard Version
Thus says the king: 'Do not let Hezeki'ah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you.

Young's Literal Translation
Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;

New English Translation
This is what the king says: ‘Don’t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

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