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16 Ye shall not hear to Hezekiah; for thus said the king of Assur, Make to me a blessing, and come forth to me: and eat a man of his vine and a man of his fig tree, and drink ye a man water of his cistern; 17 Till my coming and I took you to a land as your land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. 18 Lest Hezekiah shall stimulate you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Did each of the gods of the nations deliver his land from the hand of the king of Assur? 19 Where the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where the gods of Sepharvaim? and when have they delivered Shomeron from my hand? 20 Who among all the gods of these lands who delivered their land from my hand, that Jehovah will deliver Jerusalem from my hand? 21 And they will be silent and not answer him a word: for this the command of the king, saying, Ye shall not answer. 22 And Eliakim son of Hilkiah who was over the house, will go in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph, remembering, to Hezekiah, their garments rent, and they will announce to him the words of Rabshakeh. Isaiah 36:16-22, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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