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Come now, all of you,[a] make a bet with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you can furnish riders for them! How, then, can you repulse even one officer from[b] the least of my master’s officials, when you are depending for yourselves[c] on Egypt for chariots and horsemen? 10 One other thing: have I really marched against this country to destroy it apart from the Lord’s direction?[d] The Lord himself ordered me, ‘March against this country to[e] destroy it.’”[f]

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  1. Isaiah 36:8 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads you (sing.)
  2. Isaiah 36:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads one of
  3. Isaiah 36:9 So 1QIsaa; MT reads yourself
  4. Isaiah 36:10 1QIsaa MT lack ‘s direction
  5. Isaiah 36:10 So 1QIsaa; MT reads and
  6. Isaiah 36:10 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks The Lord himself ordered me, ‘March against this country to destroy it.’

“‘Come now, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses(A)—if you can put riders on them! How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt(B) for chariots(C) and horsemen[a]?(D) 10 Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told(E) me to march against this country and destroy it.’”

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  1. Isaiah 36:9 Or charioteers