If so be the Lord thy God hath [a]heard the words of Rabshakeh, whom the King of Assyria his master hath sent to rail on the living God, and to reproach him with words, which the Lord thy God hath heard, then [b]lift thou up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

So the servants of the King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the King of Assyria have blasphemed me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:4 That is, will declare by effect that he hath heard it: for when God deferreth to punish, it seemeth to the flesh, that he knoweth not the sin, or heareth not the cause.
  2. Isaiah 37:4 Declaring that the minister’s office doth not only stand in comforting by the word, but also in praying for the people.

It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule(A) the living God,(B) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.(C) Therefore pray(D) for the remnant(E) that still survives.”

When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid(F) of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed(G) me.

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