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Parallel Verses
  • 新标点和合本 - 因为撒玛利亚的伤痕无法医治， 延及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治， 蔓延到犹大， 到了我百姓的城门， 直达耶路撒冷。
  • 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治， 蔓延到犹大， 到了我百姓的城门， 直达耶路撒冷。
  • 当代译本 - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法救治， 已经祸及犹大， 直逼我百姓的城门，直逼耶路撒冷。
  • 圣经新译本 - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治， 并且殃及犹大， 直逼我子民的城门， 就是耶路撒冷。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 因为撒马利亚的伤痕无法医治， 延及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。
  • 和合本（拼音版） - 因为撒玛利亚的伤痕无法医治， 延及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。
  • New International Version - For Samaria’s plague is incurable; it has spread to Judah. It has reached the very gate of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.
  • New International Reader's Version - Samaria’s plague can’t be healed. The plague has spread to Judah. It has spread right up to the gate of my people. It has spread to Jerusalem itself.
  • English Standard Version - For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
  • New Living Translation - For my people’s wound is too deep to heal. It has reached into Judah, even to the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Christian Standard Bible - For her wound is incurable and has reached even Judah; it has approached my people’s city gate, as far as Jerusalem.
  • New American Standard Bible - For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
  • New King James Version - For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people— To Jerusalem.
  • Amplified Bible - For Samaria’s wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; The enemy has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
  • American Standard Version - For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • King James Version - For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • New English Translation - For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!
  • World English Bible - For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • 新標點和合本 - 因為撒馬利亞的傷痕無法醫治， 延及猶大和耶路撒冷我民的城門。
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法醫治， 蔓延到猶大， 到了我百姓的城門， 直達耶路撒冷。
  • 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法醫治， 蔓延到猶大， 到了我百姓的城門， 直達耶路撒冷。
  • 當代譯本 - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法救治， 已經禍及猶大， 直逼我百姓的城門，直逼耶路撒冷。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法醫治， 並且殃及猶大， 直逼我子民的城門， 就是耶路撒冷。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 因為 撒瑪利亞 的創傷無法醫治， 乃是延及 猶大 ， 直逼我人民的城門， 至於 耶路撒冷 。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 因為撒馬利亞的傷痕無法醫治， 延及猶大和耶路撒冷我民的城門。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 因其創不能醫、延及猶大、至於耶路撒冷、我民之門、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 敵至猶大 耶路撒冷門、其禍遍於我民、其傷不得醫痊、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 蓋 撒瑪利亞 之傷甚重、延及 猶大 、延及我民之邑門、延及 耶路撒冷 、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque la herida de Samaria es incurable: ha llegado hasta Judá. Se ha extendido hasta mi pueblo, ¡hasta la entrada misma de Jerusalén!
  • 현대인의 성경 - 사마리아의 상처가 치료될 수 없고 유다도 그런 상처로 고통을 당하며 내 백성이 사는 예루살렘 성문에 파멸이 이르렀다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - потому, что рана Самарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • Восточный перевод - потому что рана Самарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - потому что рана Самарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - потому что рана Сомарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - La plaie de Samarie ╵est incurable et elle atteint même Juda. La voilà qui s’avance ╵jusqu’à la porte de mon peuple : jusqu’à Jérusalem.
  • リビングバイブル - わたしの民の傷が治せないほど深いからだ。 主はエルサレムを罰しようと、 すでにその門に立っている。
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Pois a ferida de Samaria é incurável e chegou a Judá. O flagelo alcançou até mesmo a porta do meu povo, até a própria Jerusalém!
  • Hoffnung für alle - Denn Samarias Wunden sind unheilbar, und auch Juda wird nicht verschont. Ja, selbst Jerusalem, die Hauptstadt meines Volkes, ist dem Untergang nah!
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì vết thương của dân không thể chữa lành. Nó còn lan tràn qua Giu-đa, đến tận cổng thành Giê-ru-sa-lem.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะบาดแผลของสะมาเรียเยียวยาไม่ได้ และลามมาถึงยูดาห์แล้ว มาถึงประตูเมืองของพี่น้องร่วมชาติของข้าพเจ้า มาถึงเยรูซาเล็มเลยทีเดียว
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะ​บาดแผล​ของ​เมือง​นั้น​รักษา​ไม่​หาย และ​ได้​เกิด​ขึ้น​กับ​ยูดาห์ มัน​ถึง​ประตู​เมือง​ของ​ชน​ชาติ​ของ​ข้าพเจ้า​แล้ว มา​จน​ถึง​เยรูซาเล็ม
Cross Reference
  • Isaiah 37:26 - “‘Haven’t you gotten the news that I’ve been behind this all along? This is a longstanding plan of mine and I’m just now making it happen, using you to devastate strong cities, turning them into piles of rubble and leaving their citizens helpless, bewildered, and confused, drooping like unwatered plants, stunted like withered seedlings.
  • Isaiah 37:28 - “‘I know all about your pretentious poses, your self-important comings and goings, and, yes, the tantrums you throw against me. Because of all your wild raging against me, your unbridled arrogance that I keep hearing of, I’ll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I’ll show you who’s boss. I’ll turn you around and take you back to where you came from.
  • Isaiah 37:30 - “‘And this, Hezekiah, will be your confirming sign: This year’s crops will be slim pickings, and next year it won’t be much better. But in three years, farming will be back to normal, with regular sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting. What’s left of the people of Judah will put down roots and make a new start. The people left in Jerusalem will get moving again. Mount Zion survivors will take hold again. The zeal of God-of-the-Angel-Armies will do all this.’ * * *
  • Isaiah 37:33 - “Finally, this is God’s verdict on the king of Assyria: “‘Don’t worry, he won’t enter this city, won’t let loose a single arrow, Won’t brandish so much as one shield, let alone build a siege ramp against it. He’ll go back the same way he came. He won’t set a foot in this city. God’s Decree. I’ve got my hand on this city to save it, Save it for my very own sake, but also for the sake of my David dynasty.’”
  • Isaiah 37:36 - Then the Angel of God arrived and struck the Assyrian camp—185,000 Assyrians died. By the time the sun came up, they were all dead—an army of corpses! Sennacherib, king of Assyria, got out of there fast, back home to Nineveh. As he was worshiping in the sanctuary of his god Nisroch, he was murdered by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer. They escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon became the next king.
  • 2 Kings 18:9 - In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria. The king of Assyria took Israel into exile and relocated them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in towns of the Medes.
  • 2 Kings 18:12 - All this happened because they wouldn’t listen to the voice of their God and treated his covenant with careless contempt. They refused either to listen or do a word of what Moses, the servant of God, commanded.
  • 2 Kings 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the outlying fortress cities of Judah and captured them. King Hezekiah sent a message to the king of Assyria at his headquarters in Lachish: “I’ve done wrong; I admit it. Pull back your army; I’ll pay whatever tribute you set.”
  • Isaiah 1:5 - “Why bother even trying to do anything with you when you just keep to your bullheaded ways? You keep beating your heads against brick walls. Everything within you protests against you. From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head, nothing’s working right. Wounds and bruises and running sores— untended, unwashed, unbandaged. Your country is laid waste, your cities burned down. Your land is destroyed by outsiders while you watch, reduced to rubble by barbarians. Daughter Zion is deserted— like a tumbledown shack on a dead-end street, Like a tarpaper shanty on the wrong side of the tracks, like a sinking ship abandoned by the rats. If God-of-the-Angel-Armies hadn’t left us a few survivors, we’d be as desolate as Sodom, doomed just like Gomorrah.
  • Jeremiah 30:12 - “This is God’s Message: “‘You’re a burned-out case, as good as dead. Everyone has given up on you. You’re hopeless. All your fair-weather friends have skipped town without giving you a second thought. But I delivered the knockout blow, a punishment you will never forget, Because of the enormity of your guilt, the endless list of your sins. So why all this self-pity, licking your wounds? You deserve all this, and more. Because of the enormity of your guilt, the endless list of your sins, I’ve done all this to you.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:1 - And then, after this exemplary track record, this: Sennacherib king of Assyria came and attacked Judah. He put the fortified cities under siege, determined to take them.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:2 - When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib’s strategy was to take Jerusalem, he talked to his advisors and military leaders about eliminating all the water supplies outside the city; they thought it was a good idea. There was a great turnout of people to plug the springs and tear down the aqueduct. They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria march in and be furnished with running water?”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:5 - Hezekiah also went to work repairing every part of the city wall that was damaged, built defensive towers on it, built another wall of defense further out, and reinforced the defensive rampart (the Millo) of the old City of David. He also built up a large store of armaments—spears and shields. He then appointed military officers to be responsible for the people and got them all together at the public square in front of the city gate.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:6 - Hezekiah rallied the people, saying, “Be strong! Take courage! Don’t be intimidated by the king of Assyria and his troops—there are more on our side than on their side. He only has a bunch of mere men; we have our God to help us and fight for us!” Morale surged. Hezekiah’s words put steel in their spines.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:9 - Later on, Sennacherib, who had set up camp a few miles away at Lachish, sent messengers to Jerusalem, addressing Judah through Hezekiah: “A proclamation of Sennacherib king of Assyria: You poor people—do you think you’re safe in that so-called fortress of Jerusalem? You’re sitting ducks. Do you think Hezekiah will save you? Don’t be stupid—Hezekiah has fed you a pack of lies. When he says, ‘God will save us from the power of the king of Assyria,’ he’s lying—you’re all going to end up dead. Wasn’t it Hezekiah who cleared out all the neighborhood worship shrines and told you, ‘There is only one legitimate place to worship’? Do you have any idea what I and my ancestors have done to all the countries around here? Has there been a single god anywhere strong enough to stand up against me? Can you name one god among all the nations that either I or my ancestors have ravaged that so much as lifted a finger against me? So what makes you think you’ll make out any better with your god? Don’t let Hezekiah fool you; don’t let him get by with his barefaced lies; don’t trust him. No god of any country or kingdom ever has been one bit of help against me or my ancestors—what kind of odds does that give your god?”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:16 - The messengers felt free to throw in their personal comments, putting down both God and God’s servant Hezekiah.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:17 - Sennacherib continued to send letters insulting the God of Israel: “The gods of the nations were powerless to help their people; the god of Hezekiah is no better, probably worse.”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:18 - The messengers would come up to the wall of Jerusalem and shout up to the people standing on the wall, shouting their propaganda in Hebrew, trying to scare them into demoralized submission. They contemptuously lumped the God of Jerusalem in with the handmade gods of other peoples.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:20 - King Hezekiah, joined by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, responded by praying, calling up to heaven. God answered by sending an angel who wiped out everyone in the Assyrian camp, both warriors and officers. Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace, tail between his legs. When he went into the temple of his god, his own sons killed him.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:22 - God saved Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem from Sennacherib king of Assyria and everyone else. And he continued to take good care of them. People streamed into Jerusalem bringing offerings for the worship of God and expensive presents to Hezekiah king of Judah. All the surrounding nations were impressed—Hezekiah’s stock soared. * * *
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • 新标点和合本 - 因为撒玛利亚的伤痕无法医治， 延及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治， 蔓延到犹大， 到了我百姓的城门， 直达耶路撒冷。
  • 和合本2010（神版-简体） - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治， 蔓延到犹大， 到了我百姓的城门， 直达耶路撒冷。
  • 当代译本 - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法救治， 已经祸及犹大， 直逼我百姓的城门，直逼耶路撒冷。
  • 圣经新译本 - 因为撒玛利亚的创伤无法医治， 并且殃及犹大， 直逼我子民的城门， 就是耶路撒冷。
  • 现代标点和合本 - 因为撒马利亚的伤痕无法医治， 延及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。
  • 和合本（拼音版） - 因为撒玛利亚的伤痕无法医治， 延及犹大和耶路撒冷我民的城门。
  • New International Version - For Samaria’s plague is incurable; it has spread to Judah. It has reached the very gate of my people, even to Jerusalem itself.
  • New International Reader's Version - Samaria’s plague can’t be healed. The plague has spread to Judah. It has spread right up to the gate of my people. It has spread to Jerusalem itself.
  • English Standard Version - For her wound is incurable, and it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem.
  • New Living Translation - For my people’s wound is too deep to heal. It has reached into Judah, even to the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Christian Standard Bible - For her wound is incurable and has reached even Judah; it has approached my people’s city gate, as far as Jerusalem.
  • New American Standard Bible - For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
  • New King James Version - For her wounds are incurable. For it has come to Judah; It has come to the gate of My people— To Jerusalem.
  • Amplified Bible - For Samaria’s wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; The enemy has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem.
  • American Standard Version - For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • King James Version - For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • New English Translation - For Samaria’s disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem!
  • World English Bible - For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
  • 新標點和合本 - 因為撒馬利亞的傷痕無法醫治， 延及猶大和耶路撒冷我民的城門。
  • 和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法醫治， 蔓延到猶大， 到了我百姓的城門， 直達耶路撒冷。
  • 和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法醫治， 蔓延到猶大， 到了我百姓的城門， 直達耶路撒冷。
  • 當代譯本 - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法救治， 已經禍及猶大， 直逼我百姓的城門，直逼耶路撒冷。
  • 聖經新譯本 - 因為撒瑪利亞的創傷無法醫治， 並且殃及猶大， 直逼我子民的城門， 就是耶路撒冷。
  • 呂振中譯本 - 因為 撒瑪利亞 的創傷無法醫治， 乃是延及 猶大 ， 直逼我人民的城門， 至於 耶路撒冷 。
  • 現代標點和合本 - 因為撒馬利亞的傷痕無法醫治， 延及猶大和耶路撒冷我民的城門。
  • 文理和合譯本 - 因其創不能醫、延及猶大、至於耶路撒冷、我民之門、
  • 文理委辦譯本 - 敵至猶大 耶路撒冷門、其禍遍於我民、其傷不得醫痊、
  • 施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 蓋 撒瑪利亞 之傷甚重、延及 猶大 、延及我民之邑門、延及 耶路撒冷 、
  • Nueva Versión Internacional - Porque la herida de Samaria es incurable: ha llegado hasta Judá. Se ha extendido hasta mi pueblo, ¡hasta la entrada misma de Jerusalén!
  • 현대인의 성경 - 사마리아의 상처가 치료될 수 없고 유다도 그런 상처로 고통을 당하며 내 백성이 사는 예루살렘 성문에 파멸이 이르렀다.
  • Новый Русский Перевод - потому, что рана Самарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • Восточный перевод - потому что рана Самарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - потому что рана Самарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - потому что рана Сомарии неисцелима; она дошла до Иудеи, до ворот моего народа – до самого Иерусалима.
  • La Bible du Semeur 2015 - La plaie de Samarie ╵est incurable et elle atteint même Juda. La voilà qui s’avance ╵jusqu’à la porte de mon peuple : jusqu’à Jérusalem.
  • リビングバイブル - わたしの民の傷が治せないほど深いからだ。 主はエルサレムを罰しようと、 すでにその門に立っている。
  • Nova Versão Internacional - Pois a ferida de Samaria é incurável e chegou a Judá. O flagelo alcançou até mesmo a porta do meu povo, até a própria Jerusalém!
  • Hoffnung für alle - Denn Samarias Wunden sind unheilbar, und auch Juda wird nicht verschont. Ja, selbst Jerusalem, die Hauptstadt meines Volkes, ist dem Untergang nah!
  • Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Vì vết thương của dân không thể chữa lành. Nó còn lan tràn qua Giu-đa, đến tận cổng thành Giê-ru-sa-lem.
  • พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะบาดแผลของสะมาเรียเยียวยาไม่ได้ และลามมาถึงยูดาห์แล้ว มาถึงประตูเมืองของพี่น้องร่วมชาติของข้าพเจ้า มาถึงเยรูซาเล็มเลยทีเดียว
  • พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เพราะ​บาดแผล​ของ​เมือง​นั้น​รักษา​ไม่​หาย และ​ได้​เกิด​ขึ้น​กับ​ยูดาห์ มัน​ถึง​ประตู​เมือง​ของ​ชน​ชาติ​ของ​ข้าพเจ้า​แล้ว มา​จน​ถึง​เยรูซาเล็ม
  • Isaiah 37:26 - “‘Haven’t you gotten the news that I’ve been behind this all along? This is a longstanding plan of mine and I’m just now making it happen, using you to devastate strong cities, turning them into piles of rubble and leaving their citizens helpless, bewildered, and confused, drooping like unwatered plants, stunted like withered seedlings.
  • Isaiah 37:28 - “‘I know all about your pretentious poses, your self-important comings and goings, and, yes, the tantrums you throw against me. Because of all your wild raging against me, your unbridled arrogance that I keep hearing of, I’ll put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I’ll show you who’s boss. I’ll turn you around and take you back to where you came from.
  • Isaiah 37:30 - “‘And this, Hezekiah, will be your confirming sign: This year’s crops will be slim pickings, and next year it won’t be much better. But in three years, farming will be back to normal, with regular sowing and reaping, planting and harvesting. What’s left of the people of Judah will put down roots and make a new start. The people left in Jerusalem will get moving again. Mount Zion survivors will take hold again. The zeal of God-of-the-Angel-Armies will do all this.’ * * *
  • Isaiah 37:33 - “Finally, this is God’s verdict on the king of Assyria: “‘Don’t worry, he won’t enter this city, won’t let loose a single arrow, Won’t brandish so much as one shield, let alone build a siege ramp against it. He’ll go back the same way he came. He won’t set a foot in this city. God’s Decree. I’ve got my hand on this city to save it, Save it for my very own sake, but also for the sake of my David dynasty.’”
  • Isaiah 37:36 - Then the Angel of God arrived and struck the Assyrian camp—185,000 Assyrians died. By the time the sun came up, they were all dead—an army of corpses! Sennacherib, king of Assyria, got out of there fast, back home to Nineveh. As he was worshiping in the sanctuary of his god Nisroch, he was murdered by his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer. They escaped to the land of Ararat. His son Esar-haddon became the next king.
  • 2 Kings 18:9 - In the fourth year of Hezekiah and the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked Samaria. He threw a siege around it and after three years captured it. It was in the sixth year of Hezekiah and the ninth year of Hoshea that Samaria fell to Assyria. The king of Assyria took Israel into exile and relocated them in Halah, in Gozan on the Habor River, and in towns of the Medes.
  • 2 Kings 18:12 - All this happened because they wouldn’t listen to the voice of their God and treated his covenant with careless contempt. They refused either to listen or do a word of what Moses, the servant of God, commanded.
  • 2 Kings 18:13 - In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the outlying fortress cities of Judah and captured them. King Hezekiah sent a message to the king of Assyria at his headquarters in Lachish: “I’ve done wrong; I admit it. Pull back your army; I’ll pay whatever tribute you set.”
  • Isaiah 1:5 - “Why bother even trying to do anything with you when you just keep to your bullheaded ways? You keep beating your heads against brick walls. Everything within you protests against you. From the bottom of your feet to the top of your head, nothing’s working right. Wounds and bruises and running sores— untended, unwashed, unbandaged. Your country is laid waste, your cities burned down. Your land is destroyed by outsiders while you watch, reduced to rubble by barbarians. Daughter Zion is deserted— like a tumbledown shack on a dead-end street, Like a tarpaper shanty on the wrong side of the tracks, like a sinking ship abandoned by the rats. If God-of-the-Angel-Armies hadn’t left us a few survivors, we’d be as desolate as Sodom, doomed just like Gomorrah.
  • Jeremiah 30:12 - “This is God’s Message: “‘You’re a burned-out case, as good as dead. Everyone has given up on you. You’re hopeless. All your fair-weather friends have skipped town without giving you a second thought. But I delivered the knockout blow, a punishment you will never forget, Because of the enormity of your guilt, the endless list of your sins. So why all this self-pity, licking your wounds? You deserve all this, and more. Because of the enormity of your guilt, the endless list of your sins, I’ve done all this to you.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:1 - And then, after this exemplary track record, this: Sennacherib king of Assyria came and attacked Judah. He put the fortified cities under siege, determined to take them.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:2 - When Hezekiah realized that Sennacherib’s strategy was to take Jerusalem, he talked to his advisors and military leaders about eliminating all the water supplies outside the city; they thought it was a good idea. There was a great turnout of people to plug the springs and tear down the aqueduct. They said, “Why should the kings of Assyria march in and be furnished with running water?”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:5 - Hezekiah also went to work repairing every part of the city wall that was damaged, built defensive towers on it, built another wall of defense further out, and reinforced the defensive rampart (the Millo) of the old City of David. He also built up a large store of armaments—spears and shields. He then appointed military officers to be responsible for the people and got them all together at the public square in front of the city gate.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:6 - Hezekiah rallied the people, saying, “Be strong! Take courage! Don’t be intimidated by the king of Assyria and his troops—there are more on our side than on their side. He only has a bunch of mere men; we have our God to help us and fight for us!” Morale surged. Hezekiah’s words put steel in their spines.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:9 - Later on, Sennacherib, who had set up camp a few miles away at Lachish, sent messengers to Jerusalem, addressing Judah through Hezekiah: “A proclamation of Sennacherib king of Assyria: You poor people—do you think you’re safe in that so-called fortress of Jerusalem? You’re sitting ducks. Do you think Hezekiah will save you? Don’t be stupid—Hezekiah has fed you a pack of lies. When he says, ‘God will save us from the power of the king of Assyria,’ he’s lying—you’re all going to end up dead. Wasn’t it Hezekiah who cleared out all the neighborhood worship shrines and told you, ‘There is only one legitimate place to worship’? Do you have any idea what I and my ancestors have done to all the countries around here? Has there been a single god anywhere strong enough to stand up against me? Can you name one god among all the nations that either I or my ancestors have ravaged that so much as lifted a finger against me? So what makes you think you’ll make out any better with your god? Don’t let Hezekiah fool you; don’t let him get by with his barefaced lies; don’t trust him. No god of any country or kingdom ever has been one bit of help against me or my ancestors—what kind of odds does that give your god?”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:16 - The messengers felt free to throw in their personal comments, putting down both God and God’s servant Hezekiah.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:17 - Sennacherib continued to send letters insulting the God of Israel: “The gods of the nations were powerless to help their people; the god of Hezekiah is no better, probably worse.”
  • 2 Chronicles 32:18 - The messengers would come up to the wall of Jerusalem and shout up to the people standing on the wall, shouting their propaganda in Hebrew, trying to scare them into demoralized submission. They contemptuously lumped the God of Jerusalem in with the handmade gods of other peoples.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:20 - King Hezekiah, joined by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, responded by praying, calling up to heaven. God answered by sending an angel who wiped out everyone in the Assyrian camp, both warriors and officers. Sennacherib was forced to return home in disgrace, tail between his legs. When he went into the temple of his god, his own sons killed him.
  • 2 Chronicles 32:22 - God saved Hezekiah and the citizens of Jerusalem from Sennacherib king of Assyria and everyone else. And he continued to take good care of them. People streamed into Jerusalem bringing offerings for the worship of God and expensive presents to Hezekiah king of Judah. All the surrounding nations were impressed—Hezekiah’s stock soared. * * *
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