## Isaiah Chapter 36

###### Isaiah 36:1
[Isaiah 36:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:1)

וַיְהִ֡י בְּאַרְבַּע֩ עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה שָׁנָ֜ה לַמֶּ֣לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֗הוּ עָלָ֞ה סַנְחֵרִ֤יב מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁוּר֙ עַ֣ל כׇּל־עָרֵ֧י יְהוּדָ֛ה הַבְּצֻר֖וֹת וַֽיִּתְפְּשֵֽׂם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Ḥizqiyyahu, that Sanĥeriv king of Ashshur came up against all the fortified cities of Yehuda, and took them.


###### Isaiah 36:2
[Isaiah 36:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:2)

וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֣וּר**׀** אֶת־רַבְשָׁקֵ֨ה מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ יְרוּשָׁלַ֛͏ְמָה אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּחֵ֣יל כָּבֵ֑ד וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד בִּתְעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the king of Ashshur sent Ravshaqe from Lakhish to Yerushalayim to king Ḥizqiyyahu with a great army. And he stood by the aqueduct of the upper pool in the highway of the washer’s field.


###### Isaiah 36:3
[Isaiah 36:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:3)

וַיֵּצֵ֥א אֵלָ֛יו אֶלְיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וְשֶׁבְנָא֙ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְיוֹאָ֥ח בֶּן־אָסָ֖ף הַמַּזְכִּֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Elyaqim, Ḥilqiyyahu’s son, who was over the house, came out to him, and Shevna the scribe, and Yo᾽aĥ Asaf’s son, the recorder.


###### Isaiah 36:4
[Isaiah 36:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:4)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם֙ רַבְשָׁקֵ֔ה אִמְרוּ־נָ֖א אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כֹּֽה־אָמַ֞ר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ הַגָּדוֹל֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר מָ֧ה הַבִּטָּח֛וֹן הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּטָֽחְתָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Ravshaqe said to them, Say now to Ḥizqiyyahu, Thus says the great king, the king of Ashshur, What confidence is this in which thou trustest?


###### Isaiah 36:5
[Isaiah 36:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:5)

אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ אַךְ־דְּבַר־שְׂפָתַ֔יִם עֵצָ֥ה וּגְבוּרָ֖ה לַמִּלְחָמָ֑ה עַתָּה֙ עַל־מִ֣י בָטַ֔חְתָּ כִּ֥י מָרַ֖דְתָּ בִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I said, A mere word with the lips is thy counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?


###### Isaiah 36:6
[Isaiah 36:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:6)

הִנֵּ֣ה בָטַ֡חְתָּ עַל־מִשְׁעֶ֩נֶת֩ הַקָּנֶ֨ה הָרָצ֤וּץ הַזֶּה֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִסָּמֵ֥ךְ אִישׁ֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבָ֥א בְכַפּ֖וֹ וּנְקָבָ֑הּ כֵּ֚ן פַּרְעֹ֣ה מֶלֶךְ־מִצְרַ֔יִם לְכׇֽל־הַבֹּטְחִ֖ים עָלָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, in Miżrayim; on which if a man lean, it will go into his arm, and pierce it: so is Par῾o king of Miżrayim to all that trust in him.


###### Isaiah 36:7
[Isaiah 36:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:7)

וְכִֽי־תֹאמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י אֶל־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ בָּטָ֑חְנוּ הֲלוֹא־ה֗וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֵסִ֤יר חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶת־בָּמֹתָ֣יו וְאֶת־מִזְבְּחֹתָ֔יו וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לִיהוּדָה֙ וְלִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם לִפְנֵ֛י הַמִּזְבֵּ֥חַ הַזֶּ֖ה תִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But if thou say to me, We trust in the Lord our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Ḥizqiyyahu has taken away, and said to Yehuda and to Yerushalayim, You shall worship before this altar?


###### Isaiah 36:8
[Isaiah 36:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:8)

וְעַתָּה֙ הִתְעָ֣רֶב נָ֔א אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֑וּר וְאֶתְּנָ֤ה לְךָ֙ אַלְפַּ֣יִם סוּסִ֔ים אִם־תּוּכַ֕ל לָ֥תֶת לְךָ֖ רֹכְבִ֥ים עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now therefore make a wager, I pray thee, with my master the king of Ashshur, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.


###### Isaiah 36:9
[Isaiah 36:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:9)

וְאֵ֣יךְ תָּשִׁ֗יב אֵ֠ת פְּנֵ֨י פַחַ֥ת אַחַ֛ד עַבְדֵ֥י אֲדֹנִ֖י הַקְּטַנִּ֑ים וַתִּבְטַ֤ח לְךָ֙ עַל־מִצְרַ֔יִם לְרֶ֖כֶב וּלְפָרָשִֽׁים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one officer of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust in Miżrayim for chariots and for horsemen?


###### Isaiah 36:10
[Isaiah 36:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:10)

וְעַתָּה֙ הֲמִבַּלְעֲדֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה עָלִ֛יתִי עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את לְהַשְׁחִיתָ֑הּ יְהֹוָה֙ אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י עֲלֵ֛ה אֶל־הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּ֖את וְהַשְׁחִיתָֽהּ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? it is the Lord who said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.


###### Isaiah 36:11
[Isaiah 36:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:11)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֶלְיָקִים֩ וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א וְיוֹאָ֜ח אֶל־רַבְשָׁקֵ֗ה דַּבֶּר־נָ֤א אֶל־עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ אֲרָמִ֔ית כִּ֥י שֹׁמְעִ֖ים אֲנָ֑חְנוּ וְאַל־תְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלֵ֙ינוּ֙ יְהוּדִ֔ית בְּאׇזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־הַחוֹמָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then said Elyaqim and Shevna and Yo᾽aĥ to Ravshaqe, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the tongue of Aram: for we understand it: and speak not to us in the language of Yehuda, in the hearing of the people that are on the wall.


###### Isaiah 36:12
[Isaiah 36:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:12)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר רַבְשָׁקֵ֗ה הַאֶ֨ל אֲדֹנֶ֤יךָ וְאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ שְׁלָחַ֣נִי אֲדֹנִ֔י לְדַבֵּ֖ר אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֣ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה הֲלֹ֣א עַל־הָאֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ עַל־הַ֣חוֹמָ֔ה לֶאֱכֹ֣ל אֶת־[צוֹאָתָ֗ם] (חראיהם) וְלִשְׁתּ֛וֹת אֶת־[מֵימֵ֥י רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם] (שיניהם) עִמָּכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But Ravshaqe said, Has my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?


###### Isaiah 36:13
[Isaiah 36:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:13)

וַֽיַּעֲמֹד֙ רַבְשָׁקֵ֔ה וַיִּקְרָ֥א בְקוֹל־גָּד֖וֹל יְהוּדִ֑ית וַיֹּ֕אמֶר שִׁמְע֗וּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֛י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הַגָּד֖וֹל מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Ravshaqe stood, and cried with a loud voice in the language of Yehuda, and said, Hear the words of the great king, the king of Ashshur.


###### Isaiah 36:14
[Isaiah 36:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:14)

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אַל־יַשִּׁ֥א לָכֶ֖ם חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ כִּ֥י לֹֽא־יוּכַ֖ל לְהַצִּ֥יל אֶתְכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the king, Let not Ḥizqiyyahu deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.


###### Isaiah 36:15
[Isaiah 36:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:15)

וְאַל־יַבְטַ֨ח אֶתְכֶ֤ם חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֣ה לֵאמֹ֔ר הַצֵּ֥ל יַצִּילֵ֖נוּ יְהֹוָ֑ה לֹ֤א תִנָּתֵן֙ הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֔את בְּיַ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Neither let Ḥizqiyyahu make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Ashshur.


###### Isaiah 36:16
[Isaiah 36:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:16)

אַֽל־תִּשְׁמְע֖וּ אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֑הוּ{פ}
כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֗וּר עֲשֽׂוּ־אִתִּ֤י בְרָכָה֙ וּצְא֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאִכְל֤וּ אִישׁ־גַּפְנוֹ֙ וְאִ֣ישׁ תְּאֵנָת֔וֹ וּשְׁת֖וּ אִ֥ישׁ מֵי־בוֹרֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hearken not to Ḥizqiyyahu: for thus says the king of Ashshur, Make an agreement with me, and come out to me: and then you may eat every one of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink every one the waters of his own cistern;


###### Isaiah 36:17
[Isaiah 36:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:17)

עַד־בֹּאִ֕י וְלָקַחְתִּ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם אֶל־אֶ֣רֶץ כְּאַרְצְכֶ֑ם אֶ֤רֶץ דָּגָן֙ וְתִיר֔וֹשׁ אֶ֥רֶץ לֶ֖חֶם וּכְרָמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards.


###### Isaiah 36:18
[Isaiah 36:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:18)

פֶּן־יַסִּ֨ית אֶתְכֶ֤ם חִזְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר יְהֹוָ֖ה יַצִּילֵ֑נוּ הַהִצִּ֜ילוּ אֱלֹהֵ֤י הַגּוֹיִם֙ אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֔וֹ מִיַּ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Beware lest Ḥizqiyyahu persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Ashshur?


###### Isaiah 36:19
[Isaiah 36:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:19)

אַיֵּ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י חֲמָת֙ וְאַרְפָּ֔ד אַיֵּ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י סְפַרְוָ֑יִם וְכִֽי־הִצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת־שֹׁמְר֖וֹן מִיָּדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Where are the gods of Ḥamat and Arpad? where are the gods of Sefarvayim? and have they delivered Shomeron out of my hand?


###### Isaiah 36:20
[Isaiah 36:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:20)

מִ֗י בְּכׇל־אֱלֹהֵ֤י הָאֲרָצוֹת֙ הָאֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁר־הִצִּ֥ילוּ אֶת־אַרְצָ֖ם מִיָּדִ֑י כִּֽי־יַצִּ֧יל יְהֹוָ֛ה אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלַ֖͏ִם מִיָּדִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Which of the gods of these lands, have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Yerushalayim out of my hand?


###### Isaiah 36:21
[Isaiah 36:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:21)

וַֽיַּחֲרִ֔ישׁוּ וְלֹא־עָנ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ דָּבָ֑ר כִּֽי־מִצְוַ֨ת הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ הִ֛יא לֵאמֹ֖ר לֹ֥א תַעֲנֻֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king’s commandment was, saying, Answer him not.


###### Isaiah 36:22
[Isaiah 36:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Isaiah/r/36:22)

וַיָּבֹ֣א אֶלְיָקִ֣ים בֶּן־חִלְקִיָּ֣הוּ אֲשֶׁר־עַל־הַ֠בַּ֠יִת וְשֶׁבְנָ֨א הַסֹּפֵ֜ר וְיוֹאָ֨ח בֶּן־אָסָ֧ף הַמַּזְכִּ֛יר אֶל־חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ קְרוּעֵ֣י בְגָדִ֑ים וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֥י רַבְשָׁקֵֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Elyaqim, the son of Ḥilqiyyahu, that was over the household, and Shevna the scribe, and Yo᾽aĥ, the son of Asaf, the recorder, came to Ḥizqiyyahu with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Ravshaqe.