2 Reis 19

Ezequias alarmado

1 *2Cr 32.20-22;Is 37.1-38O que tendo ouvido o rei Ezequias, *2Rs 18.37rasgou os seus vestidos, *1Rs 21.27cobriu-se de saco e entrou na Casa de Jeová. 2 Enviou Eliaquim, mordomo, e Sebna, secretário, e os anciãos dos sacerdotes, *2Sm 3.31cobertos de saco, ao profeta *Is 1.1;2.1Isaías, filho de Amós. 3 Eles lhe disseram: Assim diz Ezequias: Este dia é dia de angústia, de increpação e de contumélia, porque os filhos são chegados ao parto, e não há força para os dar à luz. 4 *Js 14.12;2Sm 16.12Jeová, teu Deus, ouvirá talvez todas as palavras de Rabsaqué, a quem o rei da Assíria, seu amo, enviou *2Rs 18.35para afrontar ao Deus vivo, e repreenderá as palavras que Jeová, teu Deus, ouviu. Pelo que levanta a tua oração a favor *Is 1.9do resto que ainda fica. 5 Foram os servos do rei Ezequias ter com Isaías. 6 Isaías disse-lhes: Assim direis ao vosso amo: Assim diz Jeová: Não tenhas medo das palavras que ouviste, com as quais *2Rs 18.17os servos do rei da Assíria me *2Rs 18.22-25,30,35blasfemaram. 7 Eis que estou para lhe dar um espírito, e *2Rs 7.6ouvirá uma nova e voltará para a sua terra; *2Rs 19.37e fá-lo-ei cair à espada na sua terra.

8 Voltou Rabsaqué e achou o rei da Assíria pelejando contra *Js 10.29Libna, porque tinha sabido que o rei se havia retirado de *2Rs 18.14Laquis. 9 Ouvindo ele dizer de Tiraca, rei da Etiópia: Eis que ele é chegado para pelejar contra ti, tornou a enviar mensageiros a Ezequias, dizendo: 10 Assim falareis a Ezequias, rei de Judá: *2Rs 18.5Não te engane o teu Deus, no qual tu confias, dizendo: *2Rs 18.30Jerusalém não será entregue nas mãos do rei da Assíria. 11 Porque tu tens ouvido o que os reis da Assíria têm feito a todas as terras, destruindo-as totalmente; e serás tu poupado? 12 *2Rs 18.33Porventura, os deuses das nações livraram os povos que meus pais destruíram: *2Rs 17.6Gozã, e *Gn 11.31Harã, e Rezefe, e *Is 37.12os filhos de Éden, que estavam em Telassar? 13 *2Rs 18.34Onde está o rei de Hamate, e o rei de Arpade, e o rei da cidade de Sefarvaim, de Hena e de Iva?

14 Tendo *Is 37.14Ezequias recebido a carta da mão dos mensageiros, leu-a, subiu à Casa de Jeová e estendeu-a diante de Jeová. 15 Ezequias orou diante de Jeová e disse: Jeová, Deus de Israel, *Êx 25.22que estás sentado sobre os querubins, *2Rs 5.15tu, só tu, és o Deus de todos os reinos da terra; tu fizeste o céu e a terra. 16 *Sl 31.2;Is 37.17Inclina, ó Jeová, os teus ouvidos e ouve; *1Rs 8.29;2Cr 6.40abre, ó Jeová, os teus olhos, e vê, e ouve as palavras de Senaqueribe, com as quais enviou o seu mensageiro *2Rs 19.4a afrontar ao Deus vivo. 17 Verdade é, Jeová, que os reis da Assíria têm assolado as nações e as suas terras 18 e lançado os deuses delas no fogo, *Is 44.9-20;At 17.29pois deuses não eram, mas obras de mão de homens, pau e pedra; por isso, os destruíram. 19 Agora, Jeová, nosso Deus, salva-nos das suas mãos, para *1Rs 8.42-43que todos os reinos da terra saibam *2Rs 19.15que tu, só tu, és Deus Jeová.

Isaías conforta a Ezequias

20 Então, Isaías, filho de Amós, mandou dizer a Ezequias: Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Já que me fizeste a tua súplica contra Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, *2Rs 20.5eu te ouvi. 21 Esta é a palavra que Jeová falou acerca dele: A *Jr 14.17;Lm 2.13virgem filha de Sião te desprezou e te escarneceu; a filha de Jerusalém contra ti *Sl 109.25;Mt 27.39meneou a cabeça. 22 A quem *2Rs 19.4afrontaste e *2Rs 19.6blasfemaste? Contra quem levantaste a tua voz e ergueste os teus olhos ao alto? Contra o *Is 5.24;30.11-15Santo de Israel. 23 *2Rs 18.17Por meio dos teus mensageiros, afrontaste a Jeová e disseste: Com a multidão dos meus carros, subi eu ao alto dos montes, ao interior do Líbano; eu deitarei abaixo os seus altos cedros e os seus mais formosos ciprestes, entrarei na sua mais distante pousada, no bosque do seu *2Cr 26.10;Is 10.18campo fértil. 24 Eu tenho cavado e bebido águas estranhas e, com as plantas dos meus pés, *Is 19.6secarei todos os rios do Egito.

25 *Is 45.7Não ouviste como fiz isso já há muito tempo e o formei desde dias antigos? *Is 10.5Agora, o executei, para que fosses tu o que reduzisses cidades fortificadas a montões de ruínas. 26 Por isso, os que nelas habitavam tinham pouca força, ficaram pasmados e confundidos; tornaram-se *Sl 129.6como a erva do campo, e como a relva verde, e como o feno dos telhados, e como o trigo queimado antes de amadurecer. 27 Mas sei o teu assentar, o teu sair, o teu entrar e o teu furor contra mim. 28 Por causa do teu furor contra mim e porque a tua arrogância subiu aos meus ouvidos, portanto *Ez 19.9;29.4porei o meu anzol no teu nariz e o meu freio nos teus beiços e *2Rs 19.33,36te farei voltar pelo caminho pelo qual vieste.

29 Isto te será por *2Rs 20.8-9;Êx 3.12sinal: este ano comereis o que nascer por si mesmo, e, no segundo ano, o que daí proceder, e, no terceiro ano, semeai e colhei, e plantai vinhas, e comei o seu fruto. 30 *2Rs 19.4;2Cr 32.22-23O resto que escapar da casa de Judá tornará a lançar raízes para baixo e dará fruto para cima. 31 Porque de Jerusalém sairá um resto, e *Is 10.20do monte de Sião os que escaparem; *Is 9.7o zelo de Jeová fará isso. 32 Portanto, assim diz Jeová acerca do rei da Assíria: *Is 8.7-10Não chegará a esta cidade, nem atirará aqui uma seta; tampouco virá perante ela com escudo, nem contra ela levantará uma trincheira. 33 *2Rs 19.28Pelo caminho pelo qual veio, por ele mesmo voltará e não chegará a esta cidade, diz Jeová. 34 *2Rs 20.6;Is 31.5Pois defenderei esta cidade para a salvar, *1Rs 11.12-13por amor de mim e por amor do meu servo Davi.

Deus fere os assírios e livra a Judá

35 *2Cr 32.21Naquela noite, saiu *2Sm 24.16o Anjo de Jeová e feriu no arraial dos assírios cento e oitenta e cinco mil homens; e, ao levantarem-se pela manhã cedo, viram que todos eram cadáveres. 36 Então, se retirou *2Rs 19.7,28,33Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, e foi, e voltou, e habitou em *Jn 1.2Nínive. 37 Quando ele adorava na casa de Nisroque, seu deus, feriram-no à espada *2Rs 17.31Adrameleque e Sarezer, que escaparam para *Gn 8.4;Jr 51.27a terra de Ararate. Em seu lugar reinou seu filho, *Ed 4.2Esar-Hadom.

1 And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. 2 And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.*19.3 blasphemy: or, provocation 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left.*19.4 left: Heb. found 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

14 And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.*19.18 cast: Heb. given 19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.

20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. 23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.*19.23 By: Heb. By the hand of*19.23 tall…: Heb. tallness, etc*19.23 of his Carmel: or, and his fruitful field 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.*19.24 besieged: or, fenced 25 Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.*19.25 long…: or, how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and fenced cities to be ruinous heaps? 26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.*19.26 of small…: Heb. short of hand 27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.*19.27 abode: or, sitting 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. 29 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. 30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.*19.30 remnant…: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.*19.31 they…: Heb. the escaping 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. 33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 34 For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

35 And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 37 And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in his stead.*19.37 Armenia: Heb. Ararat