Isaías 37

Ezequias, assustado, manda buscar a Isaías

1 Tendo ouvido isso *Is 37.1-38;2Rs 19.1-37o rei Ezequias, rasgou os seus vestidos, cobriu-se de saco e entrou na Casa de Jeová. 2 Então, enviou ao profeta *Is 1.1;20.2Isaías, filho de Amoz, o mordomo *Is 22.20Eliaquim e o *Is 22.15secretário Sebna, e os anciãos dos sacerdotes cobertos de saco. 3 Estes lhe disseram: Assim diz Ezequias: Este dia é *Is 22.5;26.16;33.2dia de angústia, de increpação e de contumélia; porque *Is 26.17-18;66.9;Os 13.13os filhos são chegados ao parto, e não há força para os dar à luz. 4 Talvez Jeová, teu Deus, ouviu as palavras de Rabsaqué, a quem o rei da Assíria, seu amo, enviou *Is 36.15,18,20para afrontar ao Deus vivo, e repreenderá as palavras que Jeová, teu Deus, ouviu; levanta, pois, a tua oração a favor *Is 37.31-32;1.9;10.20-22;46.3dos que ainda restam.

5 Foram os servos do rei Ezequias ter com Isaías, 6 e Isaías lhes disse: Assim direis ao vosso amo: Assim diz Jeová: *Is 7.4;35.4Não tenhas medo das palavras que ouviste, com as quais os servos do rei da Assíria me blasfemaram. 7 Eis que meterei nele um espírito, e ele, *Is 37.9ouvindo uma nova, *Is 37.37-38voltará para a sua terra; e, na sua terra, fá-lo-ei cair morto à espada.

Mensagem de Senaqueribe a Ezequias

8 Voltando Rabsaqué, encontrou o rei da Assíria pelejando contra *Nm 33.20;Js 10.29Libna; porque soubera que ele já se havia retirado de *Js 10.31-32Laquis. 9 Então, *Is 37.7ouviu ele dizer a respeito de Tiraca, rei da *Is 18.1;20.5Etiópia: Saiu para pelejar contra ti. Quando ouviu isso, enviou mensageiros a Ezequias, dizendo: 10 Assim falareis a Ezequias, rei de Judá: *Is 36.15Não te engane o teu Deus, no qual tu confias, dizendo: Jerusalém não será entregue nas mãos do rei da Assíria. 11 *Is 10.9-11;36.18-20Eis que tu tens ouvido o que os reis da Assíria fizeram a todas as terras, destruindo-as totalmente; poderás tu livrar-te? 12 Porventura, os deuses das nações livraram os povos que meus pais destruíram, *2Rs 17.6;18.11Gozã, e *Gn 11.31;12.1-4;At 7.2Harã, e Rezefe, e os filhos de Éden, que estavam em Telassar? 13 Onde está o rei de Hamate, e o rei de Arpade, e o rei da cidade de Sefarvaim, e de Hena, e de Iva?

Oração de Ezequias

14 Tendo Ezequias recebido a carta da mão dos mensageiros, leu-a. Então, subiu à Casa de Jeová, estendeu a carta diante de Jeová 15 e orou a Jeová, dizendo: 16 Jeová dos Exércitos, Deus de Israel, *Êx 25.22;1Sm 4.4;Sl 80.1;99.1tu que estás sentado sobre os querubins, tu, só tu, és o *Dt 10.17;Sl 86.10;136.2-3rei de todos os reinos da terra; *Is 42.5;45.12;Jr 10.12tu fizeste o céu e a terra. 17 *2Cr 6.40;Sl 17.6;Dn 9.18Inclina, ó Jeová, o teu ouvido e ouve; abre, ó Jeová, os teus olhos e vê. *Sl 74.22Ouve todas as palavras de Senaqueribe, as quais ele enviou para *Is 37.4afrontar o Deus vivo. 18 Verdade é, Jeová, que *Is 10.9-10;2Rs 15.29;16.9;17.6,24;1Cr 5.26;Na 2.11-12os reis da Assíria têm assolado todos os países e suas terras, 19 e têm lançado no fogo os deuses deles; esses deuses não eram deuses, mas *Is 2.8;17.8;41.24,29obra de mãos de homens, pau e pedra; por *Is 26.14isso, os destruíram. 20 Agora, Jeová, nosso Deus, *Is 25.9;33.22;35.4salva-nos das suas mãos, *Is 37.16;1Rs 18.36-37;Sl 46.10;Ez 36.23para que todos os reinos da terra saibam que tu, só tu, és Jeová.

Isaías traz a consoladora resposta de Jeová

21 Então, *Is 37.2Isaías, filho de Amoz, mandou dizer a Ezequias: Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Porquanto me fizeste a tua súplica contra Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, 22 esta é a palavra que Jeová falou acerca dele: *Jr 14.17;Lm 2.13A virgem *Sl 9.14;Sf 3.14;Zc 2.10filha de Sião te desprezou e te escarneceu; a filha de Jerusalém contra ti *Jó 16.4meneou a cabeça. 23 A quem *Is 37.4afrontaste e blasfemaste? Contra quem levantaste a tua voz e *Is 2.11;5.15,21ergueste os teus olhos ao alto? Contra o *Ez 39.7;Hc 1.12Santo de Israel. 24 Por meio dos teus servos, afrontaste a Jeová e disseste: Com a multidão dos meus carros, eu *Is 8.7-8subi ao alto dos montes, ao interior do *Is 10.33-34Líbano; deitarei abaixo os seus altos *Is 14.8cedros e os seus ciprestes escolhidos; e entrarei na sua altura mais elevada, *Is 10.18no bosque do seu campo fértil. 25 Eu tenho cavado e bebido água e, com as *Dt 11.10;1Rs 20.10plantas dos meus pés, secarei todos os rios do Egito.

26 *Is 40.21,28Não ouviste que eu fiz essas coisas já há muito tempo e que as *At 2.23;4.27-28;1Pe 2.8planejei desde os dias antigos? *Is 46.11Agora, as executei, *Is 10.6para que fosses tu o que reduzisses cidades fortificadas a *Is 17.1;25.2montões de ruínas. 27 Portanto, os que nelas habitavam, dispondo de pouca força, ficaram pasmados e confundidos; tornaram-se como a *Is 40.7erva do campo, e como a relva verde, e como *Sl 129.6o feno dos telhados, e como um campo de trigo antes de amadurecer. 28 Mas *Sl 139.1eu sei o teu assentar, e o teu sair, e o teu entrar, e o teu furor contra mim. 29 Por causa do teu furor contra mim, e porque a tua *Is 10.12arrogância subiu aos meus ouvidos, por isso te porei o meu *Ez 29.4;38.4anzol no teu nariz e o meu *Is 30.28freio nos teus beiços e te farei voltar *Is 37.34pelo caminho pelo qual vieste.

30 Isto te será por sinal: este ano, comereis *Lv 25.5,11o que nascer por si mesmo e, no segundo ano, o que daí proceder; no terceiro ano, semeai e colhei, plantai vinhas e comei o seu fruto. 31 O *Is 37.4resto que *Is 4.2;10.20escapar da casa de Judá tornará a *Is 27.6lançar raízes para baixo e dará fruto para cima. 32 Pois de Jerusalém sairá um *Is 37.4resto, e, do monte de Sião, os que escaparam. *Is 9.7;59.17;2Rs 19.31;Jl 2.18;Zc 1.14O zelo de Jeová dos Exércitos fará isso.

33 Portanto, assim diz Jeová acerca do rei da Assíria: Não chegará a esta cidade, nem atirará aqui uma seta, nem virá perante ela com escudo, nem contra ela levantará *Jr 6.6;32.24uma trincheira. 34 *Is 37.29Pelo caminho pelo qual veio, pelo mesmo voltará e não chegará a esta cidade, diz Jeová. 35 Pois *Is 31.5;38.6;2Rs 20.6defenderei esta cidade para a salvar, *Is 43.25;48.9,11por amor de mim e por amor do meu servo Davi.

Senaqueribe derrotado e morto

36 *Is 10.12,33-34;2Rs 19.35O Anjo do Senhor saiu e feriu no arraial dos assírios cento e oitenta e cinco mil homens; e, despertando o acampamento pela manhã cedo, eis que todos estes eram corpos mortos. 37 Assim, retirando-se Senaqueribe, rei da Assíria, se foi e, voltando, habitou em *Gn 10.11;Jn 1.2;3.3;4.11;Sf 2.13Nínive. 38 Quando ele adorava na casa de Nisroque, seu deus, feriram-no à espada seus filhos, Adrameleque e Sarezer, que escaparam para a terra de *Gn 8.4;Jr 51.27Ararate. 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, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto 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 of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.*37.3 blasphemy: or, provocation 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, 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 is left.*37.4 left: Heb. found 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye 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. 7 Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.*37.7 send…: or, put a spirit into him

8 So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to 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 given 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 Telassar? 13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?

14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, 16 O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. 17 Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. 18 Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries,*37.18 nations: Heb. lands 19 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.*37.19 cast: Heb. given 20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.

21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: 22 This is the word which 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. 23 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. 24 By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.*37.24 By thy…: Heb. By the hand of thy servants*37.24 the tall…: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof*37.24 the forest…: or, the forest and his fruitful field 25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.*37.25 besieged: or, fenced and closed 26 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 defenced cities into ruinous heaps.*37.26 Hast…: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps? 27 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.*37.27 of small…: Heb. short of hand 28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.*37.28 abode: or, sitting 29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I 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. 30 And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. 31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:*37.31 the remnant…: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth 32 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.*37.32 they…: Heb. the escaping 33 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 shields, nor cast a bank against it. 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. 35 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake. 36 Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 38 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.*37.38 Armenia: Heb. Ararat