Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezeki´ah, that Sennach´erib king of Assyria came up against all the defensed cities of Judah, and took them.
And the king of Assyria sent Rab–sha´keh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezeki´ah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually?