"Have I nowcomeup withoutthe LORD'Sapproval againstthisplaceto destroyit? The LORDsaidto me, 'Goup againstthislandand destroyit.'"'"
He saidto him, "I alsoam a prophetlikeyou, and an angelspoketo me by the wordof the LORD,saying,'Bringhim backwith you to your house,that he may eatbreadand drinkwater.'"[But] he liedto him.
"Howthen can you repulseoneofficialof the leastof my master'sservants,and relyon Egyptfor chariotsand for horsemen?
Then Eliakimthe sonof Hilkiah,and Shebnahand Joah,saidto Rabshakeh,"Speaknowto your servantsin Aramaic,for we understand[it]; and do not speakwith us in Judeanin the hearingof the peoplewhoare on the wall."
Isaiahsaidto them, "Thusyou shall sayto your master,'Thussaysthe LORD,"Do not be afraidbecauseof the wordsthat you have heard,with whichthe servantsof the kingof Assyriahave blasphemedMe.
Surelyat the commandof the LORDit cameupon Judah,to remove[them] from His sightbecause of the sinsof Manasseh,according to allthat he had done,
But Neco sentmessengersto him, saying,"Whathave we to do with each other, O Kingof Judah?[I am] not [coming] againstyou todaybut againstthe housewith which I am at war,and Godhas orderedme to hurry.Stopfor your own sake from [interfering with] Godwhois with me, sothat He will not destroyyou."
Ifa trumpetis blownin a citywill not the peopletremble?Ifa calamityoccursin a cityhas not the LORDdoneit?
