^{13 Ref} And Rabshakeh standeth and calleth with a great voice `in' Jewish, and saith, `Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Asshur:

^{14 Ref} Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;

^{15 Ref} and let not Hezekiah make you trust unto Jehovah, saying, Jehovah doth certainly deliver us, this city is not given into the hand of the king of Asshur.

^{16 Ref} `Do not hearken unto Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur, Make ye with me a blessing, and come out unto me, and eat ye each of his vine, and each of his fig-tree, and drink ye each the waters of his own well,

^{17 Ref} till my coming in, and I have taken you unto a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards;

^{18 Ref} lest Hezekiah doth persuade you, saying, Jehovah doth deliver us. `Have the gods of the nations delivered each his land out of the hand of the king of Asshur?

^{19 Ref} Where `are' the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered Samaria out of my hand?

^{20 Ref} Who among all the gods of these lands `are' they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that Jehovah doth deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?'

^{21 Ref} And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, `Do not answer him.'