Sennacherib’s Blasphemous Letter
2 Kings 19:11
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the other countries, devoting them to destruction. Will you then be spared?Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the LORD, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
- KJV
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
- WEB
- Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly. Will you be delivered?
- ASV
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?
- LSV
- Behold, you have heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands—to devote them; and are you delivered?
- YLT
- Lo, thou hast heard that which the kings of Asshur have done to all the lands — to devote them; and thou art delivered!
- DBY
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all countries, destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
- DRC
- Behold thou hast heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries, how they have laid them waste: and canst thou alone be delivered?
- GNV
- Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all landes, how they haue destroyed them: and shalt thou be deliuered?
- JPS
- Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
- LXXE
- Behold, thou hast heard all that the kings of the Assyrians have done in all the lands, to waste them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?Gr. curse them. q. d. devote to destruction.
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֜וּ מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּׁ֛וּר לְכָל־הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת לְהַֽחֲרִימָ֑ם וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּנָּצֵֽל׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἰδοὺ σὺ ἤκουσας πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησαν βασιλεῖς Ἀσσυρίων πάσαις ταῖς γαίαις τοῦ ἀναθεματίσαι αὐτάς· καὶ σὺ ῥυσθήσῃ;
Who and where
📍 Assyria◆ Reign of Hezekiah
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SennacheribAssyriaJerusalemDiplomacyPrayerBlasphemyBible, TheIntercessionKingsIsrael, Prophecies concerning
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Cross-references most cited first
- 2 Kings 17:5–11Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land, marched up to Samaria, and besieged it for three years. In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria,…
- Isaiah 10:8–11“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and…
- 2 Chronicles 32:13–14Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Have the gods of these nations ever been able to deliver their land from my hand? Who among all the gods of these nations that my fathers…
- 2 Kings 19:17–18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste these nations and their lands. They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.
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