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Sennacherib’s Blasphemous Letter

Isaiah 37:11

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, 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. Shall 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 you are 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 all that the kings of the Assyrians hare done to all countries which they have destroyed, and canst thou be delivered?
GNV
Beholde, thou hast heard what the Kings of Asshur haue done to all lands in destroying 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
Hast thou not heard what the kings of the Assyrians have done, how they have destroyed the whole earth? and shalt thou be delivered?

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Original-language editions

WLC
הִנֵּ֣ה ׀ אַתָּ֣ה שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשׂ֜וּ מַלְכֵ֥י אַשּׁ֛וּר לְכָל־הָאֲרָצ֖וֹת לְהַחֲרִימָ֑ם וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּנָּצֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Σὺ οὐκ ἤκουσας ἃ ἐποίησαν βασιλεῖς Ἀσσυρίων, πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν ὡς ἀπώλεσαν; καὶ σὺ ῥυσθήσῃ;

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 36:18–20Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the…
  • Isaiah 10:7–14But this is not his intention; this is not his plan. For it is in his heart to destroy and cut off many nations. “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is…
  • Isaiah 37:18–19Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all these countries 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…
  • 2 Kings 18:33–35Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my…
  • Isaiah 14:17who turned the world into a desert and destroyed its cities, who refused to let the captives return to their homes?”
  • 2 Kings 17:4–6But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested…

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