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Isaiah 37:7-9
International Standard Version
Isaiah 37:7-9
International Standard Version
7 Watch this! I’m going to place an attitude[a] within him,[b] so that when he hears a certain report, he’ll return to his own country. Then I’ll have him cut down by the sword in his own land.”[c]
Sennacherib Retreats
8 So the field commander returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, since he had heard that the king of Assyria[d] had left Lachish. 9 Now King Sennacherib[e] had received this report concerning King Tirhakah of Cush: “He has marched out to fight against you.”
When he heard it, he returned and[f] sent messengers to Hezekiah:
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- Isaiah 37:7 Or to put a spirit
- Isaiah 37:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read put a spirit in him
- Isaiah 37:7 So MT LXX 1QIsaa corrector; 1QIsaa lacks vss. 5-7
- Isaiah 37:8 Lit. that he
- Isaiah 37:9 Lit. Now he
- Isaiah 37:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; cf. 2Kgs 19:9 MT; the Heb. lacks returned and
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