Isaiah 36:12

The *Rabshakeh now *threatens to cause terrible hunger. This is another effort to make people’s trust in God even weaker.

‘Do not trust Hezekiah!’

v13 Then the *Rabshakeh stood up. He shouted loudly in the Hebrew language to the people on the wall. ‘Listen to what the Great King of Assyria is telling you! v14 Do not listen to Hezekiah. He cannot save you. v15 And do not let Hezekiah persuade you to put your trust in the *Lord. He too cannot save you from the army of the Great King of Assyria.

v16 Do not listen to Hezekiah! The Great King of Assyria invites you to come out of your city. Make peace with him. Then the Great King will allow you to eat *grapes from your own *vines. And to eat other lovely fruits from your own trees. And you will be able to drink water from your own wells. v17 Soon the Great King of Assyria will come personally and he will take you to another country. That country will be much like your own. *Vineyards are there to give you *wine. And the fields grow grain to make bread.

v18 Do not listen to Hezekiah! He will say that the *Lord will save you. But the King of Assyria’s army has attacked many other nations. Their gods did not save them. v19 The gods of Hamath and the gods of Arpad failed. So did the gods of Sepharvaim. And no god saved Samaria from my army. v20 None of the gods from all these countries was able to save their lands from our Great King. Nor will the *Lord be able to save *Jerusalem.’