Isaiah 36:7
36:7 Perhaps you will tell me, ‘We are trusting in the Lord our God.’ But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship at this altar.’
Isaiah 36:15
36:15 Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord by saying, “The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 36:18
36:18 Hezekiah is misleading you when he says, “The Lord will rescue us.” Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? 1
Isaiah 36:22
36:22 Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief 2 and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.
Isaiah 37:3
37:3 “This is what Hezekiah says: 3 ‘This is a day of distress, insults, 4 and humiliation, 5 as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. 6
Isaiah 37:10
37:10 “Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: ‘Don’t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, “Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 38:5
38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor 7 David says: “I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life,
1 tn Heb “Have the gods of the nations rescued, each his land, from the hand of the king of Assyria?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not!”
2 tn Heb “with their clothes torn”; the words “in grief” have been supplied in the translation to indicate that this was done as a sign of grief and mourning.
3 tn In the Hebrew text this verse begins with “they said to him” (cf. NRSV).
4 tn Or “rebuke” (KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV), or “correction.”
5 tn Or “contempt”; NAB, NIV, NRSV “disgrace.”
6 tn Heb “when sons come to the cervical opening and there is no strength to give birth.”
7 tn Heb “father” (so KJV, NAB, NIV).