King Ezechias requesteth the prayers of Isaias the prophet, 6. Who assureth the king of God's help. (8. In the mean time the enemies threatening and blaspheming, 14. King Ezechias prayeth) 21. God promiseth to protect Jerusalem: 36. and by an Angel killeth in one night an hundred eighty five thousand Assyrians. 37. Their king returneth to Ninive and is slain by his own sons.King Ezechias requesteth the prayers of Isaie the prophet, 6. Who assureth the king of Gods helpe. (8. In the meane time the enimies threatening and blaspheming, 14. King Ezechias prayeth) 21. God promiseth to protect Ierusalem: 36. and by an Angel killeth in one night an hundred eigtie fiue thousand Assirians. 37. Their king returneth to Niniue and is slaine by his owne sonnes.✦
And it came to pass, when king Ezechias had heard it, he rent his garments, and was wrapped in sackcloth,AND it came to passe, when king Ezechias had heard it, he rent his garments, and was wrapped in sackcloth,✦Et factum est, cum audisset rex Ezechias, scidit vestimenta sua, et obvolutus est sacco, et intravit in domum Domini.
2and entered into the house of our Lord. And he sent Eliacim which was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priests covered with sackcloths to Isaias, the& entred into the house of our Lord. And he sent Eliacim which was ouer the house, and Sobna the scribe, and the ancients of the priestes couered with sackclothes to Isaie, theEt misit Eliacim, qui erat super domum, et Sobnam scribam, et seniores de sacerdotibus, opertos saccis, ad Isaiam, filium Amos, prophetam,
3son of Amos the prophet, and they said to him: Thus saith Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: because the children are come even to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.sonne of Amos the prophete, and they sayd to him: Thus sayth Ezechias: This day is a day of tribulation, and of rebuke, and of blasphemie: because the children are come euen to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.✦et dixerunt ad eum : Hæc dicit Ezechias : Dies tribulationis, et correptionis, et blasphemiæ, dies hæc ; quia venerunt filii usque ad partum, et virtus non est pariendi.
4If by any means our Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of Assyrians his Lord hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to upbraid with words which our Lord thy God hath heard: lift up prayer therefore for the remnant that are left.If by any meanes our Lord thy God wil heare the wordes of Rabsaces, whom the king of Assyrians his Lord hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God, & to vpbraide with wordes which our Lord thy God hath heard: lift vp prayer therfore for the remnant that are left.✦Si quomodo audiat Dominus Deus tuus verba Rabsacis, quem misit rex Assyriorum dominus suus ad blasphemandum Deum viventem et exprobrandum sermonibus quos audivit Dominus Deus tuus : leva ergo orationem pro reliquiis quæ repertæ sunt.
5And the servants of Ezechias came to Isaias.And the seruats of Ezechias came to Isaie.Et venerunt servi regis Ezechiæ ad Isaiam.
6And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith our Lord: Fear not at the face of the words, which thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.And Isaie sayd to them: Thus shal you say to your master: Thus saith our Lord: Feare not at the face of the wordes, which thou hast heard, wherewith the seruants of the king of the Assyrians haue blasphemed me.✦Et dixit ad eos Isaias : Hæc dicetis domino vestro : Hæc dicit Dominus : Ne timeas a facie verborum quæ audisti, quibus blasphemaverunt pueri regis Assyriorum me.
7Behold, I will give him a spirit, and he shall hear a message, and shall return to his country, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own country.Behold, I wil geue him a spirit, and he shal heare a message, and shal returne to his countrie, and I wil make him fal by the sword in his owne countrie.✦Ecce ego dabo ei spiritum, et audiet nuntium, et revertetur ad terram suam, et corruere eum faciam gladio in terra sua.
8And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of Assyrians fighting against Lobna. For he heard that he was departed from Lachis,And Rabsaces returned, and found the king of Assyrians fighting agaynst Lobna. For he heard that he was departed from Lachis,Reversus est autem Rabsaces, et invenit regem Assyriorum præliantem adversus Lobnam : audierat enim quia profectus esset de Lachis.
9and he heard of Thiraca the king of Ethiopia, them that said: He is come forth to fight against thee. Which when he had heard, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:and he heard of Thiraca the king of Æthiopia, them that sayd: He is come forth to fight agaynst thee. Which when he had heard, he sent messengers to Ezechias, saying:Et audivit de Tharaca rege Æthiopiæ, dicentes : Egressus est ut pugnet contra te. Quod cum audisset, misit nuntios ad Ezechiam, dicens :
10Thus shall you say to Ezechias the king of Juda, speaking: Let not thy God deceive thee, in whom thou hast confidence, saying: Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.Thus shal you say to Ezechaias the king of Iuda, speaking: Let not thy God deceiue thee, in whom thou hast confidence, saying: Ierusalen shal not be geuen into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.Hæc dicetis Ezechiæ regi Judæ, loquentes : Non te decipiat Deus tuus in quo tu confidis, dicens : Non dabitur Jerusalem in manu regis Assyriorum.
11Lo thou hast heard all things the kings of the Assyrians have done to all countries, which they have subverted, and canst thou be delivered?Loe thou hast heard al thinges the kinges of the Assyrians haue done to al countries, which they haue subuerted, and canst thou be deliuered?Ecce tu audisti omnia quæ fecerunt reges Assyriorum omnibus terris, quas subverterunt : et tu poteris liberari ?
12Why, have the gods of the nations delivered them, whom my fathers have subverted, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?Why, haue the goddes of the nations deliuered them, whom my fathers haue subuerted, Gozam, and Haram, and Reseph, and the children of Eden, that were in Thalassar?Numquid eruerunt eos dii gentium quos subverterunt patres mei, Gozam, et Haram, et Reseph, et filios Eden qui erant in Thalassar ?
13Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Ana, and Ava?Where is the king of Emath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the citie of Sepharuaim, of Ana, & Aua?✦Ubi est rex Emath, et rex Arphad, et rex urbis Sepharvaim, Ana, et Ava ?
14And Ezechias took the letters of the hand of the messengers, and read them, and went up into the house of our Lord, and Ezechias laid them open before our Lord.And Ezechias tooke the letters of the hand of the messengers, and read them, and went vp into the house of our Lord, and Ezchias layd them open before our Lord.✦Et tulit Ezechias libros de manu nuntiorum, et legit eos, et ascendit in domum Domini, et expandit eos Ezechias coram Domino :
15And Ezechias prayed to our Lord, saying:And Ezchias prayed to our Lord, saying:et oravit Ezechias ad Dominum, dicens :
16O Lord of hosts God of Israel, which sittest upon the Cherubs, thou art the only God of all the kingdoms of the earth, thou hast made heaven and earth.O Lord of hostes God of Israel, which sittest vpon the Cherubs, thou art the onlie God of al the kingdomes of the earth, thou hast made heauen and earth.✦Domine exercituum, Deus Israël, qui sedes super cherubim, tu es Deus solus omnium regnorum terræ : tu fecisti cælum et terram.
17Incline O Lord thine ear, and hear: open O Lord thine eyes, and see, and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the living God.Incline ô Lord thine eare, and heare: open ô Lord thine eies, and see, and heare al the wordes of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to blaspheme the liuing God.Inclina, Domine, aurem tuam, et audi ; aperi, Domine, oculos tuos, et vide : et audi omnia verba Sennacherib, quæ misit ad blasphemandum Deum viventem.
18For in very deed, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have made lands desolate, and the countries of the same.For in verie deede, ô Lord, the kinges of the Assyrians haue made landes desolate, and the countries of the same.Vere enim, Domine, desertas fecerunt reges Assyriorum terras, et regiones earum,
19And they have given their gods to fire: for they were not gods, but the works of men's hands, wood and stone: and they brake them in pieces.And they haue geuen their goddes to fyre: for they were not goddes, but the workes of mens handes, wood & stone: & they brake them in peeces.et dederunt deos earum igni : non enim erant dii, sed opera manuum hominum, lignum et lapis, et comminuerunt eos.
20And now O Lord our God save us out of his hand: and let all the kingdoms of the earth know, that thou only art the Lord.And now ô Lord our God saue vs out of his hand: and let al the kingdomes of the earth knowe, that thou onlie art the Lord.Et nunc, Domine Deus noster, salva nos de manu ejus, et cognoscant omnia regna terræ quia tu es Dominus solus.
21And Isaias the son of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel: For the things that thou prayed me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyrians:And Isaie the sonne of Amos sent to Ezechias, saying: Thus sayth our Lord the God of Israel: For the thinges that thou praied me concerning Sennacherib the king of Assyrians:Et misit Isaias, filius Amos, ad Ezechiam, dicens : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus Israël : Pro quibus rogasti me de Sennacherib, rege Assyriorum,
22this is the word which our Lord hath spoken upon him: The virgin daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and scorned thee: the daughter of Jerusalem hath wagged the head after thee.this is the word which our Lord hath spoken vpon him: The virgin daughter of Sion hath despised thee, and scorned thee: the daughter of Ierusalem hath wagged the head after thee.✦hoc est verbum quod locutus est Dominus super eum : Despexit te et subsannavit te, virgo filia Sion ; post te caput movit, filia Jerusalem.
23Whom hast thou upbraided, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and upon whom hast thou exalted voice, and lifted up the height of thine eyes? To the holy one of Israel.Whom hast thou vpbrayded, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and vpon whom hast thou exalted voice, and lifted vp the height of thine eies? To the holie one of Israel.✦Cui exprobrasti ? et quem blasphemasti ? et super quem exaltasti vocem, et levasti altitudinem oculorum tuorum ? ad Sanctum Israël.
24By the hand of thy servants thou hast upbraided our Lord: and hast said: In the multitude of my chariots have I climbed the height of mountains, the tops of Libanus: and I will cut down the high cedars thereof, and the chosen fir trees thereof, and will enter to the top of the height thereof, to the forest of his Carmel.By the hand of thy seruants thou hast vpbrayded our Lord: and hast sayd: In the multitude of my chariotes haue I climed the height of mountaynes, the toppes of Libanus: and I wil cut downe the high cedres therof, & the chosen firre trees therof, and wil enter to the toppe of the height therof, to the forest of his Carmel.✦In manu servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino, et dixisti : In multitudine quadrigarum mearum ego ascendi altitudinem montium juga Libani ; et succidam excelsa cedrorum ejus, et electas abietes illius, et introibo altitudinem summitatis ejus, saltum Carmeli ejus.
25I have digged, and drunken the water, and have dried up with the step of my foot all the rivers of the aggerum: earthworks, siege-mounds.I haue digged, and drunken the water, and haue dried vp with the steppe of my foote al the riuers of the rampiers.✦Ego fodi, et bibi aquam, et exsiccavi vestigio pedis mei omnes rivos aggerum.
26Why, hast thou not heard, what I have done to him of old? from ancient days have I formed it: and now I have brought it to effect: and it is made to the rooting out of little hills compugnantium: petty quarrelling; clashing, skirmishing in battle together, and of munitarum: enclosed by a fence; fortified, walled cities.Why, hast thou not heard, what I haue done to him of old? from ancient daies haue I formed it: and now I haue brought it to effect: and it is made to the rooting out of litle hilles bickering together, and of fensed cities.✦Numquid non audisti quæ olim fecerim ei ? Ex diebus antiquis ego plasmavi illud ; et nunc adduxi, et factum est in eradicationem collium compugnantium, et civitatum munitarum.
27The inhabitants of them with shortened hand have trembled, and are confounded: they are become as hay of the field, and grass of the pasture ground, and herb of the house tops, which hath withered before it was ripe.The inhabitants of them with shortened hand haue trembled, and are confounded: they are become as hay of the field, and grasse of the pasture ground, and herbe of the house toppes, which hath withered before it was ripe.✦Habitatores earum breviata manu contremuerunt, et confusi sunt. Facti sunt sicut fœnum agri, et gramen pascuæ, et herba tectorum, quæ exaruit antequam maturesceret.
28I have known thy habitation, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy madness against me.I haue knowen thy habitation, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy madnes agaynst me.✦Habitationem tuam, et egressum tuum, et introitum tuum cognovi, et insaniam tuam contra me.
29When thou didst rage against me, thy pride ascended into mine ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nostrils, and a bit in thy lips, and will bring thee back into the way, by which thou camest.When thou didst rage agaynst me, thy pride ascended into mine eares: therfore I wil put a ring in thy nosthrels, and a bitte in thy lippes, & wil bring thee backe into the way, by which thou camest.✦Cum fureres adversum me, superbia tua ascendit in aures meas. Ponam ergo circulum in naribus tuis, et frenum in labiis tuis, et reducam te in viam per quam venisti.
30But to thee this shall be a sign: eat this year the things that grow of themselves, and in the second year eat fruits: but in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.But to thee this shalbe a signe: eate this yeare the thinges that grow of themselues, and in the second yeare eate fruites: but in the third yeare sow and reape, & plant vineyards, and eate the fruite of them.✦Tibi autem hoc erit signum : comede hoc anno quæ sponte nascuntur, et in anno secundo pomis vescere ; in anno autem tertio seminate et metite, et plantate vineas, et comedite fructum earum.
31And that which shall be saved of the house of Juda, and which is left, shall take root downward, and shall bear fruit upward:And that which shal be saued of the house of Iuda, and which is leaft, shal take roote downeward, and shal beare fruite vpward:✦Et mittet id quod salvatum fuerit de domo Juda, et quod reliquum est, radicem deorsum, et faciet fructum sursum :
32because out of Jerusalem there shall a remnant go forth, and salvation from mount Sion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.because out of Ierusalem there shal a remnant goe forth, and saluation from mount Sion: the zele of the Lord of hostes shal doe this.quia de Jerusalem exibunt reliquiæ, et salvatio de monte Sion : zelus Domini exercituum faciet istud.
33Therefore thus saith our Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shall not enter this city, and he shall not shoot arrow there, and shield shall not occupabit: use, fill; seize, beset it, and he shall not cast rampier about it:Therfore thus sayth our Lord concerning the king of the Assyrians: He shal not enter this citie, and he shal not shoote arrow there, and shilde shal not occupie it, and he shal not cast rampier about it:✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus de rege Assyriorum : Non intrabit civitatem hanc, et non jaciet ibi sagittam, et non occupabit eam clypeus, et non mittet in circuitu ejus aggerem.
34In the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and into this city he shall not enter, saith our Lord.In the way that he came, by the same he shal returne, and into this citie he shal not enter, sayth our Lord.In via qua venit, per eam revertetur, et civitatem hanc non ingredietur, dicit Dominus.
35And I will protect this city, that I may save it for mine own sake, and for David's sake my servant.And I wil protect this citie, that I may saue it for myne owne sake, and for Dauids sake my seruant.¶Et protegam civitatem istam, ut salvem eam propter me, et propter David, servum meum.
36And the Angel of our Lord came forth, and percussit: struck in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred eighty five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold,And the Angel of our Lord came forth, and stroke in the campe of the Assyrians an hundred eightie fiue thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold,✦Egressus est autem angelus Domini, et percussit in castris Assyriorum centum octoginta quinque millia. Et surrexerunt mane, et ecce omnes cadavera mortuorum.
37all were carcasses of dead men. And he went out, and departed, and Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians returned,al were carcasses of dead men. And he went out, and departed, and Sennacherib the king of the Assyrians returned,Et egressus est, et abiit, et reversus est Sennacherib, rex Assyriorum, et habitavit in Ninive.
38and dwelt in Ninive. And it came to pass, when he adored in the temple of Nesroch his god, Adramelech and Sarasar his sons stroke him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, and Asarhaddon his son reigned for him.and dwelt in Niniue. And it came to passe, when he adored in the temple of Nesroch his god, Adramelech and Sarasar his sonnes stroke him with the sword: and they fled into the land of Ararat, & Asarhaddon his sonne reigned for him.✦Et factum est, cum adoraret in templo Nesroch deum suum, Adramelech et Sarasar, filii ejus, percusserunt eum gladio, fugeruntque in terram Ararat ; et regnavit Asarhaddon, filius ejus, pro eo.
Annotationsfrom the original 1609 Douay Old Testament
35For David's sake. We have here a manifest example that the merits of Saints departed forth of this world, do profit the living: God protecting Jerusalem not only for his own, but also for his servant David's sake. Against which plain sense, Protestants denying merits and prayers of Saints, seem to have no better evasion, then this silly shift, feigned without warrant of holy Scripture, or ancient Father: to interpret these words, for David's sake to signify, for God's promise sake made to David. But if they be demanded, where and when God promised to David, that he would protect and save the city of Jerusalem from sacking by enemies, or from ruin, they can never shew it. God made David conqueror of Jerusalem, extirpating there the Jebusites, who until his time kept the tower of Sion (2.Reg.5.v.7.) and protected the same city all his time, and long after. And in certain particular dangers, promised to Achaz a wicked king (Isaie.7.) and to this good king Ezechias here (& 4.Reg.19.) that he would save and deliver Jerusalem, from the particular distresses wherein it was at those times, but he promised not this to king David. Neither did God make a general promise to protect that city perpetually. For if he had so promised, it should not have been subdued, brought into captivity, and defaced as it was by the Babylonians. And therefore this gloss of Protestants is built upon false ground. And the words are as manifest, as if the king's Majesty should say: I will protect the city of London, that I may save it for mine own sake, and such my former subjects' sake, that have faithfully heretofore served their kings. Or if he should say: I will protect such a nobleman's chief Manor place for mine own sake, and for such his progenitors' sake, who served me loyally. Whereby is plainly signified, that the king doth this favour not only for his own sake, but also for the merits of some that lived there, and deserved well before. Neither do we produce this similitude to prove that is in controversy, but to explain the Catholic doctrine, apparent by this text, and approved by the ancient Fathers, and the whole Church of God.For Dauids sake. VVe haue here a manifest example that the merites of Sainctes departed forth of this world, do profite the liuing: God protecting Ierusalem not only for his owne, but also for his seruant Dauids sake. Against which plaine sense, Protestantes denying merites and prayers of Sainctes, seme to haue no better euasion, then this sillie shift, feaned without warrant of holie Scripture, or ancient Father: to interprete these wordes, for Dauids sake to signifie, for Gods promise sake made to Dauid. But if they be demanded, where and when God promised to Dauid, that he would protect and saue the citie of Ierusalem from sacking by enimies, or from ruine, they can neuer shew it. God made Dauid conquerour of Ierusalem, extirpating there the Iebusites, who vntil his time kept the towre of Sion (2.Reg.5.v.7.) & protected the same citie al his time, and long after. And in certaine particular dangers, promised to Achaz a wicked king (Isaie.7.) and to this good king Ezechias here (& 4.Reg.19.) that he would saue and deliuer Ierusalem, from the particular distresses wherin it was at those times, but he promised not this to king Dauid. Neither did God make a general promise to protect that citie perpetually. For if he had so promised, it should not haue bene subdued, brought into captiuitie, & defaced as it was by the Babylonians. And therfore this glosse of Protestants is built vpon false ground. And the wordes are as manifest, as if the kings Maiestie should say: I wil protect the citie of London, that I may saue it for myn owne sake, and such my former subiectes sake, that haue faithfully heretofore serued their kinges. Or if he should say: I wil protect such a noblemans chiefe Manour place for myn owne sake, & for such his progenitors sake, who serued me loyally. VVherby is plainely signified, that the king doth this fauour not only for his owne sake, but also for the merites of some that liued there, and deserued wel before. Neither do we produce this similitude to proue that is in controuersie, but to explaine the Catholique doctrine, apparent by this text, and approued by the ancient Fathers, and the whole Church of God.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.