And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus says the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, That which you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast up a siege mound against it.

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, } Thus says the LORD, { Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live.

Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the ruler of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up unto the house of the LORD.

Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, says the LORD.

Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle.

And she said unto them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read:

But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Concerning the words which you have heard;

Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, says the LORD.

The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns.

And say, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise.

Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to dwell in:

Now therefore thus shall you say unto my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

Go and tell David, saying, Thus says the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it unto you.

So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus says the LORD, Choose you

Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?

And the young men that were brought up with him spoke unto him, saying, Thus shall you answer the people that spoke unto you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it somewhat lighter for us; thus shall you say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's waist.

Thus says the LORD, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is from me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam.

Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus says the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak.

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made himself horns of iron, and said, Thus says the LORD, With these you shall push Syria until they are consumed.

And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, even what my God says, that will I speak.

And the king said to him, How many times shall I make you swear that you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD?

And say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with little bread and with little water, until I return in peace.

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

And he said, Hearken you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus says the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures forever.

And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the LORD God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah,

And the spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus says God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you.

You say, Lo, you have smitten the Edomites; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you?

Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, On what do you trust, that you remain in the siege in Jerusalem?

And she answered them, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me,

Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah:

And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say unto him, Thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard;

Because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbled yourself before me, and did tear your clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard you also, says the LORD.

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has the LORD God of heaven given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinim, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God.

And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments,

Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.

In it was written, It is reported among the nations, and Geshem also says it, that you and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause you build the wall, that you may be their king, according to these words.

Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you invent them out of your own heart.

Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahemani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;

And found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his descendants, and have performed your words; for you are righteous:

Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, who have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance?

When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day.

When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint;

Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What do you?

If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am blameless, it shall also prove me perverse.

If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself:

I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me.

But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me?

Yet he shall perish forever like his own refuse: they who have seen him shall say, Where is he?

Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways.

For you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked?

And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud?

When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person.

I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me.

The deep says, It is not in me: and the sea says, It is not with me.

Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame of it with our ears.

Therefore I say, Hearken to me; I also will show my opinion.

Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, while you searched out what to say.

Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God vanquishes him, not man.

Then he is gracious unto him, and says, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.

He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;

If you have any thing to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you.

Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly?

But none says, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night;

Although you say you shall not see him, yet justice is before him; therefore you must trust in him.

Who has prescribed him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity?

For he says to the snow, Be on the earth; likewise to the gentle rain, and to the heavy rain of his strength.

Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech because of darkness.

Can you send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto you, Here we are?

He says among the trumpets, Aha; and he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Many there be who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.

There are many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift up the light of your countenance upon us.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain?

For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, says the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that sneers at him.

Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved.

Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.

Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am your salvation.

All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto you, who delivers the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that plunders him?

Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up.

Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

[To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David the servant of the LORD.] The transgression of the wicked says within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

Let them be desolate as a reward for their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha.

Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

An evil disease, say they, clings close unto him: and now that he lies down he shall rise up no more.

My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is your God?

I will say unto God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?

But unto the wicked God says, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth?

So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God who judges in the earth.

Behold, they bellow out with their mouths: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?