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17 lines
816 B
Markdown
This is the message that King Sennacharib of Assyria sent to King Hezekiah.
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## Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying ##
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AT: "Do not believe your God in whom you trust. He is lying when he says"
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## given over into the hand of the king of Assyria" ##
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The word "hand" here represents control. AT: "given into the control of Assyria" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## See, you have heard ##
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AT: "Listen, you have heard" or "You have certainly heard" (UDB). Here "see" was used to draw attention to what he was about to say next.
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## So will you be rescued? ##
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Sennacharib used this question to emphasize that God will not be able to rescue them. AT: "Your God will not rescue you" or "You will not be able to escape either" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]]) |