CHAP. XXXIX.
Ezechias shews all his treasures
to the embassadors of
Babylon: upon which Isaias
foretells the Babylonish captivity.
1 At that time Merodach
Baladan the son of
Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and presents to Ezechias:
for he had heard that
he had been sick and was recovered.
2 And Ezechias rejoiced at
their coming, and he shewed
them the storehouse of his aromatical
spices, and of the
silver, and of the gold, and of
the sweet odours, and of the
precious ointment, and all the
storehouses of his furniture,
and all things that were found
in his treasures. There was
nothing in his house, nor in
all his dominion that Ezechias
shewed them not.
3 Then Isaias the prophet
came to king Ezechias, and
said to him: What said these
men, and from whence came
they to thee? And Ezechias
said: From a far country they
came to me, from Babylon.
4 And he said: What saw
they in thy house? and Ezechias
said: All things that are
in my house have they seen,
there was not any thing, which
I have not shewed them in
my treasures.
5 And Isaias said to Ezechias:
Hear the word of the
Lord of hosts.
6 Behold the days shall
come, that all that is in thy
house, and that thy fathers
have laid up in store until this
day, shall be carried away into
Babylon: there shall not
any thing be left, saith the
Lord.
7 And of thy children,
that shall issue from thee, whom
thou shalt beget, they shall
take away, and they shall be
eunuchs in the palace of the
king of Babylon.
8 And Ezechias said to
Isaias: The word of the Lord
-- --
which he hath spoken, is good.
And he said: Only let peace
and truth be in my days.
Challoner [1752], THE NEW TESTAMENT OF Our LORD and SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. Translated out of the Latin Vulgat Diligently compared with the original Greek And first published by the English College of Rhemes, anno 1582. Newly revised, and corrected according to the Clementin Edition of the Scriptures. WITH ANNOTATIONS For clearing up modern Controversies in Religion, and other Difficulties of Holy Writ () [word count] [B12000].
