2 Kings 18:32 KJV

Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us.

Words Then and Now

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

  • you, your, ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Rabshakeh's blasphemiesRabshakeh tries to convince the Jews, that it was to no purpose for them to stand it out. What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? It were well if...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Deuteronomy 8:7–9 For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; …
  • Exodus 3:8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  • Deuteronomy 11:12 A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
  • Numbers 13:26–27 And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land. …
  • Numbers 14:8 If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.

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Topics

  • Assyria Sennacherib
  • Diplomacy Rab-shakeh, in trying to induce Jerusalem to capitulate by bombastic harangue
  • Honey Abundant in Assyria
  • Hypocrisy Rabshakeh
  • Isaiah Comforts and encourages Hezekiah and the people during the siege of Jerusalem by Rab-shakeh

Kings of Israel & Judah

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • HezekiahWhom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kgs 18:1; 2 Chr 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Until I come עַד ʿad Preposition בֹּאִי bōʾî בּוֹא Verb · qal infinitive construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • and take you away וְלָקַחְתִּי wĕlāqaḥtî לָקַח Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • to a land אֶתְכֶם ʾetkem Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine plural אֶל ʾel Preposition אֶרֶץ ʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • like your own land כְּאַרְצְכֶם kĕʾarṣĕkem אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine plural
  • a land אֶרֶץ ʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of corn דָּגָן dāgān דָּגָן Noun · masculine singular
  • and wine וְתִירוֹשׁ wĕtîrôš תִּירוֹשׁ Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • a land אֶרֶץ ʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of bread לֶחֶם leḥem לֶחֶם Noun · masculine or feminine singular
  • and vineyards וּכְרָמִים ûkĕrāmîm כֶּרֶם Noun · masculine or feminine plural · with and
  • a land אֶרֶץ ʾereṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct
  • of oil יִצְהָר yiṣhār יִצְהָר Noun · masculine singular
  • olive זֵית zêt זַיִת Noun · masculine singular construct
  • and of honey וּדְבַשׁ ûdĕbaš דְּבַשׁ Noun · masculine singular · with and
  • that ye may live וִחְיוּ wiḥyû חָיָה Verb · qal imperative, second person masculine plural · with and
  • and not die וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and תָמֻתוּ tāmutû מוּת Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural וְאַל wĕʾal Negative · with and
  • and hearken תִּשְׁמְעוּ tišmĕʿû שָׁמַע Verb · qal jussive, second person masculine plural
  • not unto Hezekiah אֶל ʾel Preposition חִזְקִיָּהוּ ḥizqiyyāhû חִזְקִיָּה Proper name
  • when he persuadeth כִּי kî Conjunction יַסִּית yassît סוּת Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • you, saying אֶתְכֶם ʾetkem Object marker · with suffix: second person masculine plural לֵאמֹר lēʾmōr אָמַר Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition
  • The LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • will deliver יַצִּילֵנוּ yaṣṣîlēnû נָצַל Verb · hiphil imperfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: first person common plural

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