King James Version
“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. persuadeth: or, deceiveth”
2 Kings 18:32 · KJV
Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: Make: or, Seek my favour: Heb. Make with me a blessing cistern: or, pit
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. persuadeth: or, deceiveth
Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand?
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and wine”
H8492must or fresh grape-juice (as just squeezed out); by implication (rarely) fermented wine
“that ye may live”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“and hearken”
H8085to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
“not unto Hezekiah”
H2396chizkijah, a king of judah, also the name of two other israelites
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“when he persuadeth”
H5496properly, to prick, i.e., (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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