Yeshayahu (Isaiah) — Perek 36

Sancheriv of Assyria invades Yehudah, and Ravshakeh delivers a loud, blasphemous speech outside Yerushalayim to break morale.

In King Chizkiyahu's fourteenth year, Sancheriv captures the fortified cities of Yehudah and sends his general Ravshakeh with a large army to Yerushalayim. Ravshakeh stands by the aqueduct of the upper pool and mocks Chizkiyahu's trust in Egypt and Hashem. Speaking loudly in Judean to terrorize the soldiers on the wall, he boasts that no god has ever saved a nation from the King of Assyria, but the people remain completely silent.

• Sancheriv invades Yehudah and sends Ravshakeh to Yerushalayim
• Ravshakeh mocks Chizkiyahu's reliance on Egypt ('a broken reed')
• Ravshakeh insists Hashem Himself commanded Assyria to destroy the land
• Blasphemous public speech in Judean to terrorize the people on the wall
• The people of Yerushalayim remain completely silent on the king's order