1On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his…
2And he sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna…
3to tell him, “This is what Hezekiah says:…
4Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the…
5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to…
6who replied, “Tell your master that this is…
7Behold, I will put a spirit in him…
8When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of…
9Now Sennacherib had been warned about Tirhakah king…
10“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah:…
11Surely you have heard what the kings of…
12Did the gods of the nations destroyed by…
13Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim,…
14So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers,…
15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD:
16“O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned…
17Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open…
18Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have…
19They have cast their gods into the fire…
20And now, O LORD our God, save us…
21Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message…
22this is the word that the LORD has…
23Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom…
24Through your servants you have taunted the Lord,…
25I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters.…
26Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained…
27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed…
28But I know your sitting down, your going…
29Because your rage and arrogance against Me have…
30And this will be a sign to you,…
31And the surviving remnant of the house of…
32For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem,…
33So this is what the LORD says about…
34He will go back the way he came,…
35‘I will defend this city and save it…
36Then the angel of the LORD went out…
37So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and…
38One day, while he was worshiping in the…
