³⁰And don’t let him persuade you to rely on the Lord. Don’t think that the Lord will save you, and that he will stop our Assyrian army from capturing your city. ³¹Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The emperor of Assyria commands you to come out of the city and surrender. You will all be allowed to eat grapes from your own vines, and figs from your own trees, and to drink water from your own wells- ³²until the emperor resettles you in a country much like your own, where there are vineyards to give wine and there is corn for making bread; it is a land of olives, olive oil, and honey. If you do what he commands, you will not die, but live. Don’t let Hezekiah fool you into thinking that the Lord will rescue you. ³³Did the gods of any other nations save their countries from the emperor of Assyria? ³⁴Where are they now, the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did anyone save Samaria? ³⁵When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the Lord can save Jerusalem?”

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