2 Kings 19:4–19

4 eIt may be the Lord thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent fto reproach the living God; and gwill reprove the words which hthe Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for ithe remnant that are †left. 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6 And *Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which kthe servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 7 Behold, lI will send ma blast upon him, and he nshall hear a rumour, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against oLibnah: for he had heard that he was departed from pLachish. 9 *And qwhen he heard say of Tirhakah king of rEthiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God sin whom thou trustest tdeceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? 12 uHave the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as xGozan, and yzHaran, and Rezeph, and the children of zEden which were in aThelasar? 13 bWhere is the king of Hamath, and the king of cArpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

14 And Hezekiah received the dletter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. 15 And eHezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest fbetween the cherubims, gthou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. 16 Lord, hbow down thine ear, and hear: iopen, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him kto reproach the living God. 17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, 18 And have †cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but lthe work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. 19 Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, mthat all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord God, even thou only.