2 Kings 19:14–20

Hezekiah’s Prayer

¹⁴Then ^aHezekiah took the ¹letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and ²spread it out before the Lord.

¹⁵Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said, “O Lord, the God of Israel, ^awho are ¹enthroned above the cherubim, ^bYou are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

¹⁶“^aIncline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; ^bopen Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent ^cto reproach the living God.

¹⁷“Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands

¹⁸and have cast their gods into the fire, ^afor they were not gods but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.

¹⁹“Now, O Lord our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand ^athat all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O ^bLord, are God.”

God’s Answer through Isaiah

²⁰Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, ‘Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, ^aI have heard you.’