Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

1 And awhen King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord.

2 Then he sent aEliakim who was over the household with bShebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to cIsaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

3 They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a aday of distress, rebuke and rejection; for bchildren have come to birth, and there is no strength to 1deliver.

4 ‘Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to areproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for bthe remnant that is left.’ ”

5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord, “aDo not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

7 “Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will ahear a rumor and breturn to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”