2 Kings 19:14–20

^14pAnd Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord. ¹⁵Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said: “O Lord God of Israel, the One ^qwho dwells between the cherubim, ^rYou are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ^16sIncline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; ^topen Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, ^uwhich he has sent to reproach the living God. ¹⁷Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, ¹⁸and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were ^vnot gods, but ^wthe work of men’s hands—wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them. ¹⁹Now therefore, O Lord our God, I pray, save us from his hand, ^xthat all the kingdoms of the earth may ^yknow that You are the Lord God, You alone.”

The Word of the Lord Concerning Sennacherib

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