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idols of wood and stone shaped by human hands. 20Now, O LORD our God, rescue
us from his power; then all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you alone,
O LORD, are God.*”
2 Chronicles 32:9-19
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While King Sennacherib of Assyria was still besieging the town of Lachish, he
sent his officers to Jerusalem with this message for Hezekiah and all the people
in the city:
“ This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: What are you trusting in
that makes you think you can survive my siege of Jerusalem? 11Hezekiah
has said, ‘ The LORD our God will rescue us from the king of Assyria.’ Surely
Hezekiah is misleading you, sentencing you to death by famine and thirst!
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Don’t you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the
LORD’s shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship
only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.
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“Surely you must realize what I and the other kings of Assyria before me
have done to all the people of the earth! Were any of the gods of those nations
able to rescue their people from my power? 14Which of their gods was able
to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What
makes you think your God can rescue you from me? 15Don’t let Hezekiah
deceive you! Don’t let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any
nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or
my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”
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And Sennacherib’s officers further mocked the LORD God and his servant
Hezekiah, heaping insult upon insult. 17 The king also sent letters scorning the
LORD, the God of Israel. He wrote, “Just as the gods of all the other nations failed
to rescue their people from my power, so the God of Hezekiah will also fail.”
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The Assyrian officials who brought the letters shouted this in Hebrew* to the
people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to terrify them so it would be easier to capture the city. 19 These officers talked about the God of Jerusalem as
though he were one of the pagan gods, made by human hands.
Isaiah Predicts Judah’s Deliverance / 2 Kings 19:20-37
Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “ This is what the
LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib
of Assyria. 21And the LORD has spoken this word against him:
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“ The virgin daughter of Zion
despises you and laughs at you.
The daughter of Jerusalem
shakes her head in derision as you flee.
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“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?
Against whom did you raise your voice?
At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?
It was the Holy One of Israel!
By your messengers you have defied the Lord.
37:20 As in Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kgs 19:19); Masoretic Text reads you alone are the LORD.
dialect of Judah.
32:18 Hebrew in the
