2 Kings 19:1-13

11Now when King Hezekiah heard the report, he 2tore his clothes, 3covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord. 2Then he sent Eliakim, who was in charge of the household, with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, 4covered with sackcloth, to 5Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3And they said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and humiliation; for children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. 46Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent 7to taunt the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for 8the remnant that is 9left.’” 5So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. 6And Isaiah said to them, “This is what you shall say to your master: ‘The Lord says this: “Do not be fearful because of the words that you have heard, with which the 10servants of the king of Assyria 11have blasphemed Me. 7Behold, I am going to put a spirit in him so that 12he will hear news and return to his own land. And 13I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

8Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against 14Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left 15Lachish. 9When he heard them say about Tirhakah king of 16Cush, “Behold, he has come out to fight you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, 10“This is what you shall say to Hezekiah king of 17Judah: ‘Do not 18let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, “19Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.” 11Behold, you yourself have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be saved? 1220Did the gods of the nations which my fathers destroyed save them: 21Gozan, 22Haran, Rezeph, and 23the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? 1324Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?’”