Hezekiah’s Prayer^(A)

¹⁴ Hezekiah received the letter^(B) from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord. ¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim,^(C) you alone^(D) are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ Give ear,^(E) Lord, and hear;^(F) open your eyes,^(G) Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.

¹⁷ “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands. ¹⁸ They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods^(H) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.^{(I) 19} Now, Lord our God, deliver^(J) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms^(K) of the earth may know^(L) that you alone, Lord, are God.”

Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib’s Fall^(M)(N)

²⁰ Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard^(O) your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.

²⁰ King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out in prayer^(A) to heaven about this. ²¹ And the Lord sent an angel,^(B) who annihilated all the fighting men and the commanders and officers in the camp of the Assyrian king. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he went into the temple of his god, some of his sons, his own flesh and blood, cut him down with the sword.^(C)

²² So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib king of Assyria and from the hand of all others. He took care of them^[a] on every side. ²³ Many brought offerings to Jerusalem for the Lord and valuable gifts^(D) for Hezekiah king of Judah. From then on he was highly regarded by all the nations.