Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

37 Now ^(A)when King Hezekiah heard the report, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord. ² Then he sent ^(B)Eliakim, who was in charge of the household, with ^(C)Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to ^(D)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. ³ And they said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: ‘This day is a ^(E)day of distress, rebuke, and humiliation; for ^(F)children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to ^[a]deliver them. ⁴ Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ^(G)taunt the living God, and will avenge the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for ^(H)the remnant that is left.’”

⁵ So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

Hezekiah’s Prayer in the Temple

¹⁴ Then Hezekiah took the ^[a]letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the Lord and ^[b]spread it out before the Lord. ¹⁵ Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying, ¹⁶ “Lord of armies, God of Israel, ^(A)who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the ^(B)God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. ^(C)You made heaven and earth. ^17 (D)Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and ^(E)listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to ^(F)taunt the living God. ¹⁸ Truly, Lord, the ^(G)kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries and their lands, ¹⁹ and have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but only the ^(H)work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have ^(I)destroyed them. ²⁰ But now Lord, our God, ^(J)save us from his hand, so that ^(K)all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, ^[c]Lord, are God.”