Isaiah 37:14-20

EasyEnglish Bible

¹⁴ When Hezekiah received the letter with this message, he read it. Then he went up to the Lord's temple. He put the letter there, in front of the Lord. ¹⁵ Hezekiah prayed to the Lord. He said:

¹⁶ ‘Lord Almighty, you are Israel's God. You sit on your throne between the cherubs.^[a] Only you are the God who rules all the kingdoms in the world. You have made the heavens and the earth. ¹⁷ Lord, please listen carefully to me. Lord, look carefully at this letter. Listen to Sennacherib's message. He is insulting you, the God who lives for ever. ¹⁸ It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all these people and their lands. ¹⁹ They threw the gods of these nations into the fire. Those idols are not really gods. People used wood and stone to make them. So the Assyrians could destroy them. ²⁰ So now, Lord, you are our God! Save us from the power of Sennacherib! Then all the kingdoms in the world will know that you alone are the Lord.’