¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim,^(A) you alone^(B) are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. ¹⁶ Give ear,^(C) Lord, and hear;^(D) open your eyes,^(E) 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^(F) but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.^{(G) 19} Now, Lord our God, deliver^(H) us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms^(I) of the earth may know^(J) that you alone, Lord, are God.”