2 Chronicles 32:17-19

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¹⁷ King Sennacherib also sent letters scorning the Lord God of Israel.

“The gods of all the other nations failed to save their people from my hand, and the God of Hezekiah will fail too,” he wrote.

¹⁸ The messengers who brought the letters shouted threats in the Jewish language to the people gathered on the walls of the city, trying to frighten and dishearten them. ¹⁹ These messengers talked about the God of Jerusalem just as though he were one of the heathen gods—a handmade idol!