³⁷ Then Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,^(B) and told him what the field commander had said.

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold^(C)

19 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore^(D) his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. ² He sent Eliakim^(E) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,^(F) all wearing sackcloth,^(G) to the prophet Isaiah^(H) son of Amoz. ³ They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment^(I) of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. ⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule^(J) the living God, and that he will rebuke^(K) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant^(L) that still survives.”

²¹ But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply, because the king had commanded, “Do not answer him.”^(A)

²² Then Eliakim^(B) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and Joah son of Asaph the recorder^(C) went to Hezekiah, with their clothes torn,^(D) and told him what the field commander had said.

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold^(E)

37 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes^(F) and put on sackcloth^(G) and went into the temple^(H) of the Lord. ² He sent Eliakim^(I) the palace administrator, Shebna^(J) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.^{(K) 3} They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress^(L) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth^(M) and there is no strength to deliver them. ⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule^(N) the living God,^(O) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.^(P) Therefore pray^(Q) for the remnant^(R) that still survives.”