^16 (A)Incline Your ear, Lord, and hear; ^(B)open Your eyes, Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent ^(C)to taunt the living God. ¹⁷ It is true, Lord; the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands, ¹⁸ and have ^[a]hurled their gods into the fire; ^(D)for they were not gods, but only the work of human hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them.