² He sent Eliakim^(A) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,^(B) all wearing sackcloth,^(C) to the prophet Isaiah^(D) son of Amoz.

1 The vision^(A) concerning Judah and Jerusalem^(B) that Isaiah son of Amoz saw^(C) during the reigns of Uzziah,^(D) Jotham,^(E) Ahaz^(F) and Hezekiah,^(G) kings of Judah.

The Mountain of the Lord^(A)

2 This is what Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem:^(B)

⁴ As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:

¹⁴ to fulfill^(A) what was said through the prophet Isaiah:

² He sent Eliakim^(A) the palace administrator, Shebna^(B) the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz.^{(C) 3} They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress^(D) and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth^(E) 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^(F) the living God,^(G) and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard.^(H) Therefore pray^(I) for the remnant^(J) that still survives.”

⁵ When King Hezekiah’s officials came to Isaiah,

²² The other events of Uzziah’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded by the prophet Isaiah^(A) son of Amoz.

¹³ “Go and inquire^(A) of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah about what is written in this book that has been found. Great is the Lord’s anger^(B) that burns against us because those who have gone before us have not obeyed the words of this book; they have not acted in accordance with all that is written there concerning us.”

¹⁴ Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Akbor, Shaphan and Asaiah went to speak to the prophet^(C) Huldah, who was the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. She lived in Jerusalem, in the New Quarter.

¹⁸ They called for the king; and Eliakim^(A) son of Hilkiah the palace administrator, Shebna^(B) the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder went out to them.