¹⁸ “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

¹⁷ Give ear, Lord, and hear;^(A) open your eyes, Lord, and see;^(B) listen to all the words Sennacherib^(C) has sent to ridicule^(D) the living God.^(E)

¹⁸ “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples and their lands.^(F)

¹⁵ Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver^(A) us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’^(B)

¹⁵ Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the image I made, very good. But if you do not worship it, you will be thrown immediately into a blazing furnace. Then what god^(A) will be able to rescue^(B) you from my hand?”

¹¹ “Tell them this: ‘These gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, will perish^(F) from the earth and from under the heavens.’”^[a]

¹² Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors^(A) deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran,^(B) Rezeph and the people of Eden^(C) who were in Tel Assar? ¹³ Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad?^(D) Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim,^(E) Hena and Ivvah?”^(F)

¹⁰ “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive^(A) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’^(B)