Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

37 Now it happened that ^(A)when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh. ² Then he sent ^(B)Eliakim, who was over the household with ^(C)Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to ^(D)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. ³ And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a ^(E)day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for ^(F)children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth. ⁴ Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to ^[a](G)reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for ^(H)the remnant that is left.’”