Isaiah 37:14-20

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁴ Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, and went to the Lord’s temple. He spread it out in front of the Lord ¹⁵ and prayed to the Lord, ¹⁶ “Lord of Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned over the angels.^[a] You alone are God of the kingdoms of the world. You made heaven and earth. ¹⁷ Turn your ear toward me, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the entire message that Sennacherib sent to defy the living God. ¹⁸ It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have leveled every country.^{[b] 19} They have thrown the gods from these countries into fires because these gods aren’t real gods. They’re only wooden and stone statues made by human hands. So the Assyrians have destroyed them. ²⁰ Now, Lord our God, rescue us from Assyria’s control so that all the kingdoms on earth will know that you alone are the Lord.”