13. Then, in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, he shouted out in Hebrew:Listen to what the great king of Assyria says!
14. Don't be fooled by Hezekiah. He can't save you.
15. Don't trust him when he tells you that the Lord will protect you from the king of Assyria.
16. Stop listening to Hezekiah. Pay attention to my king. Surrender to him. He will let you keep your own vineyards, fig trees, and cisterns
17. for a while. Then he will come and take you away to a country just like yours, where you can plant vineyards and raise your own grain.
18. Hezekiah claims the Lord will save you. But don't be fooled by him. Were any other gods able to defend their land against the king of Assyria?
19. What happened to the gods of Hamath, Arpad, and Sepharvaim? Were the gods of Samaria able to protect their land against the Assyrian forces?
20. None of these gods kept their people safe from the king of Assyria. Do you think the Lord, your God, can do any better?
21-22. Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah had been warned by King Hezekiah not to answer the Assyrian commander. So they tore their clothes in sorrow and reported to Hezekiah everything the commander had said.