33. Did any of the gods of the nations rescue their countries from the king of Assyria?
34. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they rescue Samaria from my control?
35. Did the gods of those countries rescue them from my control? Could the Lord then rescue Jerusalem from my control?”
36. But the people were silent and didn’t say anything to him because the king commanded them not to answer him.