15. Let not Hezekiah mislead you further and deceive you in any such way. Do not believe him! Since no other god of any other nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my hand or the hands of my fathers, how much the less shall your god rescue you from my hand!”
16. His officials said still more against the Lord God and against his servant Hezekiah,
17. for he had written letters to deride the Lord, the God of Israel, speaking of him in these terms: “As the gods of the nations in other lands have not rescued their people from my hand, neither shall Hezekiah’s god rescue his people from my hand.”
18. In a loud voice they shouted in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them so that they might capture their city.
19. They spoke of the God of Israel as though he were one of the gods of the other peoples of the earth, a work of human hands.
20. But because of this, King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz, prayed and cried out to heaven.