32. until I arrive and take you to a land like your own, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of rich olives and honey. Live, and do not die! And do not listen to Hezekiah when he would incite you by saying, ‘The Lord will rescue us.’
33. Has any of the gods of the nations ever rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria?
34. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Did they indeed rescue Samaria from my power?
35. Which of the gods for all these lands ever rescued his land from my power? Will the Lord then rescue Jerusalem from my power?”
36. But the people remained silent and did not answer at all, for the king’s command was, “Do not answer him.”
37. Then the master of the palace, Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, Shebnah the scribe, and the chancellor Joah, son of Asaph, came to Hezekiah with their garments torn, and reported to him the words of the commander.