14. Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s house, and spread it before the Lord.
15. Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, “Lord, the God of Israel, who sit above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.
16. Incline your ear, Lord, and hear. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.
17. Truly, Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,
18. and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them.
19. Now therefore, Lord our God, save us, I beg you, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God alone.”
20. Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “the Lord, the God of Israel, says ‘You have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, and I have heard you.