14. Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; then he went up to the house of the Lord, and spreading it out before the Lord,
15. Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:
16. “Lord of hosts, God of Israel,enthroned on the cherubim!You alone are Godover all the kingdoms of the earth.It is you who madethe heavens and the earth.
17. Incline your ear, Lord, and listen!open your eyes, Lord, and see!Hear all the words Sennacherib has sentto taunt the living God.
18. Truly, O Lord,the kings of Assyria have laid wastethe nations and their lands.
19. They gave their gods to the fire—they were not gods at all,but the work of human hands—Wood and stone, they destroyed them.