16. Some of them did what was right,but others were extremely sinful.
17. Hezekiah fortified his cityand had water brought into it;With bronze tools he cut through the rocksand dammed up a mountain site for water.
18. During his reign Sennacherib led an invasionand sent his adjutant;He shook his fist at Zionand blasphemed God in his pride.
19. The people’s hearts melted within them,and they were in anguish like that of childbirth.
20. But they called upon the Most High Godand lifted up their hands to him;He heard the prayer they uttered,and saved them through Isaiah.
21. God struck the camp of the Assyriansand routed them with a plague.
22. For Hezekiah did what was rightand held fast to the paths of David,As ordered by the illustrious prophetIsaiah, who saw truth in visions.
23. In his lifetime he turned back the sunand prolonged the life of the king.
24. By his powerful spirit he looked into the futureand consoled the mourners of Zion;