16. Give ear, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.
17. “It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste these nations and their lands.
18. They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone, fashioned by human hands.
19. Now, Lord our God, deliver us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone, Lord, are God.”
20. Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.