20. Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the lord, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria.
21. And the lord has spoken this word against him:“The virgin daughter of Ziondespises you and laughs at you.The daughter of Jerusalemshakes her head in derision as you flee.
22. “Whom have you been defying and ridiculing?Against whom did you raise your voice?At whom did you look with such haughty eyes?It was the Holy One of Israel!
23. By your messengers you have defied the Lord.You have said, ‘With my many chariotsI have conquered the highest mountains—yes, the remotest peaks of Lebanon.I have cut down its tallest cedarsand its finest cypress trees.I have reached its farthest cornersand explored its deepest forests.
24. I have dug wells in many foreign landsand refreshed myself with their water.With the sole of my footI stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’