King Hezekiah Prays to the Lord

Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers

and read it.

Then he went up to the temple of the Lord

and spread it out before the Lord.

And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord:

"O Lord Almighty, God of Israel,

enthroned between the cherubim,

You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth.

You have made heaven and earth.

Give ear, O Lord, and hear;

open Your eyes, O Lord, and see;

listen to all the words of Sennacherib has sent

to insult the living God.

"It is true, O Lord,

that the Assyrian kings have laid waste

all these peoples and their lands.

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.

Now, O Lord our God,

deliver us from his hand,

so that all kingdoms on earth may know

that You alone, O Lord, are God."

(Isaiah 37:14-20)