~ Hezekiah's Prayer ~

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, 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 the words Sennacherib has sent
to insult the living God.

"It is true, O Lord,
that the Assyrian kings have laid waste
these nations 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 men's 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.

(II Kings 19:14-19)