Hezekiah’s Prayer
14 Hezekiah received [2 Chr. 32:17]the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord. 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said: "O Lord, the God of Israel, See Ex. 25:22enthroned above the cherubim, 1 Kgs. 18:39;Neh. 9:6;Ps. 86:10;Isa. 37:16,20;44:6;Jer. 10:10,12you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made the heavens and the earth. 16 Ps. 31:2;71:2;Dan. 9:18Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; 2 Chr. 6:40;Dan. 9:18open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent ver. 4to mock the living God. 17 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands 18 and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, 2 Chr. 32:19;Ps. 115:4but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 19 So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, Josh. 4:24;Ps. 83:18that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that [See ver. 15above]you, O Lord, are God alone."