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Then Rabshakeh stood and ^(C1)called out with a loud voice in Judean and said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

"This is what the king says: 'Do not let Hezekiah ^(C1)deceive you, for he will not be able to save you;

and do not let Hezekiah lead you to ^(C1)rely on the LORD, saying, "The LORD will certainly save us. This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria!"

'Do not listen to Hezekiah,' for this is what the king of Assyria says: '^(F1)Surrender to me and come out to me, and eat, each one, of his ^(C1)vine and each of his fig tree, and each drink of the ^(C2)waters of his own cistern,

until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.

'Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying, "^(C1)The LORD will save us." Has any one of the gods of the nations saved his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

'Where are the gods of ^(C1)Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of ^(C1)Sepharvaim? And when have they ^(C2)saved Samaria from my hand?

'Who among all the ^(C1)gods of these lands have saved their land from my hand, that the ^(C2)LORD would save Jerusalem from my hand?'"

But they were silent and did not ^(C1)answer him so much as a word; for the king's command was, "Do not answer him."