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Maybe Yahweh your God heard the words of Rabshakeh whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to taunt the living God, and he will rebuke the words that Yahweh your God hears. And you must lift up a prayer for the benefit of the remnant that is found.'"

And Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that he had left from Lachish.

to set their gods in the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of human hands, wood and stone, and they destroyed them.

this is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: She shows contempt for you; she derides you, virgin daughter of Zion; she shakes her head behind you, daughter of Jerusalem.

Have you not heard from a long time ago? I have made it from days of primeval time, and I formed it. Now I have brought it about, and it is for fortified cities to collapse into heaps of destroyed stones.

And this shall be the sign for you: the eating of volunteer plants this year, and in the second year self-seeded plants, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

For a remnant shall go out from Jerusalem and survivors from mountain Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of hosts will do this.'

‘And I will defend this city, to save it for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.'"

In those days, Hezekiah became sick to death, and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him and said to him, "Thus says Yahweh: ‘Order your house, for you are about to die, and you shall not recover.'"

I was the one who said, "I must go in the quiet of my days; I am summoned through the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years."

What can I say? For he has spoken to me, and he himself has done it. I will walk slowly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.

Look! Bitterness was bitter to me for peace. And you were the one who loved my life from the pit of destruction, for you have cast all my sins behind your back.

For Sheol cannot praise you; death cannot praise you. Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for your faithfulness.

At that time, Merodach-Baladan, son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and recovered.

And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of Yahweh that you have spoken is good," for he thought, "Surely there will be peace and security in my days."

"Speak to the heart of Jerusalem, and call to her, that her compulsory labor is fulfilled, that her sin is paid for, that she has received from the hand of Yahweh double for all her sins."

A voice is calling in the wilderness, "Clear the way of Yahweh! Make a highway smooth in the desert for our God!

And the glory of Yahweh shall be revealed, and all humankind together shall see it, for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken."

Look! The Lord Yahweh comes with strength, and his arm rules for him. Look! His reward is with him, and his recompense in his presence.

And Lebanon is not enough to light a fire, and its animals not enough for a burnt offering.