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From deep in the earth, you will call out for help with only a faint whisper.

You are in for trouble, if you try to hide your plans from the Lord ! Or if you think what you do in the dark can't be seen.

This is the Lord 's message for his rebellious people: "You follow your own plans instead of mine; you make treaties without asking me, and you keep on sinning.

You trust Egypt for protection. So you refuse my advice and send messengers to Egypt to beg their king for help.

You will be disappointed, completely disgraced for trusting Egypt.

The Lord told me to write down his message for his people, so that it would be there forever.

People of Jerusalem, you don't need to cry anymore. The Lord is kind, and as soon as he hears your cries for help, he will come.

Long ago the Lord got a place ready for burning the body of the dead king. The place for the fire is deep and wide, the wood is piled high, and the Lord will start the fire by breathing out flaming sulfur.

You are in for trouble if you go to Egypt for help, or if you depend on an army of chariots or a powerful cavalry. Instead you should depend on and trust the holy Lord God of Israel.

Cruel people tell lies— they do evil things, and make cruel plans to destroy the poor and needy, even when they beg for justice.

The palace will be deserted, the crowded city empty. Fortresses and towers will forever become playgrounds for wild donkeys and pastures for sheep.

You defeated my people. Now you're in for trouble! You've never been destroyed, but you will be destroyed; you've never been betrayed, but you will be betrayed. When you have finished destroying and betraying, you will be destroyed and betrayed in return.

Listen! Our bravest soldiers are running through the streets, screaming for help. Our messengers hoped for peace, but came home crying.

But there will be rewards for those who live right and tell the truth, for those who refuse to take money by force or accept bribes, for all who hate murder and violent crimes.

After the sword of the Lord has done what it wants to the skies above, it will come down on Edom, the nation that the Lord has doomed for destruction.

Here is a message for all who are weak, trembling, and worried:

A good road will be there, and it will be named "God's Sacred Highway." It will be for God's people; no one unfit to worship God will walk on that road. And no fools can travel on that highway.

Hezekiah had been king of Judah for fourteen years when King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city

The Assyrian commander told them: I have a message for Hezekiah from the great king of Assyria. Ask Hezekiah why he feels so sure of himself.

How could you even defeat our lowest ranking officer, when you have to depend on Egypt for chariots and cavalry?