2 Kings 19:16-18

New International Reader's Version

¹⁶ Listen, Lord. Hear us. Open your eyes, Lord. Look at the trouble we’re in. Listen to what Sennacherib is saying. You are the living God. And he dares to make fun of you!

¹⁷ “Lord, it’s true that the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations and their lands. ¹⁸ They have thrown the statues of the gods of those nations into the fire. And they have destroyed them. That’s because they weren’t really gods at all. They were nothing but statues made out of wood and stone. They were made by human hands.