¹⁶ Incline, O LORD, thy ear and hear; open, O LORD, thine eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

¹⁷ Of a truth, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the Gentiles and their lands

¹⁸ and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood or stone; therefore, they have destroyed them.