² He sent Eliakim^(A) the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary and the leading priests,^(B) all wearing sackcloth,^(C) to the prophet Isaiah^(D) son of Amoz. ³ They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment^(E) of birth and there is no strength to deliver them. ⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule^(F) the living God, and that he will rebuke^(G) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant^(H) that still survives.”