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.

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^(A) the living God, and that he will rebuke^(B) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant^(C) that still survives.”

¹⁵ And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: “Lord, the God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim,^(A) you alone^(B) are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.