Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it.
Then Hezekiah went up to the LORD’s house, and spread it before the LORD.
Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, “LORD, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.
You have made heaven and earth.
Incline your ear, LORD, and hear.
Open your eyes, LORD, and see.
Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.
Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,