2 Kings 19:1-5

Isaiah Tells Hezekiah Not to Be Afraid

^aNow it happened that when King Hezekiah heard it, he ^btore his clothes, ^ccovered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh. 2 Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, ^acovered with sackcloth, to ^bIsaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. 3 And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth. 4 ^aPerhaps Yahweh your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent ^bto ¹reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for ^cthe remnant that is left.’” 5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.