Isaiah 37:1-7

When Hezekiah heard what the commander had said, he tore his robe, put on sackcloth, and went to the temple of YAHWEH. And he sent Eliakim, the palace administrator; Shebna, the royal scribe; and the leading priests—all clothed in sackcloth—to the prophet Isaiah, son of Amoz. They told him, “Here is Hezekiah’s message: ‘This is a day of great anguish, rebuke, and humiliation. We are desperate, as in the day a woman is in heavy labor but has no strength left to give birth. Perhaps Lord YAHWEH, your God, will take note of all the blasphemous words of the Assyrian commander who was sent by his master, the king of Assyria, to ridicule the living God. And may Lord YAHWEH, your God, rebuke him for the words he heard him speak. So therefore, we come to ask you to pray for us, the remnant that still survives.’ ” Isaiah answered the king’s delegation, saying, “Tell your master these words: ‘Here is what Lord YAHWEH says about this matter: “Don’t fear or be frightened by the blasphemous words of the servants of the king of Assyria. I will put in him a mindset that will cause him, when he hears a certain rumor, to flee back to his own country. And when he returns I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’ ”