¹⁵ And he prayed in his sight, saying: O Lord God of Israel, who sitteth upon the cherubims, thou alone art the God of all the kings of the earth: thou madest heaven and earth:

¹⁶ Incline thy ear, and hear: open, O Lord, thy eyes, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, who hath sent to upbraid unto us the living God.

¹⁷ Of a truth, O Lord, the kings of the Assyrians have destroyed nations, and the lands of them all.