Isaiah 36:20-22

New International Reader's Version

²⁰ Which one of all the gods of those countries has been able to save their lands from me? So how can the Lord save Jerusalem from my power?’ ”

²¹ But the people remained silent. They didn’t say anything. That’s because King Hezekiah had commanded, “Don’t answer him.”

²² Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, went to Hezekiah. Eliakim was in charge of the palace. Shebna the secretary went with him. So did Joah, the son of Asaph. Joah kept the records. All of them went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn. They told him what the field commander had said.