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Then he sent (A)Eliakim, who was over the household with (B)Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to (C)Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a (D)day of distress, reproof, and rejection; for (E)children have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth. Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to [a](F)reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for (G)the remnant that is left.’”

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  1. Isaiah 37:4 Or defy, cf. 1 Sam 17:26