¹⁸ “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria?

²⁰ Who of all the gods^(A) of these countries have been able to save their lands from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”^(B)

¹⁰ “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive^(A) you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’^{(B) 11} Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?^(C)