2 Kings 19:16

19:16 Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! ¹ 

2 Kings 20:10

20:10 Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it ²  to go back ten steps.”

2 Kings 17:36

17:36 Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; ³  bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him.

2 Kings 21:13

21:13 I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria ⁴  and the dynasty of Ahab. ⁵  I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. ⁶ 

¹ tn Heb “Hear the words of Sennacherib which he sent to taunt the living God.”

² tn Heb “the shadow.” The noun has been replaced by the pronoun (“it”) in the translation for stylistic reasons.

³ tn Heb “and outstretched arm.”

⁴ map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.

⁵ tn Heb “I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria, and the plumb line of the house of Ahab.” The measuring line and plumb line are normally used in building a structure, not tearing it down. But here they are used ironically as metaphors of judgment, emphasizing that he will give careful attention to the task of judgment.

⁶ tn Heb “just as one wipes a plate, wiping and turning [it] on its face.” The word picture emphasizes how thoroughly the Lord will judge the city.