He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites.

He built altars in the Lord’s temple, about which the Lord had said, “Jerusalem will be my home.”

He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord’s instructions.

So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as the Lord predicted.

So the Lord announced through his servants the prophets:

Elisha replied, “Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, ‘About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.’”

Jehoahaz asked for the Lord’s mercy and the Lord responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.

They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the Lord had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the Lord angry.

When they first moved in, they did not worship the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them.

Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this place to destroy it. The Lord told me, ‘March up against this land and destroy it.’”’”

Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, “The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”

Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord’s temple and spread it out before the Lord.

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

Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God.”

Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, “What is the confirming sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord’s temple the day after tomorrow?”

This is an easy task for the Lord; he will also hand Moab over to you.

He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord.

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the word of the Lord,

He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done.

He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.