<p class="bodytext">In response to all this<n id="1" /> I said, &#8220;Ah, Lord <sc>Godsc>,<n id="2" /> you have surely allowed<n id="3" /> the people of Judah and Jerusalem<n id="4" /> to be deceived by those who say, &#8216;You will be safe!&#8217;<n id="5" /> But in fact a sword is already at our throats.&#8221;<n id="6" />p>

So the <sc>Lordsc> God said to the woman, &#8220;What is this<n id="1" /> you have done?&#8221; And the woman replied, &#8220;The serpent<n id="2" /> tricked<n id="3" /> me, and I ate.&#8221;p>

<p class="poetry">The officials of Zoan are fools,p> <p class="poetry">the officials of Memphis<n id="1" /> are misled;p> <p class="poetry">the rulers<n id="2" /> of her tribes lead Egypt astray.p>

This is what the king says: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you!

This is what the king says: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand!<n id="1" />

So<n id="1" /> I will carry you far off<n id="2" /> and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight.<n id="3" />

Moreover, I, the <sc>Lordsc>, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces<n id="1" /> will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.<n id="2" />

<p class="poetry">Your presumptuous heart<n id="1" /> has deceived you &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">whose home is high in the mountains.<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">You think to yourself,<n id="4" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;No one can<n id="5" /> bring me down to the ground!&#8217;<n id="6" />p>

<p class="poetry">All your allies<n id="1" /> will force<n id="2" /> you from your homeland!<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">Your treaty partners<n id="4" /> will deceive you and overpower you.p> <p class="poetry">Your trusted friends<n id="5" /> will set an ambush<n id="6" /> for<n id="7" /> youp> <p class="poetry">that will take you by surprise!<n id="8" />p>

&#8220;Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, &#8220;Jerusalem will not be handed over<n id="1" /> to the king of Assyria.&#8221;

&#8220;Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: &#8216;Don&#8217;t let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, &#8220;Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;For the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel who rules over all<n id="1" /> says, &#8216;Do not let the prophets or those among you who claim to be able to predict the future by divination<n id="2" /> deceive you. And do not pay any attention to the dreams that you are encouraging them to dream.

<p class="poetry">The terror you inspire in others<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you.p> <p class="poetry">You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks;p> <p class="poetry">you may occupy the highest places in the hills.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">But even if you made your home where the eagles nest,p> <p class="poetry">I would bring you down from there,&#8221;p> <p class="poetry">says the <sc>Lordsc>.p>

Now don&#8217;t let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don&#8217;t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how<n id="1" /> can your gods rescue<n id="2" /> you from my power?&#8217;&#8221;p>