Pay attention, <sc>Lordsc>, and hear! Open your eyes, <sc>Lordsc>, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!<n id="1" />

But they<n id="1" /> pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices.

Isaiah said to Hezekiah, &#8220;Listen to the word of the <sc>Lordsc>,

<p class="bodytext">When Athaliah heard the royal guard<n id="1" /> shout, she joined the crowd<n id="2" /> at the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors,<n id="1" /> who had not trusted the <sc>Lordsc> their God.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

Look, I will take control of his mind;<n id="1" /> he will receive<n id="2" /> a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down<n id="3" /> with a sword in his own land.&#8221;&#8217;&#8221;p>

When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes.

This happened because they did not obey<n id="1" /> the <sc>Lordsc> their God and broke his agreement with them.<n id="2" /> They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s servant, had commanded.<n id="3" />p>

Perhaps the <sc>Lordsc> your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God.<n id="1" /> When the <sc>Lordsc> your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said.<n id="2" /> So pray for this remnant that remains.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

&#8216;You displayed a sensitive spirit<n id="1" /> and humbled yourself before the <sc>Lordsc> when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people.<n id="2" /> You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,&#8217; says the <sc>Lordsc>.

Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking,<n id="1" /> so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border.<n id="2" />

Elisha replied, &#8220;Hear the word of the <sc>Lordsc>! This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;About this time tomorrow a seah<n id="1" /> of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.&#8217;&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner,<n id="1" /> fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window.

<p class="bodytext">Jehoahaz asked for the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s mercy<n id="1" /> and the <sc>Lordsc> responded favorably,<n id="2" /> for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria.<n id="3" />

But Amaziah would not heed the warning,<n id="1" /> so King Jehoash of Israel attacked.<n id="2" /> He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face<n id="3" /> in Beth Shemesh of Judah.

The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request;<n id="1" /> he<n id="2" /> attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people<n id="3" /> to Kir and executed Rezin.p>

<p class="bodytext">The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect,<n id="1" /> &#8220;Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria.

<p class="bodytext">When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning.<n id="1" />

The king<n id="1" /> heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him.<n id="2" /> He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them: