and he said, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;Make many cisterns in this valley,&#8217;<n id="1" />

Isaiah said to them, &#8220;Tell your master this: &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says: &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid because of the things you have heard &#8211; these insults the king of Assyria&#8217;s servants have hurled against me.<n id="1" />

Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the <sc>Lordsc>: &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard:

Therefore this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8220;You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!&#8221;&#8217;&#8221; So Elijah went on his way.p>

<p class="bodytext">The king<n id="1" /> sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him,<n id="2" /> &#8220;Prophet, this is what the king says, &#8216;Come down at once!&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />

for this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;You will not feel<n id="1" /> any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.&#8217;

But his attendant said, &#8220;How can I feed a hundred men with this?&#8221;<n id="1" /> He replied, &#8220;Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;They will eat and have some left over.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

Then he said, &#8220;May God judge me severely<n id="1" /> if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

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;

But they said, &#8220;You&#8217;re lying! Tell us what he said.&#8221; So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said,<n id="1" /> &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;I have designated you as king over Israel.&#8217;&#8221;

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 this is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, &#8216;I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it.<n id="1" />

and she said to them: &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says: &#8216;Say this to the man who sent you to me:

He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8216;I have purified<n id="1" /> this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops.&#8221;<n id="2" />

Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, &#8216;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> says, &#8220;I have designated<n id="1" /> you as king over Israel.&#8221;&#8217; Then open the door and run away quickly!&#8221;<n id="2" />p>

So Jehu<n id="1" /> got up and went inside. Then the prophet<n id="2" /> poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, &#8220;This is what the <sc>Lordsc> God of Israel says, &#8216;I have designated you as king over the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s people Israel.

So the horseman<n id="1" /> went to meet him and said, &#8220;This is what the king says, &#8216;Is everything all right?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehu replied, &#8220;None of your business!<n id="3" /> Follow me.&#8221; The watchman reported, &#8220;The messenger reached them, but hasn&#8217;t started back.&#8221;

So he sent a second horseman out to them<n id="1" /> and he said, &#8220;This is what the king says, &#8216;Is everything all right?&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" /> Jehu replied, &#8220;None of your business! Follow me.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">The chief adviser said to them, &#8220;Tell Hezekiah: &#8216;This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: &#8220;What is your source of confidence?<n id="1" />

Don&#8217;t listen to Hezekiah!&#8217; For this is what the king of Assyria says, &#8216;Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me.<n id="1" /> Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,