⁴ It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule^(A) the living God, and that he will rebuke^(B) him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant^(C) that still survives.”

¹⁶ Give ear,^(A) Lord, and hear;^(B) open your eyes,^(C) Lord, and see; listen to the words Sennacherib has sent to ridicule the living God.