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2 Kings 18:30-35

30 Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’ 31 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: ‘Make your peace with me ^{▼

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Hebrew Make a blessing with me} and come out to me. Then ^beach one of you will eat of his own vine, and each one of his own fig tree, and each one of you will drink the water of his own cistern, 32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, ^ca land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and ^dhoney, that you may live, and not die. And do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you by saying, “The Lord will deliver us.” 33 ^eHas any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 ^fWhere are the gods of ^gHamath and ^hArpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and ⁱIvvah? Have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? 35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their lands out of my hand ^jthat the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?’”