“Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
The king of Assyria sends messengers to Hezekiah with an escalated message not to be deceived by God's promise to deliver the city, returning to the rhetorical assault on faith. The oracle shows the Assyrian king's refusal to accept the possibility that his plans might be frustrated. The repetition of the message to Hezekiah suggests both the importance of the ultimatum and the Assyrian king's determination to break Judean resistance.
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