“Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.”
Hezekiah appeals to God to incline the divine ear and listen, to open the divine eyes and see the words of Sennacherib, who has sent the message to reproach the living God. The prayer treats the Assyrian threat as fundamentally a challenge to God's honor and as blasphemy against God's name. The oracle shows the king's understanding that the crisis is ultimately theological: God's reputation and holiness are at stake.
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