Isaiah 37:1-4
Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help
37Now it happened that awhen King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of Yahweh. 2Then he sent aEliakim, who was over the household with bShebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to cIsaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. 3And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a aday of distress, reproof, and rejection; for bchildren have come to the point of breaking forth, but there is no strength to give birth. 4‘Perhaps Yahweh your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to 1,areproach the living God, and will reprove the words which Yahweh your God has heard. Therefore, lift up a prayer for bthe remnant that is left.’”