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'Now therefore, do not let Hezekiahdeceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for 1no*god of anynation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. Howmuch*less will your Goddeliver you from my hand?' "
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'Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands able at all to deliver their land from my hand?
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'Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?
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'Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?' "
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His servants spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
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He also wrote letters to insult the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of the lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand."