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until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land with grain and wine, a land with bread and vineyards, a land with olive trees and honey; so that you can live and not die. So don't listen to Hizkiyahu; he is only deluding you when he says, "ADONAI will save us."
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Has any god of any nation ever saved his land from the power of the king of Ashur?
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Where are the gods of Hamat and Arpad? Where are the gods of S'farvayim, Hena and 'Ivah? Did they save Shomron from my power?
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Where is the god of any country that has saved its country from my power, so that ADONAI might be able to save Yerushalayim from my power?'"
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But the people kept still and didn't answer him so much as a word; for the king's order was, "Don't answer him."
Complete Jewish Bible Copyright 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Jewish New Testament Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. Used by permission.