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Some of them did what was right, but others sinned more and more.
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Hezekiah fortified his city, and brought water into its midst; he tunneled the rock with iron tools, and built cisterns for the water.
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In his days Sennacherib invaded the country; he sent his commander and departed; he shook his fist against Zion, and made great boasts in his arrogance.
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Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in labor.
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But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading out their hands toward him. The Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them through Isaiah.
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The Lord struck down the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.
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For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he kept firmly to the ways of his ancestor David, as he was commanded by the prophet Isaiah, who was great and trustworthy in his visions.
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In Isaiah's days the sun went backward, and he prolonged the life of the king.
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By his dauntless spirit he saw the future, and comforted the mourners in Zion.
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He revealed what was to occur to the end of time, and the hidden things before they happened.