Sirach 48:20

20 They called upon the Lord who is merciful, reaching out their hands to him. The holy one at once heard them from heaven, and he rescued them through Isaiah.

Sirach 48:20 In-Context

18 During his rule, Sennacherib moved on Jerusalem, commissioned the field commander, and departed. The field commander attacked Zion, and made great boasts in his arrogance.
19 Then the people's hearts and hands were shaken, and they were in agony like a woman who is in labor.
20 They called upon the Lord who is merciful, reaching out their hands to him. The holy one at once heard them from heaven, and he rescued them through Isaiah.
21 The Lord struck down the camp of the Assyrians, and his messenger destroyed them.
22 Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he kept to the ways of David his ancestor, as Isaiah the prophet, who was great and whose visions were reliable, had commanded.
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