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until I come and take you away to a land like your own land-a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey-so that you may live and not die. But don't listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying: The Lord will deliver us.
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Has any of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land from the power of the king of Assyria?
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Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand?
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Who among all the gods of the lands has delivered his land from my power? So how is the Lord to deliver Jerusalem?' "
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But the people kept silent; they answered him not a word, for the king's command was, "Don't answer him."
Footnotes 1
[a].
Some LXX, Vg mss read Sepharvaim? Where are the gods of the land of Samaria?