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This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: âShe despises you, she scorns youâ 1the virgin daughter of Zion; she 2wags her head behind youâthe daughter of Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 19:21 In-Context
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So now, O Lord our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O Lord, are God alone. â
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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, âThus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
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This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: âShe despises you, she scorns youâ the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind youâthe daughter of Jerusalem.
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âWhom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, âWith my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest lodging place, its most fruitful forest.