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And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,
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And it came to pass, when king Ezekias heard he rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth, and went up to the house of the Lord.
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And he sent Heliakim the steward, and Somnas the scribe, and the elders of the priests clothed with sackcloth, to Esaias the son of Amos, the prophet. And they said to him, Thus says Ezekias,
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To-day is a day of affliction, and reproach, and rebuke, and anger: for the pangs are come upon the travailing , but she has not strength to bring forth.
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May the Lord thy God hear the words of Rabsaces, which the king of the Assyrians has sent, to reproach the living God, even to reproach with the words which the Lord thy God has heard: therefore thou shalt pray to thy Lord for these that are left.