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Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me?
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Don’t you realize that Hezekiah is the very person who destroyed all the LORD ’s shrines and altars? He commanded Judah and Jerusalem to worship only at the altar at the Temple and to offer sacrifices on it alone.
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“Surely you must realize what I and the other kings of Assyria before me have done to all the people of the earth! Were any of the gods of those nations able to rescue their people from my power?
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Which of their gods was able to rescue its people from the destructive power of my predecessors? What makes you think your God can rescue you from me?
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Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you! Don’t let him fool you like this! I say it again—no god of any nation or kingdom has ever yet been able to rescue his people from me or my ancestors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power!”
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And Sennacherib’s officers further mocked the LORD God and his servant Hezekiah, heaping insult upon insult.