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Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled, and they were in anguish, like women in travail.
20
But they called upon the Lord who is merciful, spreading forth their hands toward him; and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven, and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
21
The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians, and his angel wiped them out.
22
For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord, and he held strongly to the ways of David his father, which Isaiah the prophet commanded, who was great and faithful in his vision.
23
In his days the sun went backward, and he lengthened the life of the king.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.