He replied, "Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will."

He replied, "Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will."

Don't let Hezekiah fool you into thinking that the LORD will rescue you. Did the gods of any other nations save their countries from the emperor of Assyria?

Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like that. Don't believe him! No god of any nation has ever been able to save his people from any Assyrian emperor. So certainly this god of yours can't save you!"

And don't let him persuade you to rely on the LORD. Don't think that the LORD will save you and that he will stop our Assyrian army from capturing your city.

to tell him, "The god you are trusting in has told you that you will not fall into my hands, but don't let that deceive you.

They talk about me and say, "God will not help him."

I trust in the LORD for safety. How foolish of you to say to me, "Fly away like a bird to the mountains,

There is nothing a good person can do when everything falls apart."

"You relied on the LORD," they say. "Why doesn't he save you? If the LORD likes you, why doesn't he help you?"

I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, "Where is your God?"

They say, "God has abandoned him; let's go after him and catch him; there is no one to rescue him."

He trusts in God and claims to be God's Son. Well, then, let us see if God wants to save him now!"