and the LORD said to him, "Go to the people and tell them to spend today and tomorrow purifying themselves for worship. They must wash their clothes

The stars fought from the sky; as they moved across the sky, they fought against Sisera.

Then King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed to God and cried out to him for help.

In this way the LORD rescued King Hezekiah and the people of Jerusalem from the power of Sennacherib, the emperor of Assyria, and also from their other enemies. He let the people live in peace with all the neighboring countries.

Every fish and bird, every animal large and small, and every human being on the face of the earth will tremble for fear of me. Mountains will fall, cliffs will crumble, and every wall will collapse.

I will punish him with disease and bloodshed. Torrents of rain and hail, together with fire and sulfur, will pour down on him and his army and on the many nations that are on his side.

"Stop fighting," he says, "and know that I am God, supreme among the nations, supreme over the world."

Every nation that heard how the LORD had defeated Israel's enemies was terrified,

so Jehoshaphat ruled in peace, and God gave him security on every side.

The LORD is in his holy Temple; let everyone on earth be silent in his presence.

Be silent, everyone, in the presence of the LORD, for he is coming from his holy dwelling place.