16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, ^senthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; ^tyou have made the heavens and the earth. 17 ^uIncline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear ^vall the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18 Truly, O Lord, ^wthe kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 20 So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”