2 Kings 19:1-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

Isaiah Encourages Hezekiah

19 ^(A)And when King Hezekiah heard it, he ^(B)tore his clothes, ^(C)covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the Lord. ² Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, ^(D)covered with sackcloth, to ^(E)Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. ³ They said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah, ‘This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no strength to deliver.