12It was Elijah who was covered by the whirlwind,
and Elisha was filled with his spirit;
in all his days he did not tremble before any ruler,
and no one brought him into subjection.
13Nothing was too hard for him,
and when he was dead his body prophesied.
14As in his life he did wonders,
so in death his deeds were marvelous.
15For all this the people did not repent,
and they did not forsake their sins,
till they were carried away captive from their land
and were scattered over all the earth;
the people were left very few in number,
but with rulers from the house of David.
16Some of them did what was pleasing to God,
but others multiplied sins.
17Hezekiah fortified his city,
and brought water into the midst of it;
he tunneled the sheer rock with iron
and built pools for water.
18In his days Sennacherib came up,
and sent the Rabshakeh;
he lifted up his hand against Zion
and made great boasts in his arrogance.
19Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled,
and they were in anguish, like women in travail.
20But 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.
21The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians,
and his angel wiped them out.
22For 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 24By the spirit of might he saw the last things,
and comforted those who mourned in Zion.
25He revealed what was to occur to the end of time,
and the hidden things before they came to pass.
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