The Assyrian officials said terrible things about the LORD God and his servant Hezekiah.
Don't be fooled by Hezekiah! No god of any nation has ever been able to stand up to Assyria. Believe me, your God cannot keep you safe!
Sennacherib's letter even made fun of the LORD. It said, “The gods of other nations could not save their people from Assyria's army, and neither will the God that Hezekiah worships.”
They dare to speak against God and to order others around.
People will do to you exactly what they did to me. They will do it because you belong to me, and they don't know the one who sent me.