They kept testing him and caused terrible pain for the Holy One of Israel.
Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel.
Our LORD and our King, the Holy One of Israel, you are truly our shield.
Israel, you are a sinful nation loaded down with guilt. You are wicked and corrupt and have turned from the LORD, the holy God of Israel.
I swear that not one of these Israelites will enter the land I promised to give their ancestors. These people have seen my power in Egypt and in the desert, but they will never see Canaan. They have disobeyed and tested me too many times.
Then they said to one another, “Let's choose our own leader and go back.”
But our ancestors refused to obey Moses. They rejected him and wanted to go back to Egypt.
so don't try to make him prove that he can help you, as you did at Massah.