The king of Assyria also wrote letters that insulted the Lord God of Israel. This is what the king of Assyria said in those letters: “The gods of the other nations could not stop me from destroying their people. In the same way Hezekiah’s god won’t be able to stop me from destroying his people.”
But Pharaoh said, “Who is the Lord? Why should I obey him? Why should I let Israel go? I don’t even know who this Lord is, so I refuse to let Israel go.”
I defeated those evil kingdoms and now I control them. The idols {\cf2\super [115]} those people worship are better than the idols of Jerusalem and Samaria.
“I am the Lord.\par My name is YAHWEH.\par I will not give my glory to another.\par I will not let statues (false gods)\par take the praise that should be mine.\par