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# General Information:
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This is the message that King Sennacharib of Assyria sent to King Hezekiah.
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# Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying
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"Do not believe your God in whom you trust. He is lying when he says"
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# the hand of the king of Assyria
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"Hand" is metonymy for control, authority or power. AT: "the control of the government of Assyria" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# See, you have heard
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"Notice, you have heard" or "You have certainly heard." Here "see" was used to draw attention to what he was about to say next.
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# So will you be rescued?
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Sennacharib used this question to emphasize that God will not be able to rescue them. AT: "Your God will not rescue you!" or "You will not be able to escape either!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hezekiah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdomofjudah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/trust]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/deceive]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jerusalem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/assyria]]
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