⁷ Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

⁸ With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

¹² Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

²² Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?