² But Pharaoh said, “^(A)Who is the Lord that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the Lord, and besides, ^(B)I will not let Israel go.”

¹⁸ Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying, “^(A)The Lord will save us.” Has any one of the gods of the nations saved his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? ¹⁹ Where are the gods of ^(B)Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of ^(C)Sepharvaim? And when have they ^(D)saved Samaria from my hand? ²⁰ Who among all the ^(E)gods of these lands have saved their land from my hand, that the ^(F)Lord would save Jerusalem from my hand?’”

¹⁵ Now if you are ready, ^(A)at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, ^[a]lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe, and all kinds of musical instruments, to fall down and worship the statue that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will ^[b]immediately be ^(B)thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and ^(C)what god is there who can rescue you from my hands?”