20 But Hez·e·kiʹah+ the king and Isaiah*+ the son of Aʹmoz,+ the prophet,+ kept praying over this+ and crying to the heavens for aid.+

17 “Between the porch and the altar+ let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep and say, ‘Do feel sorry, O Jehovah, for your people, and do not make your inheritance a reproach,+ for nations to rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples: “Where is their God?”’+