18:22a But if you say to me,

“But perhaps you (plur.) will say to me,

-or-

“You may say that

18:22b ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’

‘We (excl.) rely on Yahweh our (excl.) God.’

-or-

you (plur.) are trusting in Yahweh your God.

18:22c is He not the One whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed,

18:22c-e is a rhetorical question. It functions as an emphatic statement.

But ⌊I hear/know that⌋ Hezekiah tore down his shrines and altars.

-or-

But Hezekiah has destroyed his places of worship and his altars!

18:22d saying to Judah and Jerusalem:

Hezekiah told ⌊the people of⌋ Jerusalem and ⌊the rest of⌋ Judah,

-or-

He forced ⌊everyone in⌋ Judah, including ⌊those in⌋ Jerusalem,

18:22e ‘You must worship before this altar in Jerusalem’?

‘You (plur.) must worship God ⌊only⌋ at the altar in Jerusalem.’

-or-

to worship at the altar here in Jerusalem.

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