19:16a Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear;

Yahweh, please pay attention. Please hear.

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O Yahweh, listen ⌊to me⌋ and hear ⌊me⌋ !

19:16b open Your eyes, O LORD, and see.

Please look ⌊down at us (excl.) ⌋ and see ⌊our situation/danger⌋ !

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Look well/carefully at ⌊what is happening⌋ !

19:16c Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

Please listen to the words with which Sennacherib is insulting ⌊you (sing.), ⌋ the God who lives.

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Listen to the message Sennacherib sent to insult ⌊you,⌋ the true/real God!

19:16a-c (reordered)

Now, Lord, look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God. (Good News Translation)

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