Gifts from Merodach Baladan, the king of Babylon, letters from him. Hilkiah – well again – shows all his treasures, his kingdom to the emissaries. Isaiah reproaches Hilkiah because the Lord says nothing will stay here, everything goes to Babylon. Your sons will be humiliated as courtiers in the court of Babylon The word of the Lord is good says Hilkiah to Isaiah. Because he thought after all there will be peace and security as long as I live