Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief and reported to him what the chief adviser had said.

When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple.

I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.