Isaiah 37:1-38 Hezekiah Prays to the Lord God with the Letter From Assyria's King

Hezekiah Prays to the Lord God with the Letter From Assyria's King

Isaiah 37:1-38                               The Book of Isaiah [in Smaller Chunks]

And it [happened,] when king Hezekiah heard it, that he [tore] his clothes, & covered himself with sackcloth, & went into the [Lord's] house. And [Hezekiah] sent Eliakim, who was over the household; Shebna, the scribe; & the [priests'] elders covered with sackcloth, [all the way] to Isaiah, the prophet, [who was] [Amoz'] son.

And they said to [Isaiah,] Hezekiah [said this,] This day is a day of: trouble, [reprimand,] & of blasphemy: for the children, [a.k.a. people, have] come to the birth, & there is [no] strength to [deliver.] [Psalm 36:38-40 But the transgressors shall be destroyed together. The end of the wicked shall be cut off. But the Lord is the Salvation of the righteous. He Is their strength in the time of trouble. And the Lord shall help them, & deliver them. He shall deliver them from the wicked, & save them, because they trust in Him.]

It may be the Lord your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom [Assyria's] king, his master, [has] sent to [ridicule] the Living God, & will [reprimand] the words [that] the Lord your God [has] heard. [For this reason,] lift up your prayer for [those remaining, who are] left.

So, king [Hezekiah's] servants came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said to them, You shall say [this] to your master, The Lord [says this, Don't] be afraid of the words that you [have] heard, [in which] the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. [Watch,] I will send a [severe reprimand] upon him, & he shall hear a [rumor,] & return to his own land. And I will cause him to fall by the sword, in his own land. So, Rabshakeh returned, & found [Assyria's] king [battling] against Libnah: for he had heard that he [had left] from Lachish.

And [Rabshakeh] heard say [about] Tirhakah, [Ethiopia's] king, He [has] come [out] to make war with you. And when [Rabshakeh] heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, You shall [say this] to Hezekiah, [Judah's] king, saying, [Don't] let your God, in Whom you [trust,] deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of [Assyria's] king.

[Look,] you [have] heard what the king of Assyria [has] done to all the lands by [totally] destroying them, & [shall] you be delivered? Have the gods of the nations [that] my [forefathers] have destroyed, delivered them, [like:] Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, & the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Eden, [who] were in Telassar? Where [are] the king of Hamath; the king of Arphad; & the king of the [cities] of: Sepharvaim, Hena, & Ivah?

And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, & read it. And Hezekaih went up [into] the [Lord's] house, & spread [the letter] before the Lord. And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying, O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, [Who dwells] between the cherubims, You [Are] the God, even You Alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth.

You [have] made heaven & earth. [Lean] Your ear, O Lord, & hear. Open Your eyes, O Lord, & see. And hear all the words of Sennacherib, [who has] sent to [disgrace] the Living God. [Truthfully,] Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid [to] waste all the nations, & their countries, & have [thrown] their gods into the fire: for they [weren't] gods, but the work of men's hands, [of:] wood & stone.

Therefore, they have destroyed them. O Lord, our God, therefore, now save us from his hand, [so] that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You [Are] the Lord, even You only.

Then, Isaiah, [Amoz'] son, sent to Hezekiah, saying, The Lord God of Israel, [says this, Since] you [have] prayed to Me against Sennacherib, [Assyria's] king, This is the Word [that] the Lord [has] spoken [about] him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, [a.k.a. Jerusalem, has] despised you, & [scornfully] laughed [at] you.

The daughter of Jerusalem [has] shaken her head at you. Whom [have] you [disgraced] & blasphemed? And against Whom [have] you [raised] your voice, & lifted up your eyes on high? Even against the Holy One of Israel.

[Isaiah 2:11-12 The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, & the [arrogance] of men shall be bowed down, & the Lord Alone shall be exalted [on] that Day. For the Day of the Lord of Hosts, shall be upon everyone, [who] proud & lofty, & upon everyone [who] is lifted up; & he shall be brought low.]

You [have disgraced] the Lord, by your servants, & [have] said, By the multitude of my chariots, I [have] come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides; of Lebanon & I will cut down [its] tall cedar trees, & [its best] fir trees. And I will enter into the height of [God's] border, & the forest of His Carmel. I have [dug] with the [soles] of my feet, & drunk water.  I have dried up all the rivers of the places [surrounded by troops.]

[Haven't] you, [a.k.a. Sennacherib,] heard, Long ago, how I have done it, & that I have formed it [in] ancient times? [Isaiah 22:11 You also made a ditch, [a.k.a. aqueduct,] between the 2 walls for the water of the old pool: but you haven't looked to [its] Maker, neither [did you show] respect to Him, [Who] fashioned it long ago.]

Now, I have [had] [it happen, so] that you [should] be to [destroy fortified] cities into ruinous heaps. Therefore, their [residents had little] power, & they were [distressed & confused.]

They were [like] the grass of the field, & the green herb, & [like] the grass on the [rooftops,] & [like] corn [scorched] before it [has] grown up. But I know your abode, [a.k.a. where you live,] & your going out, & your coming in, & your rage against Me. Because your rage against Me, & your [commotion has] come up into [My] ears.

Therefore, I will put My hook in your nose, & My bridle in your lips, & I will turn you back, by the [road of] which you [came.] And this shall be a sign to you, This year, you shall eat [what grows] of itself. The 2nd year, [you shall eat,] [what sprouts up] of the same [plants.]

And in the 3rd year, you [shall] sow [seeds,] & reap, [a.k.a. harvest,] & plant vineyards, & eat of [its] fruit. And the [remaining ,from] the house of Judah,  [who have] escaped, shall again take root downward, & [produce] fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, & [those who] escape out of Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts shall do this.

[Isaiah 9:6-7 *For unto us a Child is born, & unto us a Son is given. And the government shall be upon His shoulder. And His Name shall be called: Wonderful, [Counselor,] The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Upon the throne of David, & upon His Kingdom. *There shall be no end of the increase of His government, to order, [a.k.a. command,] it, & to establish it with: judgment, justice, & Peace, from [now on,] & even forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will [accomplish] this.]

Therefore, the Lord [says this about Assyria's] king, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor [throw] [up] [an embankment] against it. He shall return by the same [road] that he came, & shall not come into this city, [says] the Lord.

For I will defend this city to save it for [My] Own sake, & for My servant, David's sake. Then, the Angel of the Lord went [out,] & [killed] 185,000 of the [Assyrian's] camp. And when [the Israelites] arose early in the morning, they [saw,] they were all dead corpses.

So, Sennacherib, [Assyria's] king departed, & went & returned, & [lived in] Nineveh. And it [happened,] as [Sennacherib] was worshiping  in the house of Nisroch, his god, that his sons, Adrammelech & Sharezer, [struck him down] with the sword, & they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar Haddon, [Sennacherib's] son, [ruled] in his [place.]