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In Isaiah, chapter thirty-eight, verse five, “Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.” God’s statement that Hezekiah must prepare for death and Hezekiah’s prayer to God, as in […]

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-eight, verse one, “In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.” Through Isaiah, God prophesied that Hezekiah would die as the

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verse thirty-six, the destruction of the Assyrian army was foretold in chapters ten, verses three through thirty-four, thirty, verse thirty-one, and thirty-one, verse eight, respectively. In the first scriptures God used the Assyrians to punish His godless people. Then would punish the Assyrian for their pride and arrogance where Isaiah prophesied

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verse twenty, for all the kingdoms of the earth may know that the land under the protection of Yahweh would be saved, and all the nations would know that it could not be by the power of an idol. The desire of Hezekiah was not primarily that of his own personal

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verses fourteen through twenty, “And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, “O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verse ten, “Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” This is Rabshaketh, the field commander of Sennacherib’s army, speaking on behalf of the king

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verse seven, “Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” This phrase refers to an inner voice sent by God to influence a person’s conduct

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verse one, “And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.” Rabshaketh’s intimidation and accusations were unworthy of a response, as demonstrated in chapter thirty-six, verse twenty-one, but they were worthy of

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-six, verse twenty, “Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?” Rabshaketh mockingly suggested that the God of Judah was not powerful enough to deliver Jerusalem from His army. He implied

In Isaiah, chapter thirty-six, verses four through ten, beginning at verse four, “And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?” Rabshaketh, the field commander of Sennacherib’s army, attempted to undermine the people’s confidence in the Lord through