Isaiah 37

March 4, 2022

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Isaiah 37 (NIV)

Jerusalem’s Deliverance Foretold
1 When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. 2 He sent Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the secretary, and the leading priests, all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. 3 They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth and there is no strength to deliver them.........Continue Reading

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  1. Such a good response from the people and Hezekiah. At the end of chpt. 36 they did not respond to this taunting as instructed, however, they tore their clothes recognizing the trouble that lie before them. But Hezekiah went directly to God….not to the counsel of men or priests.
    And I love that God’s response begins with “Because you prayed to Me” a recognition that God wants us to ask, seek, and go to Him and when we do He will respond. So cool to think we always have an audience with God and sad to think how often we take that for granted and go things alone!

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  2. We are so much stronger than we think but only with God can that strength be put to the world’s test. Standing on our own is just waiting for defeat but with the full armor of God we can overcome all things that come against us..

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  5. Hezekiah has the right response of humility, seeking God’s presence and turning to God’s prophet when faced with this overwhelming situation. It is unfortunate when sending his envoys to the prophet Isaiah he says your God instead of our God, but later in the chapter he engages with God personally. So Isaiah provides the revelation that God will make nothing of this foe that seems so powerful at this juncture. And yet the Assyrian field commander continues his taunting and discrediting of God and Hezekiah. Even though God will take care of the situation, He allows things to persist for a time for events to develop, faith to be built and further revelation to be provided. So Hezekiah does an even better thing and talks to God himself. And God gives such a perfect answer through the prophet reenforcing the role that he has before the king. God affirms Hezekiah’s prayer as well as shows that even though the Assyrians boast in their might, they are nothing before Him. He is the One who foresees and controls even their actions and He is the One who calls the shots. How dare they mock Him who is above them. He even gives Hezekiah a sign assuring him that Jerusalem and Judah will be safe. What He shares and what He will do is nothing short of miraculous and faith in the promise can bring the peace as if God has already taken care for it even though He hasn’t. But God does make short order of this boaster and his armies. Just when you thought you had what it takes to come against His people and challenge their God, He sends an angel to kill 185,000 of them without the Israelites lifting a finger. Now that is a great God worthy of our trust in how He will take care of us.

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  6. Love this chapter.
    I can just visualize Hezekiah laying Sennacherib’s letter on a table in the house of the Lord and closing his eyes and praying over it. He recognizes God’s power and might. “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, the One who dwells between the cherubim, You are God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.”
    God answers and tells him exactly what He will do to Sennacherib.

    I was thinking of God’s name “the Lord of Hosts” and realizing that a “host” is an army.
    Host – that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host

    Hezekiah didn’t even need to raise and army, God’s army….actually, just one angel! went to battle. “Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.”

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