ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

PROPHET - DATE

JONAH (825-785BC)?

JOEL (800BC)?

HOSEA (785-725BC)?

MICAH (785-710BC)?

AMOS (784BC)?

ISAIAH (701-681BC)?

NAHUM (700BC)?

ZEPHANIAH (630BC)?

JEREMIAH (629-588BC)?

DANIEL (606-534BC)?

HABAKKUK (598BC)?

EZEKIEL (597-573BC)?

OBADIAH (588-562BC)?

EZRA (536-456BC)?

HAGGAI (532-512BC)?

ZECHARIAH (520-475BC)?

NEHEMIAH (465-424BC)?

MALACHI (420-397BC)?

KING / EVENT - DATE

TIGLATH-PILESER (745-727BC)?

HEZEKIAH (JUDAH) (726-698BC)?

SHALMANESER (727-722BC)?

ISRAEL TAKEN CAPTIVE (722BC)?

SENNACHERIB (705-681BC)?

NEBUCHADNEZZAR (605-562BC)?

ZEDEKIAH (JUDAH) (597-586BC)?

JUDAH TAKEN CAPTIVE (586BC)?

BELSHAZZAR (541-523BC)?

CYRUS (559-529BC)?

BABYLON DESTROYED (536BC)?

DARIUS (511-475BC)?

OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVENHEZEKIAH SENDS FOR ISAIAH V. 1-4

ISAIAH SAYS SENNACHERIB WILL BE DESTROYED V. 5-7

SENNACHERIB SENDS A LETTER TO HEZEKIAH V. 9-13

HEZEKIAH TAKES THE LETTER TO THE TEMPLEAND PRAYS TO THE LORD V. 14-20

ISAIAH TELLS HEZEKIAH: HIS PRAYER IS HEARDJERUSALEM SHALL BE DELIVEREDAND THE ASSYRIANS SHALL BE DESTROYED V. 21-35

THAT NIGHT GOD KILLS 185,000 ASSYRIANS V. 36

SENNACHERIB RETURNS TO NINEVEHAND IS KILLED BY HIS OWN SONS V. 37-38

READ: ISAIAH 37:1-2ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE

1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2

ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

WHY DID HEZEKIAH TEAR HIS CLOTHESAND COVER HIMSELF IN SACKCLOTH?

WHY DID HEZEKIAH GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD?

WHO DID HEZEKIAH SEND TO ISAIAH?ELIAKIM? SHEBNA? ELDERS?

WHY?


ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

WHY DID HEZEKIAH TEAR HIS CLOTHES?

WHY DID REUBEN TEAR HIS CLOTHES?READ: GENESIS 37:29-31

29 Then Reuben returned to the pit, and indeed Joseph was not in the pit; and he tore his clothes.30 And he returned to his brothers and said, “The lad is no more; and I, where shall I go?” 31 So they took Joseph's tunic, killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the tunic in the blood.

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ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.

WHY DID HEZEKIAH TEAR HIS CLOTHES?

WHY DID JACOB TEAR HIS CLOTHES?READ: GENESIS 37:32-35

32 Then they sent the tunic of many colors, and they brought it to their father and said, "We have found this. Do you know whether it is your son's tunic or not?“ 33 and he recognized it and said, “It is my son's tunic. A wild beast has devoured him. Without doubt Joseph is torn to pieces.”34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his waist, and mourned for his son many days.35 And all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted, and he said, “For I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” Thus his father wept for him.




WHY WOULD THE ISRAELITES GO TO THE TEMPLE?

WHAT DID SOLOMON ASK THE LORD TO DO?READ: 1 KINGS 8:33-34

33 When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You. And when they turn back to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication to You in this temple,34 Then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. NKJV




WHY DID DAVID GO TO THE SANCTUARY?READ: PSALMS 73:16-17

16 When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me —

17 Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end. NKJV

WHAT DID JESUS SAY ABOUT GOD’S HOUSE?READ: MATTHEW 21:13

13 And he said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’” NKJV



WHY DID HEZEKIAH SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH?

WHAT DID JEHOSHAPHAT WANT KING AHAB TO DO? READ: 1 KINGS 22:4-7

4 So he said to Jehoshaphat, “Will you go with me to fight at Ramoth Gilead?” Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses.”5 Also Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire for the word of the LORD today.” 6 Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, “Shall I go against Ramoth Gilead to fight, or shall I refrain?” So they said, “Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king.” 7 And Jehoshaphat said, “Is there not still a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of Him?” NKJV


ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 1 And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD.2 Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.


WHO DID AHAZIAH SEND MESSENGERS TO?READ: 2 KINGS 1:2-6

2 Now Ahaziah fell through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria, and was injured; so he sent messengers and said to them, “Go, inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I shall recover from this injury.”3 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?’




WHAT DID ELIJAH SAY TO THE MESSENGERS?READ: 2 KINGS 1:2-6

4 Now therefore, thus says the LORD: ‘You shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’” So Elijah departed.5 And when the messengers returned to him, he said to them, “Why have you come back?“6 So they said to him, “A man came up to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go, return to the king who sent you, and say to him, “Thus says the LORD: ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.””” NKJV




HOW DID JOSIAH RESPOND TO THE READINGOF THE BOOK OF THE LAW?

READ: 2 KINGS 22:11-2011 Now it happened, when Josiah the king heard the words of the Book of the Law he tore his clothes.12 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Michaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying,13 “Go, inquire of the LORD for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”




WHO DID JOSIAH SEND MESSENGERS TO? WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 22:11-20

14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe. (She dwelt in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter.) And they spoke with her.15 Then she said to them, “Thus says the LORD God of Israel, ‘Tell the man who sent you to Me,16 “Thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will bring calamity on this place and on its inhabitants — all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read — 17 Because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched.””




WHO DID JOSIAH SEND MESSENGER TO? WHY?READ: 2 KINGS 22:11-20

18 But as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, in this manner you shall speak to him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Concerning the words which you have heard —19 Because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and you tore your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you,” says the LORD.20 Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place.”’” So they brought back word to the king. NKJV (2 CHRONICLES 34:8-28)




WHO DID HEZEKIAH SEND MESSENGERS TO?READ: 2 KINGS 18:17-20

17 Then the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh from Lachish, with a great army against Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they had come up, they went and stood by the aqueduct from the upper pool, which was on the highway to the Fuller's Field.18 And when they had called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to them.19 The Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What confidence is this in which you trust?20 You speak of having plans and power for war; but they are mere words. In whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?”’


3 And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.

4 It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'"


ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 3 And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth.4 It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'“

WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM HEZEKIAH?TROUBLESOME TIMES?

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH WANT ISAIAH TO DO?PRAY FOR THE REMNANT?

WHAT DID THEY HOPE THE LORD WOULD DO?HEAR THE REBUKE OF THE KING OF ASSYRIA?




WHY IS THERE NO STRENGTH IN THEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EPHRAIM & JUDAH?READ: HOSEA 5:10-12

10 “The princes of Judah are like those who remove a landmark; I will pour out My wrath on them like water. 11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by human precept. 12 Therefore I will be to Ephraim like a moth, And to the house of Judah like rottenness.” NKJV




WHY WAS THERE NO STRENGTH IN THEM?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT EPHRAIM & JUDAH?READ: HOSEA 13:12-13

12 “The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up. 13 The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, For he should not stay long where children are born.” NKJV


4 It may be that the LORD your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.'“

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH WANT ISAIAH TO DO?PRAY FOR THE REMANANT?

DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR PRAYERS?READ: EXODUS 2:23-25

23 Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.24 So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob.25 And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God acknowledged them. NKJV



DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR PRAYERS?READ: EXODUS 3:7-10

7 And the LORD said: “I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows.8 So I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and large land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites.9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to Me, and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them.10 Come now, therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh that you may bring My people, the children of Israel, out of Egypt.” NKJV




DID THE LORD RESPOND TO SAMUEL’S PRAYER?READ: 1 SAMUEL 7:7-8

7 Now when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel had gathered together at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines.8 So the children of Israel said to Samuel, “Do not cease to cry out to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines.” NKJV



DID THE LORD RESPOND TO DAVID’S PRAYER?READ: 2 SAMUEL 16:11-14

11 And David said to Abishai and all his servants, “See how my son who came from my own body seeks my life. How much more now may this Benjamite? Let him alone, and let him curse; for so the LORD has ordered him.12 It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day.”13 And as David and his men went along the road, Shimei went along the hillside opposite him and cursed as he went, threw stones at him and kicked up dust.14 The king and all the people who were with him became weary. So they refreshed themselves there. NKJV




DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THEIR PRAYERS?READ: PSALMS 50:19-21

19 You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit. 20 You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son. 21 These things you have done, and I kept silent; You thought that I was altogether like you, But I will rebuke you, And set them in order before your eyes. NKJV




WHO DID SENNACHERIB SPEAK AGAINST?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:17-19

17 He also wrote letters to revile the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”18 Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city.19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth — the work of men's hands. NKJV


5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 And Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: "Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."'"


ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.6 And Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD: "Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.7 Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land."'"

WHAT WAS ISAIAH’S MESSAGE TO HEZEKIEH?DO NOT BE AFRAID?

WHO WILL THE LORD SEND A SPIRIT AGAINST?SENNACHERIB?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO SENNACHERIB?




WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO JOSHUA?READ: JOSHUA 1:8-9

8 “This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage. Do not be afraid Nor be dismayed. For the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.” NKJV




HOW DID THIS PERSON REPROACH ON THE LORD?READ: NUMBERS 15:30-31

30 “But the person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the LORD and he shall be cut off from among his people.31 Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off and his guilt shall be upon him.” NKJV




WHAT HAPPEN TO SAUL? WHY?READ: 1 SAMUEL 16:14-16

14 But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, And a distressing spirit from the LORD troubled him.15 And Saul's servants said to him, “Surely, a distressing spirit from God is troubling you.16 Let our master now command your servants, who are before you, to seek out a man who is a skillful player on the harp. And it shall be that he will play it with his hand when the distressing spirit from God is upon you and you shall be well.” NKJV




WHAT DID REUBEN, GAD & MANNASSEH DO?

WHO DID THE LORD STIR UP AGAINST THEM?READ: 1 CHRONICLES 5:25-26

25 And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day. NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 37:8-10SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER

(2 KINGS 19:8-19)

8 Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

9 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "He has come out to make war with you." So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

10 "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.“


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 8 Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.9 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "He has come out to make war with you." So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,10 "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.“

WHERE WAS THE KING OF ASSYRIA?

WHAT HAD SENNACHERIB HEARD?

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LIBNAH? LACHISH?

WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH?


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER

READ: 2 KINGS 19:8-198 Then the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.9 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Look, he has come out to make war with you.” So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, 10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”11 Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?”14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD.


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER

READ: 2 KINGS 19:8-1915 Then Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: “O LORD 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.16 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.17 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,18 And have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands — wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that, all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God You alone.” NKJV 2 CHRONICLES 32:9-15


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 8 Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LIBNAH? LACHISH?READ: JOSHUA 10:29-32

29 Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah; and they fought against Libnah.30 And the LORD also delivered it and its king into the hand of Israel; he struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword. He let none remain in it, but did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho.31 Then Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish; and they encamped against it and fought against it.32 And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, who took it on the second day, and struck it and all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah. NKJV


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 8 Then the Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah, for he heard that he had departed from Lachish.

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LIBNAH? LACHISH?

READ: 1 CHRONICLES 6:54-5754 Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory, for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron, of the family of the Kohathites:55 They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, with its surrounding common-lands.56 But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its common-lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its common-lands. NKJV


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 9 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, "He has come out to make war with you." So when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

WHAT HAD SENNACHERIB HEARD?WHO WAS THE KING OF ETHIOPIA? TIRHAKAH?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:9-109 And the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, “Look, he has come out to make war with you.” He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,10 “Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, “Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.” NKJV



WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH?DO NOT LET YOUR GOD DECEIVE YOU?

WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:9-15

9 After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem (but he and all the forces with him laid siege against Lachish), to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,10 “Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: ‘In what do you trust, that you remain under siege in Jerusalem?11 Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give yourselves over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, “The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?” 12 Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, “You shall worship before one altar and burn incense on it?”



WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH?DO NOT LET YOUR GOD DECEIVE YOU?

WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE TO HEZEKIAH?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:9-15

13 Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand?14 Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed that could deliver his people from my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?15 Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or persuade you like this, and do not believe him; for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?’” NKJV


11 Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?

12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?

13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?'"


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 11 Look! You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by utterly destroying them; and shall you be delivered?12 Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?'“

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?GOZAN? HARAN? REZEPH? EDEN?

HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM? HENA? IVAH?

WHAT DID THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA DO TO THEM?

WHY WERE THEIR GODS UNABLE TO DELIVER THEM?




WHERE DID THE LORD PUT ADAM & EVE?READ: GENESIS 2:8

8 The LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden, and there He put the man whom He had formed.




WHERE DID ABRAHAM’S FATHER, TERAH, DWELL?READ: GENESIS 11:31-32

31 And Terah took his son Abram and his grandson Lot, the son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and they went out with them from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to the land of Canaan. And they came to Haran and dwelt there.32 So the days of Terah were two hundred and five years, and Terah died in Haran. NKJV



WHERE DID ABRAM & SARA DWELL?READ: GENESIS 12:1-4

1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: “Get out of your country,From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And In you all the families of the earth shall be blessed. 4 So Abram departed as the LORD had spoken to him and Lot went with him. And Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. NKJV



WHERE DID ABRAM’S FATHER DWELL?READ: ACTS 7:2-5

2 And Stephen said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,3 And said to him: ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives And Come to a land that I will show you.’4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession and to his descendants after him. NKJV




TO WHAT LAND WHERE DID SHALMANESER TAKE ISRAEL?READ: 2 KINGS 17:5-6

5 Now the king of Assyria went throughout all the land and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years.6 In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. NKJV


TO WHAT LAND WHERE DID SHALMANESER TAKE ISRAEL?

READ: 2 KINGS 18:9-129 Now it came to pass in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea the son of Elah, king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.10 And at the end of three years they took it. In the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is, the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.11 Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away captive to Assyria, and put them in Halah and by the Habor, the River of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes,12 Because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant and all that Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded; and they would neither hear nor do them.

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13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?'“

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM? HENA? IVAH?

WHAT PEOPLE DID SHALMANESER BRING TO ISRAEL?

READ: 2 KINGS 17:2424 Then the king of Assyria brought people from Babylon, Cuthah, Ava, Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel. They took possession of Samaria and dwelt in its cities. NKJV



WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES?HAMATH? ARPAD? SEPHARVAIM? HENA? IVAH?

WHAT GODS DID THESE PEOPLE WORSHIP?READ: 2 KINGS 17:30-31

30 The men of Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima,31 And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. NKJV



WHAT DID THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA DO TO THESE PEOPLE?

WHY WERE THEIR GODS UNABLE TO DELIVER THEM?READ: 2 KINGS 18:33-35

33 “Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria?34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim and Hena and Ivah? Indeed, have they delivered Samaria from my hand?35 Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?” NKJV



WHAT DID THE KINGS OF ASSYRIA DO TO THESE PEOPLE?

WHY WERE THEIR GODS UNABLE TO DELIVER THEM?READ: 2 KINGS 19:12-13

12 “Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my fathers have destroyed, Gozan and Haran and Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?13 Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?” NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:8-19)14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:

16 "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.

17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:16 "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.17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

WHY DID HEZEKIEH GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD?

WHY SPREAD THE LETTER BEFORE THE LORD?


14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it; and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.


READ: 1 KINGS 8:33-3433 “When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and when they turn back to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication to You in this temple,34 Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers.” NKJV




WHY DID JEHOSHPHAT SEEK THE LORD?

WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF JUDAH DO?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 20:3-4

3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.4 So Judah gathered together to ask help from the LORD; and from all the cities of Judah came to seek the LORD.



WHY SPREAD THE LETTER BEFORE THE LORD?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:17-1917 He also wrote letters to revile the LORD God of Israel and to speak against Him, saying, “As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, So the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.”18 Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city.19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth — the work of men's hands. NKJV


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 15 Then Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:16 "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.17 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God.

WHY DID HEZEKIEH GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD?TO PRAY?

HOW DID HEZEKIAH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD?Lord of hosts? God of Israel? You alone are God?

WHAT DID HEZEKIAH ASK THE LORD TO DO?



HOW DID HEZEKIAH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD?CREATOR OF HEAVEN AND EARTH?

WHO CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH?READ: GENESIS 1:1

1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.

READ: ACTS 4:23-2423 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: “Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them,” NKJV



HOW DID HEZEKIAH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD?THE ONE WHO DWELLS BETWEEN THE CHERIBIMS?

WHERE DID THE LORD SAY HE WOULD MEET WITH MOSES? READ: EXODUS 25:21-22

21 You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you.22 And there I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. NKJV




WHERE DID MOSES HEAR THE LORD SPEAKING TO HIM? READ: NUMBERS 7:89

89 Now when Moses went into the tabernacle of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice of One speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him. NKJV




WHERE DID DAVID SAY THE LORD DWELT?READ: PSALMS 80:1

1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who dwell between the cherubim, shine forth! NKJV

READ: PSALMS 99:1-21 The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved! 2 The LORD is great in Zion, And He is high above all the peoples. NKJV



HOW DID HEZEKIAH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD?GOD OF GODS? LORD OF LORDS?

WHAT DID MOSES SAY ABOUT THE LORD?READ: DEUTERONOMY 10:17

17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality nor takes a bribe. NKJV



HOW DID HEZEKIAH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD?GOD OF GODS? LORD OF LORDS?

WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT THE LORD?READ: PSALMS 136:1-3

1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever. 2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever. 3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever. NKJV



HOW DID HEZEKIAH ACKNOWLEDGE THE LORD?YOU ALONE ARE GOD?

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY ABOUT HIMSELF?READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:39

39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, and there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. NKJV




WHAT DID THE PSALMIST SAY ABOUT THE LORD?READ: PSALMS 46:10

10 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! NKJV

READ: PSALMS 86:1010 For You are great, and do wondrous things; You alone are God.



WHAT DID PAUL SAY ABOUT THE LORD GOD?READ: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:4-6

4 Therefore concerning the eating of things offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is no other God but one.5 For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),6 Yet for us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for Him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and through whom we live. NKJV




INCLINE YOUR EAR & OPEN YOUR EYES?

HEAR ALL THE WORDS OF SENNACHERIB?




INCLINE YOUR EAR & OPEN YOUR EYES?

HEAR ALL THE WORDS OF SENNACHERIB?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:15-16

15 Then Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said: "O LORD 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.

16 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. NKJV




WHAT DID DAVID ASK THE LORD TO DO?READ: PSALMS 31:2

2 Bow down Your ear to me, Deliver me speedily; Be my rock of refuge, A fortress of defense to save me.

READ: PSALMS 86:11 Bow down Your ear, O LORD, hear me; For I am poor and needy. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 88:22 Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry. NKJV




WHAT DID DANIEL ASK THE LORD TO DO?READ: DANIEL 9:18-19

18 “O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name." NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:8-19)18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,

19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands — wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.

20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone."


SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER 18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands — wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.20 Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD, You alone."

WHY ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEEDS OF THE ASSYRIANS?

WHY WERE THEY ABLE TO DESTROYED THEIR GODS?

WHAT SHOULD ALL NATIONS OF EARTH KNOW?


18 Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands,19 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands — wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.

WHY ACKNOWLEDGE THE DEEDS OF THE ASSYRIANS?

WHY WERE THEY ABLE TO DESTROYED THEIR GODS?WHAT SHOULD ALL NATIONS OF EARTH KNOW?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:17-1917 “Truly, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste the nations and their lands,18 and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were not gods, but the work of men's hands — wood and stone. Therefore they destroyed them.19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God, You alone." NKJV



WHAT DID JOSHUA TELL ISRAEL TO DO? WHY?READ: JOSHUA 7:13-15

13 “Get up, sanctify the people, and say, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, because thus says the LORD God of Israel: "There is an accursed thing in your midst, O Israel; you cannot stand before your enemies until you take away the accursed thing from among you.“14 “In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to families; and the family which the LORD takes shall come by households; and the household which the LORD takes shall come man by man.”15 “Then it shall be that he who is taken with the accursed thing shall be burned with fire, he and all that he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has done a disgraceful thing in Israel.'“ NKJV



WHAT DID ABIJAH SAY TO JEROBOAM?WHAT DID JEROBOAM DO?

READ: 2 CHRONICLES 13:8-98 “And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD, which is in the hand of the sons of David; and you are a great multitude, and with you are the gold calves which Jeroboam made for you as gods.”9 “Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests, like the peoples of other lands, so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of things that are not gods?”



HOW DID SENNACHERIB SPEAK AGAINST THE GOD?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:17-19

17 He also wrote letters to revile the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand.“18 Then they called out with a loud voice in Hebrew to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten them and trouble them, that they might take the city.19 And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth — the work of men's hands. NKJV



WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT IDOLS?READ: PSALMS 135:15-18

15 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, The work of men's hands. 16 They have mouths, but they do not speak; Eyes they have, but they do not see; 17 They have ears, but they do not hear; Nor is there any breath in their mouths. 18 Those who make them are like them; So is everyone who trusts in them. NKJV



WHAT DID THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL & JUDAH DO?READ: JEREMIAH 2:11-13

11 “Has a nation changed its gods, Which are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory For what does not profit. 12 Be astonished, O heavens, at this, And be horribly afraid; Be very desolate," says the LORD. 13 'For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, And hewn themselves cisterns — broken cisterns that can hold no water.‘” NKJV



SHOULD THE LORD PARDON THEM?READ: JEREMIAH 5:7-9

7 "How shall I pardon you for this? Your children have forsaken Me And sworn by those that are not gods.When I had fed them to the full, Then they committed adultery And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. 8 They were like well-fed lusty stallions; Every one neighed after his neighbor's wife. 9 Shall I not punish them for these things?" says the LORD. "And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? NKJV


WHAT WILL THE LORD DO WITH THEM? WHY?READ: JEREMIAH 16:10-13

10 "And it shall be, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? Or what is our iniquity? Or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?‘11 Then you shall say to them, 'Because your fathers have forsaken Me,' says the LORD; 'they have walked after other gods and have served them and worshiped them, and have forsaken Me and not kept My law.12 And you have done worse than your fathers, for behold, each one follows the dictates of his own evil heart, so that no one listens to Me.13 Therefore I will cast you out of this land into a land that you do not know, neither you nor your fathers; and there you shall serve other gods day and night, where I will not show you favor.' NKJV



WHAT DID PAUL SAY TO THE GALATIANS? WHY?READ: GALATIANS 4:8-11

8 “But then, indeed, when you did not know God, you served those which by nature are not gods.9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?10 You observe days and months and seasons and years.11 I am afraid for you, lest I have labored for you in vain.” NKJV



WHAT SHOULD ALL NATIONS OF EARTH KNOW?READ: DEUTERONOMY 32:39-41

39 ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

40 For I raise My hand to heaven, And say, "As I live forever,

41 If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me.“’ NKJV


WHAT SHOULD ALL NATIONS OF EARTH KNOW?

WHAT DID JOSHUA SAY TO THE ISRAELITES?READ: JOSHUA 4:21-24

21 Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?‘22 Then you shall let your children know, saying, 'Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land';23 For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed over,24 That all the peoples of the earth may know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty, that you may fear the LORD your God forever." NKJV



WHAT DID HEZEKIAH ASK THE LORD? WHY?

WHAT SHOULD ALL NATIONS OF EARTH KNOW?READ: 2 KINGS 19:18-19

19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I pray, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You are the LORD God, You alone." NKJV




WHAT DID DAVID SAY ABOUT THE LORD?READ: PSALMS 3:3-4

3 But You, O LORD, are a shield for me, My glory and the One who lifts up my head. 4 I cried to the LORD with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 46:1010 Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth! NKJV




WHAT DID DAVID SAY THE LORD SHOULD DO?READ: PSALMS 83:15-18

15 So pursue them with Your tempest, And frighten them with Your storm. 16 Fill their faces with shame, That they may seek Your name, O LORD. 17 Let them be confounded and dismayed forever;Yes, let them be put to shame and perish, 18 That they may know that You, whose name alone is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. NKJV


WHAT DID DANIEL ASK THE LORD TO DO? READ: DANIEL 9:16-19

16 "O Lord, according to all Your righteousness, I pray, let Your anger and Your fury be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all those around us.17 Now therefore, our God, hear the prayer of Your servant, and his supplications, and for the Lord's sake cause Your face to shine on Your sanctuary, which is desolate.18 O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and see our desolations, and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You because of our righteous deeds, but because of Your great mercies.19 O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act! Do not delay for Your own sake, my God, for Your city and Your people are called by Your name." NKJV

READ: ISAIAH 37:21-22THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB

(2 KINGS 19:20-34)21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,

22 this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: "The virgin, the daughter of Zion, Has despised you, laughed you to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem Has shaken her head behind your back!


THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,22 this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him: "The virgin, the daughter of Zion, Has despised you, laughed you to scorn; The daughter of Jerusalem Has shaken her head behind your back!

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH? WHY?

WHO IS THE LORD TALKING ABOUT? SENNACHERIB?

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN:‘SHAKING HER HEAD BEHIND YOUR BACK’?


THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,

WHAT DID THE LORD SAY TO HEZEKIAH?

WHY DID THE LORD ANSWER HIS PRAYER?READ: 2 KINGS 19:20

20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard.‘ NKJV

READ: PSALMS 65:22 O You who hear prayer, To You all flesh will come.



WHAT HAPPENED TO JERUSALEM?READ: JEREMIAH 18:15-17

15 "Because My people have forgotten Me, They have burned incense to worthless idols. And they have caused themselves to stumble in their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in pathways and not on a highway, 16 To make their land desolate and a perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head. 17 I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back and not the face In the day of their calamity." NKJV



HOW DID THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?READ: EZEKIEL 25:6-7

6 'For thus says the Lord GOD: "Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your disdain for the land of Israel,7 indeed, therefore, I will stretch out My hand against you, and give you as plunder to the nations; I will cut you off from the peoples, and I will cause you to perish from the countries; I will destroy you, and you shall know that I am the LORD." NKJV



HOW DID JOB RESPOND TO HIS FRIENDS?READ: JOB 16:2-5

2 "I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all! 3 Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer? 4 I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you; 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief. NKJV


HOW WOULD THE PEOPLE RESPOND TO THE LORD?READ: PSALMS 22:7-8

7 All those who see Me ridicule Me; They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, 8 "He trusted in the LORD, let Him rescue Him; Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!" NKJV

READ: PSALMS 109:2525 I also have become a reproach to them; When they look at me, they shake their heads. NKJV

READ: MATTHEW 27:39-4039 And those who passed by blasphemed Him, wagging their heads40 and saying, "You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:20-34)23 "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.

24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height To its fruitful forest.

25 I have dug and drunk water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense.'


THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB (2 KINGS 19:20-34)

23 "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height To its fruitful forest.25 I have dug and drunk water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense.‘

WHO DID THEY REPROACH & BLASPHEME?WHAT DID SENNACHERIB’S MESSENGERS SAY?


THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB 23 "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.up All the brooks of defense.‘

WHO DID THEY REPROACH & BLASPHEME?WHAT DID THEY SAY?

DID THEY ACT PRESUMTOUSLY?READ: NUMBERS 15:30

30 'The person who does anything presumptuously, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one brings reproach on the LORD, and he shall be cut off from among his people.’ NKJV


THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB 23 "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.up All the brooks of defense.‘

WHO DID THEY REPROACH & BLASPHEME?WHAT DID THEY SAY?

WHAT DID SENNACHERIB DO?READ: JOB 15:24-26

24 Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle. 25 For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty, 26 Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield. NKJV


24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height To its fruitful forest.25 I have dug and drunk water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense.‘

WHAT DID SENNACHERIB’S MESSENGERS SAY?READ: 2 KINGS 19:23

23 By your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And said: "By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter the extremity of its borders,To its fruitful forest. NKJV



WHY CUT DOWN THE CEDARS OF LEBANON?READ: 1 KINGS 5:8-10

8 Then Hiram sent to Solomon, saying: I have considered the message which you sent me, and I will do all you desire concerning the cedar and cypress logs. 9 My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; I will float them in rafts by sea to the place you indicate to me, and will have them broken apart there; then you can take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by giving food for my household. 10 Then Hiram gave Solomon cedar and cypress logs according to all his desire. NKJV



WHY CUT DOWN THE CEDARS OF LEBANON?READ: 1 KINGS 7:2

2 He also built the House of the Forest of Lebanon; its length was one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits, with four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar beams on the pillars. NKJV

READ: EZEKIEL 27:55 They made all your planks of fir trees from Senir;They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast.



23 "Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice, And lifted up your eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel.24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord, And said, 'By the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, To the limits of Lebanon; I will cut down its tall cedars And its choice cypress trees; I will enter its farthest height To its fruitful forest.25 I have dug and drunk water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense.‘

WHO DID THEY REPROACH & BLASPHEME?WHAT DID SENNACHERIB’S MESSENGERS SAY?

HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?


HOW WILL THE LORD RESPOND TO THIS?READ: EZEKIEL 36:20-23

20 When they came to the nations, wherever they went, they profaned My holy name — when they said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD, and yet they have gone out of His land.‘21 But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations wherever they went. 22 "Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "I do not do this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations wherever you went.23 And I will sanctify My great name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst; and the nations shall know that I am the LORD," says the Lord GOD, "when I am hallowed in you before their eyes. NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:20-34)26 "Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.



26 "Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK SENNACHERIB?

WHAT DID THE LORD PERMIT ASSYRIA TO DO?

WHY DID THE INHABITANTS HAVE LITTLE POWER?



26 "Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.

WHAT DID THE LORD ASK SENNACHERIB?WHAT DID THE LORD PERMIT ASSYRIA TO DO?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:2525 'Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins. NKJV


WHAT DID THE LORD PERMIT ASSYRIA TO DO?DESTROY ISRAEL? WHY?

WHAT DID THE LORD COMMAND ISRAEL TO DO?READ: DEUTERONOMY 13:12-15

12 "If you hear someone in one of your cities, which the LORD your God gives you to dwell in, saying,13 'Corrupt men have gone out from among you and enticed the inhabitants of their city, saying, "Let us go and serve other gods"' — which you have not known —14 then you shall inquire, search out, and ask diligently. And if it is indeed true and certain that such an abomination was committed among you,15 you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it, all that is in it and its livestock — with the edge of the sword.


27 Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO SENNACHERIB?READ: PSALMS 37:1-2

1 Do not fret because of evildoers, Nor be envious of the workers of iniquity. 2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. NKJV

READ: PSALMS 129:5-65 Let all those who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned back. 6 Let them be as the grass on the housetops, Which withers before it grows up, NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:20-34)28 "But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.

29 Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came."'



28 "But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.29 Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came."'

WHAT DID THE LORD KNOW ABOUT SENNACHERIB?HIS GOING OUT & COMING IN?

HIS RAGING AGAINST THE LORD?

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO SENNACHERIB?


WHAT DID THE LORD KNOW ABOUT SENNACHERIB?HIS GOING OUT & COMING IN?

WHAT DOES GOD KNOW ABOUT THE RIGHTEOUS?READ: PSALMS 121:7-8

7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil; He shall preserve your soul. 8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in From this time forth, and even forevermore.

READ: PSALMS 139:1-31 O LORD, You have searched me and known me. 2 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. 3 You comprehend my path and my lying down, And are acquainted with all my ways. NKJV


28 "But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.

WHAT DID THE LORD KNOW ABOUT SENNACHERIB?HIS RAGING AGAINST THE LORD?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:2828 Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came. NKJV


28 "But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.

WHAT DID THE LORD KNOW ABOUT SENNACHERIB?HIS RAGING AGAINST THE LORD?

WHY DO PEOPLE RAGE AGAINST THE LORD?READ: PSALMS 2:1-3

1 Why do the nations rage, And the people plot a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, 3 "Let us break Their bonds in pieces And cast away Their cords from us." NKJV



28 "But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me.29 Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came."'

WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO SENNACHERIB?READ: 2 KINGS 19:28

28 Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO MANNASEH? WHY?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 33:10-13

10 And the LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they would not listen.11 Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.12 Now when he was in affliction, he implored the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,13 and prayed to Him; and He received his entreaty, heard his supplication, and brought him back to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. NKJV



WHAT WILL THE LORD DO TO PHAROAH? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 29:2-4

2 "Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt.3 Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own; I have made it for myself.' 4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales. NKJV



WHAT DID THE LORD DO TO GOG & MAGOG? WHY?READ: EZEKIEL 38:1-4

1 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying,2 "Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him,3 and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.4 I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords. NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:20-34)30 "This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.

31 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.

32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.



30 "This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them.31 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.32 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

WHO IS THIS SIGN FOR? THE REMNANT?HOW LONG WILL THIS LAST? 3 YEARS?

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE REMNANT?


THE WORD CONCERNING SENNACHERIB READ: 2 KINGS 19:29-31

29 'This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And in the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. 30 And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward. 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant, And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.' NKJV




READ: JEREMIAH 31:2-62 Thus says the LORD: "The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness — Israel, when I went to give him rest." 3 The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with loving-kindness I have drawn you. 4 Again I will build you, and you shall be rebuilt,O virgin of Israel! You shall again be adorned with your tambourines, And shall go forth in the dances of those who rejoice. 5 You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria; The planters shall plant and eat them as ordinary food. 6 For there shall be a day When the watchmen will cry on Mount Ephraim, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion,To the LORD our God.'“ NKJV




WHY BRING THEM BACK TO JERUSALEM?READ: GENESIS 17:7-8

7 And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you in their generations, for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and your descendants after you.8 Also I give to you and your descendants after you the land in which you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, as an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." NKJV




WHY BRING THEM BACK TO JERUSALEM?READ: GENESIS 12:1-3

1 Now the LORD had said to Abram: "Get out of your country, From your family And from your father's house, To a land that I will show you. 2 I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing. 3 I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed." NKJV


(2 KINGS 19:20-34)33 "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: 'He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound against it.

34 By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city, 'Says the LORD.

35 'For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"



33 "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria: 'He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor build a siege mound against it.34 By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,‘ Says the LORD.35 'For I will defend this city, to save it For My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'"

WHAT DID GOD SAY CONCERNING SENNACHERIB?WHY WILL THE LORD DEFEND JERUSALEM?

FOR MY SERVANT DAVID’S SAKE?


FOR MY SERVANT DAVID’S SAKE?WHAT DID DAVID SAY?READ: PSALMS 110:1-2

1 The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand,Till I make Your enemies Your footstool." 2 The LORD shall send the rod of Your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of Your enemies! NKJV

READ: LUKE 20:41-4441 And He said to them, "How can they say that the Christ is the Son of David?42 Now David himself said in the Book of Psalms:'The LORD said to my Lord, "Sit at My right hand, 43 Till I make Your enemies Your footstool."' 44 Therefore David calls Him 'Lord'; how is He then his Son?“ (MATTHEW 22:41-46 MARK 12:35-37)

READ: ISAIAH 37:36-38SENNACHERIB'S DEFEAT AND DEATH

(2 KINGS 19:35-37)36 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.

37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

38 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. NKJV


SENNACHERIB'S DEFEAT AND DEATH (2 KINGS 19:35-37)

36 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.37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.38 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. NKJV

WHAT DID THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DO?WHERE DID SENNACHERIB GO? WHY NINEVEH?WHAT DID HIS SONS DO? WHO BECAME KING?


WHAT DID THE ANGEL OF THE LORD DO?WHERE DID SENNACHERIB GO? WHY NINEVEH?WHAT DID HIS SONS DO? WHO BECAME KING?

READ: 2 KINGS 19:35-3735 And it came to pass on a certain night that 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.36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.37 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the temple of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. (2 CHRONICLES 32:20-21)


36 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.

HOW DID THE LORD DELIVER JUDAH? WHY?READ: PSALMS 104:4

4 Who makes His angels spirits, His ministers a flame of fire. NKJV

READ: HOSEA 1:77 Yet I will have mercy on the house of Judah, Will save them by the LORD their God, And will not save them by bow, Nor by sword or battle, By horses or horsemen." NKJV


SENNACHERIB'S DEFEAT AND DEATH 37 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.38 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. NKJV

WHERE DID SENNACHERIB GO? NINEVEH?WHY NINEVEH?

WHAT IDOL DID HE GO TO WORSHIP? NISHROCH?WAS HIS GOD ABLE TO DELIVER HIM?

WHAT DID HIS SONS DO?WHO BECAME KING? ESARHADDON?


SENNACHERIB'S DEFEAT AND DEATH 38 Now it came to pass, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place. NKJV

WHAT HAPPENED TO SENNACHERIB? 680BC?

WHO BECAME KING? ESARHADDON?READ: 2 CHRONICLES 32:21

21 Then the LORD sent an angel who cut down every mighty man of valor, leader, and captain in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned shamefaced to his own land. And when he had gone into the temple of his god, some of his own offspring struck him down with the sword there. NKJV

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