We see in verses 14 through 20 a reliance on prayer. What Sennacherib had to say in his letter was truly horrific blasphemy. Hezekiah goes to the temple again. Again, he is the mediator for his people, acting as a type of Christ in both his royal and priestly offices. He basically says, ‘You are the great God. You are […]

In this chapter we see the people of God relying on Him. We see reliance upon His word in the first 13 verses. For when Hezekiah heard about what the Assyrians said, what did he do? He first went to the temple, but he also sent men to Isaiah to get the word from God. While he is sending these […]

The people, properly prepared, respond in general godliness. They trust Jehovah even when things looked hopeless in their eyes. And the Rabshakeh wasn’t telling them anything that they didn’t already know. They couldn’t trust in Egypt. They had offended their God. They didn’t have the power to take on the Assyrians, to defend against the Assyrians, themselves. Humanly speaking, things […]