The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, majestic, and full of splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him and what came to my heart and mind in 2 Kings 19:10-13,
"Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, 'Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.' Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?"
This was the word King Sennacherib of Assyria sent to King Hezekiah of Judah following the prophet Isaiah's word to Hezekiah that the Lord would deliver Judah from an earlier threat to Judah Sennacherib had made.
Assyria had destroyed a number of her neighbors and the confidence with which Sennacherib threatened Judah is clear in the tone of his message to Hezekiah. It is the kind of misplaced confidence so many have prior to having a confrontation with the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
Through Isaiah, the Lord encouraged the good King Hezekiah and with these frightful words, "I [the Lord] know where you [Sennacharib] are and when you come and go and how you rage against me. Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came." Sennacherib would find his comeuppance.
And, as always with the word of the Lord, this is exactly what happened. A hundred and eighty-five thousand troops in the Assyrian camp were put to death that night. Sennacherib fled to Nineveh and was subsequently killed by his own sons.
I am reminded of the words, "It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Hebrews 10:31. Words of wisdom to all today who may thumb their nose at the living God.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
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"Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, 'Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.' Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them—the gods of Gozan, Harran, Rezeph and the people of Eden who were in Tel Assar? Where is the king of Hamath or the king of Arpad? Where are the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah?"
This was the word King Sennacherib of Assyria sent to King Hezekiah of Judah following the prophet Isaiah's word to Hezekiah that the Lord would deliver Judah from an earlier threat to Judah Sennacherib had made.
Assyria had destroyed a number of her neighbors and the confidence with which Sennacherib threatened Judah is clear in the tone of his message to Hezekiah. It is the kind of misplaced confidence so many have prior to having a confrontation with the God of Abraham, Issac and Jacob.
Through Isaiah, the Lord encouraged the good King Hezekiah and with these frightful words, "I [the Lord] know where you [Sennacharib] are and when you come and go and how you rage against me. Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came." Sennacherib would find his comeuppance.
And, as always with the word of the Lord, this is exactly what happened. A hundred and eighty-five thousand troops in the Assyrian camp were put to death that night. Sennacherib fled to Nineveh and was subsequently killed by his own sons.
I am reminded of the words, "It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God." Hebrews 10:31. Words of wisdom to all today who may thumb their nose at the living God.
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just respond and let me know.
Trevor Fisk
trevor.fisk@gmail.com
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