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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN. HEZEKIAH 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 TEMPLE AND PRAYS TO THE LORD V. 14-20

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ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

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  1. ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

  2. OUTLINE ISAIAH CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN HEZEKIAH 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 TEMPLE AND PRAYS TO THE LORD V. 14-20 ISAIAH TELLS HEZEKIAH: HIS PRAYER IS HEARD JERUSALEM SHALL BE DELIVERED AND THE ASSYRIANS SHALL BE DESTROYED V. 21-35 THAT NIGHT GOD KILLS 185,000 ASSYRIANS V. 36 SENNACHERIB RETURNS TO NINEVEH AND IS KILLED BY HIS OWN SONS V. 37-38

  3. READ: 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.

  4. 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 CLOTHES AND COVER HIMSELF IN SACKCLOTH? WHY DID HEZEKIAH GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? WHO DID HEZEKIAH SEND TO ISAIAH? ELIAKIM? SHEBNA? ELDERS? WHY?

  5. 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. 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. NKJV

  6. 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. 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.

  7. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? 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

  8. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 GO TO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD? 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

  9. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 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

  10. 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 SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH? 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?’

  11. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH? 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

  12. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH? HOW DID JOSIAH RESPOND TO THE READING OF THE BOOK OF THE LAW? READ: 2 KINGS 22:11-20 11 Now it happened, when Josiah the king heard the words of the Book of the Lawhe 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.”

  13. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH? WHO DID JOSIAH SEND MESSENGERS TO? WHY? READ: 2 KINGS 22:11-20 14 So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiahwent 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.””

  14. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH? 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)

  15. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-2 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 SEND MESSENGERS TO ISAIAH? 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?”’

  16. READ: ISAIAH 37:3-4 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.'"

  17. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 ISAIAH ASSURES DELIVERANCE 3 And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'Thisday 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?

  18. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 3 And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'Thisday 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. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM HEZEKIAH? TROUBLESOME TIMES? 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

  19. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 3 And they said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: 'Thisday 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. WHAT WAS THE MESSAGE FROM HEZEKIAH? TROUBLESOME TIMES? 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

  20. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 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, andthey 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

  21. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 WHAT DID HEZEKIAH WANT ISAIAH TO DO? PRAY FOR THE REMANANT? 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

  22. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 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 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

  23. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 WHAT DID HEZEKIAH WANT ISAIAH TO DO? PRAY FOR THE REMANANT? 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

  24. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 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: 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

  25. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:1-4 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? 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

  26. READ: ISAIAH 37:5-7 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."'"

  27. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:5-7 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?

  28. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:5-7 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. WHAT WAS ISAIAH’S MESSAGE TO HEZEKIEH? DO NOT BE AFRAID? 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

  29. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:5-7 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. WHAT WAS ISAIAH’S MESSAGE TO HEZEKIEH? DO NOT BE AFRAID? 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

  30. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:5-7 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."'" WHO WILL THE LORD SEND A SPIRIT AGAINST? SENNACHERIB? 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

  31. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:5-7 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."'" WHO WILL THE LORD SEND A SPIRIT AGAINST? SENNACHERIB? 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

  32. READ: ISAIAH 37:8-10 SENNACHERIB'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.“

  33. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 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?

  34. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER READ: 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, “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.

  35. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 SENNACHERIB'S THREAT & HEZEKIAH'S PRAYER READ: 2 KINGS 19:8-19 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. 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 GodYou alone.” NKJV 2 CHRONICLES 32:9-15

  36. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 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

  37. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 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 6:54-57 54 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

  38. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 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 19:9-10 9 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

  39. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 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.“ 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?”

  40. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:8-10 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.“ 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

  41. READ: ISAIAH 37:11-13 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?'"

  42. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 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?

  43. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 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? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? GOZAN? HARAN? REZEPH? EDEN? 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.

  44. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 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? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? GOZAN? HARAN? REZEPH? EDEN? 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

  45. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? GOZAN? HARAN? REZEPH? EDEN? 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

  46. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? GOZAN? HARAN? REZEPH? EDEN? 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

  47. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 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? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THESE CITIES? GOZAN? HARAN? REZEPH? EDEN? 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 Samariaand 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

  48. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 TO WHAT LAND WHERE DID SHALMANESER TAKE ISRAEL? READ: 2 KINGS 18:9-12 9 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. NKJV

  49. QUESTIONS: ISAIAH 37:11-13 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 17:24 24 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

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