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2) Our Daily Bread for 24 July 2023 Titled Hope in Grief



1 Thessalonians 4:13-18



The Lord's Coming



13 (Eph 2:12; Lev 19:28) But I would not have you ignorant, brothers,

concerning those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others

who have no hope.

14 (1Th 4:13; Rev 1:18) For if we believe that Jesus died and arose again,

so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus.

15 (1Ki 20:35) For this we say to you by the word of the Lord,

that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord

will not precede those who are asleep.

16 (1Co 15:23; Jude 1:9) For the Lord Himself will descend

from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel,

and with the trumpet call of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

17 (Jn 12:26; Ac 1:9) Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up

together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we

shall be forever with the Lord.

18 Therefore comfort one another with these words.



[13] But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them

which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

[14] For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also

which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

[15] For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are

alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which

are asleep.

[16] For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the

voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ

shall rise first:

[17] Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with

them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be

with the Lord.

[18] Wherefore comfort one another with these words.



Louise was a lively, playful girl who brought smiles to all she met. At the

age of five, she tragically succumbed to a rare disease. Her sudden passing

was a shock to her parents, Day Day and Peter, and to all of us who worked

with them. We grieved along with them.



Yet, Day Day and Peter have found the strength to keep going. When I asked

Day Day how they were coping, she said they drew strength from focusing on

where Louise was-in Jesus' loving arms. "We rejoice for our daughter whose

time is up to go into eternal life," she said. "By God's grace and strength,

we can navigate through the grief and continue to do what He has entrusted

us to do.”



Day Day's comfort is found in her confidence in the heart of God who revealed

Himself in Jesus. Biblical hope is much more than mere optimism; it's an

absolute certainty based on God's promise, which He will never break. In our

sadness, we can cling to this powerful truth, as Paul encouraged those

grieving over departed friends: "We believe that Jesus died and rose again,

and so we believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep

in him" (1 Thessalonians 4:14). May this certain hope give us strength

and comfort today-even in our grief.



By: Leslie Koh



Reflect & Pray



How can you draw strength from God's promises to those who follow Him?

How can you comfort someone grieving over a loved one or friend?



Father, thank You for Your hope and comfort today.

Strengthen me today so I can encourage others too.



For further study, read Clinging to Hope in the Storm.



3) Daily verses taken from Billy Graham Evangelical Organisation



Words in Season Scripture Memory Tools



Week 1 Knowing God's Word Day 2 - Growing Up



2 Tim 3:16-17



16 (Ro 15:4) All Scripture is inspired by God and is profitable

for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction

in righteousness,

17 (1Ti 6:11; 2Ti 2:21) that the man of God may be complete,

thoroughly equipped for every good work.



16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable

for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction

in righteousness:

17 that the man of God may be perfect,

throughly furnished unto all good works.



"I can't wait till I get big!" Marc, age 5, declared. "Then I do

what I want!" Most of us, as children, shared Marc's statement.

We looked forward to that "magic age" - 16, 18, 21 - when we

would be adults: mature, able to make our own decisions.

We find, of course, that adulthood has its own share of

difficulties and conflicts. But even in our spiritual lives

we often long for a "magic moment" of maturity. As one woman

confessed, "Ever since I became a Christian, I've hoped I'd wake up

one morning to find myself mature."

But growth in the spiritual life comes gradually, like growth in

the physical world. In 2 Tim 2:16-17, Paul gives the young pastor

Timothy an important key to spiritual growing up - the Word of God.

The Word is "profitable" or "useful," Paul says, for "teaching" - that is,

for developing a right concept of God. Scripture offers "rebuke" when

we go wrong, "correction" to set us on the right path, and "training

in righteousness" so that we can grow in the image of Christ.

The purpose of Scripture's work in our lives, Paul emphasises,

is that we may be "perfect" - mature, equipped for the good things

God has for us to do. Such maturity does not come easily

or instantaneously, but it does come - sometimes imperceptibly -

as we submit our lives to the transforming power of God's Word.



Application



a) In what areas of my life do I need to grow? How can I benefit

from the Bible's



i) teaching?



ii) rebuke?



iii) correction?



iv) training in righteousness?



4) From Prosperity Promises - Kenneth Copeland



Ps 35:27



27 May those who favour my righteous cause

shout for joy and be glad;

may they say continually, "The Lord be magnified,

who delights in the peace of His servant."



27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad,

that favour my righteous cause:

Yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified,

which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.



5) From a Book called God's Promises for you:



God's Generous Provision



Matthew 6:24-34



God and Money



24 (Lk 16:13; 16:11; 16:9) "No one can serve two masters.

For either he will hate the one and love the other,

or else he will hold to the one and despise the other.

You cannot serve God and money."



Care and Anxiety



Lk 12:22-34



25 (Mt 6:31; 6:34; Php 4:6) "Therefore, I say to you,

take no thought about your life, what you will eat,

or what you will drink, nor about your body,

what you will put on. Is not life more than

and the body than clothing?

26 (Job 38:41; Ps 147:9) Look at the birds of the air,

for they do not sow, nor do they reap, nor gather into barns.

Yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much better than they?

27 Who among you by taking thought can add a cubit

(A cubit is about half a meter.) to his stature?

28 (Mt 6:25; 6:31) "Why take thought about clothing?

Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow:

They neither work, nor do they spin.

29 (1Ki 10:4-7; 2Ch 9:4-6) Yet I say to you that even Solomon

in all his glory was not dressed like one of these.

30 (Mt 8:26; 14:31) Therefore, if God so clothes the grass of the field,

which today is here and tomorrow is thrown into the oven,

will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

31 (1Pe 5:7) Therefore, take no thought, saying, 'What shall we eat?'

or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?'

32 (Mt 6:8; Lk 12:30) (For the Gentiles seek after all these things.)

For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things.

33 (1Ti 4:8; 1Ki 3:11-13) But seek first the kingdom of God

and His righteousness, and all these things shall be given to you.

34 (Mt 6:25) Therefore, take no thought about tomorrow,

for tomorrow will take thought about the things of itself.

Sufficient to the day is the trouble thereof.



True Wisdom



24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,

and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other.

Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat,

or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not

the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor

gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much

better than they?

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field,

how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin:

29 and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed

like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is,

and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you,

O ye of little faith?

31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat?

or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:)

for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God,

and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow:

for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself.

Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.



Remember God's promises when You pray



The Lord's prayer



Matthew 6:9-13



9 "Therefore pray in this manner:

Our Father who is in heaven,

hallowed be Your name.

10 (Mt 3:2; 4:17) Your kingdom come;

Your will be done

on earth, as it is in heaven.

11 (Pr 30:8; Isa 33:16) Give us this day our daily bread.

12 (Ex 34:7; Ps 32:1) And forgive us our debts,

as we forgive our debtors.

13 (1Co 10:13; Jn 17:15) And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen."



9 After this manner therefore pray ye:

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil:

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.



6) This come from Praying for Muslims in Canada 2015 (Is there a 2022 edition?)



Where do Muslims live?



Canada is a land of immigrants. And Muslims are coming in increasing numbers

to our shores. Where do they live? How can we pray for these areas? Use this as

your more effectively for Muslims in Canada.



Data for those population figures is extrapolated for the 2011 National

Household Survey and population growth projections by Pew Forum. These have

also been adjusted by +40% as reliable sources state that on 60% of Muslims

self-identify on government surveys and forms. These estimates are still on

the conservative end of the spectrum. Percentages represent that of the total

Canadian population, not provincial



BC - 136493 - 7.5%

AB - 195240 - 11%

SK - 17279 - 1%

MB - 21349 - 1.2%

ON - 1001542 - 55%

QC - 418946 - 23%

NB - 4543 - 0.003%

NS - 14629 - 0.1%

PEI - 1127 - 0.0006%

NFLD - 2065 - 0.001%

Yukon - 69 - 0.00004%

NWT - 473 - 0.0003%

NU - 86 - 0.00005%



Adding further



30 days of prayer for the Muslim World 24 April to 23 May 2020



Under the Keep Praying page



When the new moon is sighted it marks the beginning of t he new Islamic month

and Eid al-Fitr, the "Festival of Breaking the Fast", will start! After 30 days

of fasting, the Eid celebration at the end of Ramadan is a joyful time that

usually lasts about 3 days. Muslims will buy new clothes, exchange gifts and,

of course, enjoy special foods. In Muslim-majority nations, the streets may be

decorated and festivals will be held.



For many Muslims, Eid-al-Fitr begins with communal prayers at daybreak and the

distribution of money (zakat) to the poor, which is one of the 5 pillars of

Islam.



You can greet Muslim friends during this time by saying "Eid Mubarak",

which means Blessed Eid!"



Ramadan is over for this year, but you can continue to pray for Muslims you

know, and Muslims around the world:



- Despite the unsettling developments in our world today that involve actions

in the name of Islam, there is at the same time a largely untold story about

unprecedented movement to Christ among Muslims. There have been more such

movements of thousands or more new disciples among Muslims in the last three

decades or so than in all the previous history of Christian Muslim

relationships! Pray for this momentum to continue.

Acts 2:12-17 : 17 "In the last days it shall be," says God,

"that I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;

your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.

18 Even on My menservants and maidservants

I will pour out My Spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy.

19 And I will show wonders in heaven above and signs on the earth below:

blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke. 20 The sun shall be turned into darkness,

and the moon into blood, before that great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

21 And whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved."[a]



Footnotes

Acts 2:21 Joel 2:28-32.

- Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.

- Ask the Holy Spirit to continue to inspire you to have god's heart for

Muslims, to see them as He does, and to be the light that then to Jesus.

Matthew 5:14-15 : 14 "You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a

hill cannot be hidden. 15 Neither do men light a candle and put it under

a basket, but on a candlestick. And it gives light to all who are in the

house."



Ideas for prayer



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



And



Thank you for praying through the

5 Days of Prayer for Sikhs.



"My name is Kam. I'm 29 years of age, and I grew up Sikh. As a teenager,

I struggled with depression, brokenness, and addiction to

cannabis. I didn't know how to stop or how to get help.



Then a friend invited me to church. As I spent time with Christians

and heard the message of the Gospel, I experienced the

love of Jesus Christ, and it was like nothing I'd known before.

One night I had a dream where I saw Him - a figure surrounded by

light who I knew was Jesus, the light of the world.



As I began to understand the gospel message, I encountered a reassuring and

confident solution to the problem of sin. I knew that I needed a solution

to my sin problem, and I gave my life to Christ.



Slowly, God began to heal my broken heart and my addiction.

Nine years have passed, and I am a devoted husband and a father

to two beautiful boys. I grow deeper in love with Jesus each day.



I ask you to continue praying with me, and others around the world, for Sikhs.

God is the only one who can draw people to Himself. He works in and through

the prayers of His people. I want Sikhs to know the freedom

and healing that is only available through Jesus Christ."



13 (Ro 14:17; 12:12) Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy

and peace in believing, so that you may abound in hope,

through the power of the Holy Spirit.



[13] Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that

ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.



ROMANS 15:13



My paternal side is of Muslim heritage and will offer this section to further

call for Muslim converts to Christian and any other converts to Christianity

(Hindus, Jews, aboriginals Canadian, ...) .



7) Prayers for the nation (Canada) coming from Prayer map of Canada



http://www.ehc.ca



Day 24 of the Month



a) Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society. (



Col 4:3



3 while praying also for us, that God would open to

us a door of utterance to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in chains,



3 withal praying also for us, that God would open unto

us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,

for which I am also in bonds:



)



b) Pray for the Province of Saskatchewan



I) Pray for the leaders of Saskatchewan,

that God's Spirit would influence

then to act justly,

serve with integrity

and honour high moral standards. ( 1 Tim 2:1 - 4



1 Therefore I exhort first of all that you make supplications,

prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings for everyone,

2 (Ezr 6:10) for kings and for all who are in authority,

that we may lead a quiet and peaceful life in all godliness and honesty,

3(1Ti 1:1; Lk 1:47) for this is good

and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

4 (Eze 18:23; 18:32)who desires all men to be saved

and to come to the knowledge of the truth.



II) Pray for the churches of the province,

that they would be lighthouses

beaming forth the illuminating truth of God's Word.



III) Pray that the Lord would use

the Finding the Hope Campaign

and booklet to turn many hearts to Jesus



)

Conclusion:



Pray to the Lord and pray to humble yourself before the Lord and pray for your

enemies to coem to know Him.



Pray to the Lord: "Father, thank You for Your hope and comfort today.

Strengthen me today so I can encourage others too."



Pray to the Lord and pray to know the His Word is inspired by Him.



Pray to the Lord and pray to favour his Righteousness.



Pray to the Lord and pray to seek His Kingdom and His Righteousness.



Pray for Muslims in Canada to know Jesus as Saviour.



Pray for Christian workers an organisations focused on seeing effective

discipleship movements among Muslim people.



- Pray for opportunities to show the love of Christ to Muslims around you

- Pray for, and offer generous hospitality to, those you know who are serving

Christ among Muslim people -

Romans 12:13 "contribute to the needs of the saints, practice hospitality."

- When you gather with fellow believers, remember to pray for Muslims

throughout the year and encourage them to also participate in 30 Days!



Pray that the Lord will open a door for the message for the Gospel

at every level of Canadian Society.



Pray that God's word will spread freely in Tanzania as Christian minister

in dangerous areas ( 2 Thess 3:1-3



1 (1Th 5:25; 1:8) Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord

may quickly spread and be glorified, even as it did with you.

2 (Ro 15:31; Dt 32:20) And pray that we may be delivered from unreasonable

and wicked men, for not all men have faith.

3 (1Co 1:9; Mt 6:13) But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you

and guard you from the evil one.



[1] Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free

course, and be glorified, even as it is with you:

[2] And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all

men have not faith.

[3] But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from

evil. )



Pray to the Lord that to know the Holy Spirit.

and Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His Righteousness.



Remember eternity starts now -

Pray for the direction you take to the Ever lasting loving God.

Day 205, 24 July 2023



1) Isaiah 37,38,39 , Psalms 76



2 Kings 19:1-19

Isaiah 37:1-20

2 Chronicles 32:9-19

2 Kings 19:20-37

Isaiah 37:21-38

2 Chronicles 32:20-23

2 Kings 20:1-11

Isaiah 38:1-8

2 Chronicles 32:24-31

Isaiah 38:9-22

2 Kings 20:12-19

Isaiah 39

Psalms 76



2 Kings 19:1-19



2 Kings 19

Hezekiah Consults Isaiah

Isa 37:1-13



1(1Ki 21:27; 2Ki 18:37) When King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes,

covered himself with sackcloth, and entered the house of the Lord.

2 (Isa 1:1; 2:1) 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.

3 They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of distress,

chastisement, and disgrace, for children have come to the mouth

of the womb, but there is no strength to birth them.

4 (2Sa 16:12; Jos 14:12) Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all the words

of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to taunt

the living God and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard,

and you might lift up a prayer for the remnant that are left."

5 When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah,

6 (2Ki 18:17; 18:35) Isaiah said to them, "Thus shall you say to your master,

'Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard,

with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

7 (2Ki 7:6) I am putting a spirit in him, and he will hear a report

and return to his own land.

Then I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.' "



Sennacherib Defies the Lord



8 (2Ki 18:14; Jos 10:29) Then the Rabshakeh returned and found

the king of Assyria warring against Libnah,

for he had heard that he had departed from Lachish.

9 (1Sa 23:27) When the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush,

"He has come out to fight against you,"

he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

10 (2Ki 18:5; 18:29-30) "Thus you shall speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,

saying: Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying:

Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.

11 You have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands

by annihilating them. Will you be delivered?

12 (Ge 11:31; 2Ki 17:6) Have the gods of the nations delivered them,

the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Harran, Rezeph,

and the sons of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

13 (2Ki 18:34) Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad,

the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah?"



Hezekiah's Prayer

Isa 37:14-20



14 (Isa 37:14) Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers

and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord

and spread it before the Lord.

15 (Ex 25:22; 1Ki 18:39 )Then Hezekiah prayed before the Lord and said,

"O Lord, God of Israel, who sits on the cherubim, You alone are God over

all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the sky and the earth.

16 (2Ki 19:4; 2Ch 6:40) Incline, O Lord, Your ear and hear. Open,

O Lord, Your eyes and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib,

which he sent to taunt the living God.

17 "Surely, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have

annihilated the nations and their lands

18 (Ac 17:29; Isa 44:9-20) and have put their gods in the fire,

for they were no gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone;

thus they have been destroyed.

19 (1Ki 8:43; Ps 83:18) So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand,

that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You, O Lord, are God alone."



2 Kings 19

[1] And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the

LORD.

[2] And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the

scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah

the prophet the son of Amoz.

[3] And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy: for the children are come to the

birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

[4] It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh, whom

the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and

will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up

thy prayer for the remnant that are left.

[5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

[6] And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith

the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the

servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

[7] Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and

shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in

his own land.

[8] So Rab-shakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against

Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

[9] And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come

out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying,

[10] Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God

in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be

delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

[11] Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all

lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered?

[12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have

destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which

were in Thelasar?

[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of

the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah?

[14] And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and

read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it

before the LORD.

[15] And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel,

which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of

all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth.

[16] LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see:

and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the

living God.

[17] Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and

their lands,

[18] And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the

work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

[19] Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his

hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD

God, even thou only.



Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall



Isaiah 37:1-20



Isaiah 37



Isaiah Foretells Deliverance



(2Ki 19:1-13)



1 And it came to pass when King Hezekiah heard it that he tore his clothes,

and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 (Isa 1:1) He sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna

the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth,

to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz.

3 (Hos 13:13; Isa 66:9) They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah:

This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy.

For children have come to birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth.

4 (Isa 1:9; 36:20) Perhaps the Lord your God will hear the words

of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach

the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord your God has heard.

Therefore, lift up a prayer for the remnant that is left."

5 So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

6 (Isa 7:4; 35:4) Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master,

'Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid of the words that you have heard,

with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

7 (Isa 37:9) Listen! I will put a spirit in him so that 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.' "

8 (Jos 10:29) So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria

warring against Libnah. For he had heard that the king had left Lachish.

9 He heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia,

"He has come out to make war with you." And when he heard it,

he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,

10 (Isa 36:15) "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 (Isa 36:18-20) Certainly you have heard what the kings of Assyria

have done to all lands by utterly destroying them. So shall you be delivered?

12 (Ge 11:31; 2Ki 17:6) Have the gods of the nations delivered them

which my fathers have destroyed, even Gozan and Harran

and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Tel Assar?

13 Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad,

and the kings of the city of Seph­arvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?"



The Prayer of Hezekiah



2Ki 19:14-19



14 And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers

and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord,

and spread it before the Lord.

15 Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying,

16 (Ex 25:22; Ps 86:10) "O Lord of Hosts, God of Israel, who dwells

above the cherubim, You are the God, even You alone,

of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth.

17 (2Ch 6:40; Ps 17:6) 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.

18 (2Ki 15:29; 16:9) "Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have laid waste

all the nations and their countries,

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 have destroyed them.

20 (Ps 46:10; 1Ki 18:36-37) Now, O Lord our God, save us from

his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone,

Lord, are God."



Isaiah 37

[1] And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his

clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the

LORD.

[2] And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe,

and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the

prophet the son of Amoz.

[3] And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of

trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the

birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.

[4] It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the

king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will

reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy

prayer for the remnant that is left.

[5] So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

[6] And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus

saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith

the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

[7] Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and

return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own

land.

[8] So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against

Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish.

[9] And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth

to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah,

saying,

[10] Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God,

in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given

into the hand of the king of Assyria.

[11] Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all

lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?

[12] Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have

destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which

were in Telassar?

[13] Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, 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 unto the house of the LORD, and spread it

before the LORD.

[15] And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,

[16] O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims,

thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou

hast made heaven and earth.

[17] Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see:

and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the

living God.

[18] Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations,

and their countries,

[19] And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the

work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

[20] Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the

kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only.



2 Chronicles 32:9-19



9 After all this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem

-while he was at Lachish with all his military force that was with him-to

Hezekiah king of Judah and to all Judah that was in Jerusalem stating,

10 "Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: By what do you all trust that

you remain in a besieged Jerusalem?

11 Is not Hezekiah leading you all astray to give you over to death by famine

and thirst when he tells you, 'The Lord our God will deliver us from the hand

of the king of Assyria'?

12 Has not Hezekiah himself taken down this god's high places

and altars by ordering Judah and Jerusalem, 'You all will bow down

at one altar and on it burn sacrifices'?

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 these lands surely able

to rescue their lands from my hand?

14 Who from among all the gods of these nations that my fathers utterly

destroyed was able to rescue his people from my hand? For will your god

be able to rescue you all from my hand?

15 Now do not let Hezekiah trick or lead you all astray in this.

And do not believe him, for no god from any nation or kingdom

has been 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?"

16 And his servants continued to speak against the Lord God and Hezekiah

his servant.

17 He also wrote letters to insult the Lord God of Israel, speaking against

Him, "As the gods of the nations of other lands did not rescue their people

from my hand, so the god of Hezekiah will not rescue his people from my hand."

18 And they proclaimed it also in a loud voice in the Judean language against

the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall to frighten and terrify them

in order to capture the city.

19 They spoke about the God of Jerusalem like the gods of the other peoples

of the earth, which are only objects made by men's hands.



[9] After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to

Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power

with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at

Jerusalem, saying,

[10] Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye

abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

[11] Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine

and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of

the king of Assyria?

[12] Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars,

and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one

altar, and burn incense upon it?

[13] Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of

other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to

deliver their lands out of mine hand?

[14] Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers

utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your

God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

[15] Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this

manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was

able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my

fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

[16] And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his

servant Hezekiah.

[17] He wrote also letters to rail on 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 out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah

deliver his people out of mine hand.

[18] Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people

of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them;

that they might take the city.

[19] And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the

people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.



2 Kings 19:20-37



Isa 37:21-38; 2Ch 32:20-21



20 (2Ki 20:5) Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying,

"Thus says the Lord God of Israel: That which you have prayed to Me

concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

21 (La 2:13; Job 16:4; Jer 14:17) This is the word that the Lord has spoken

concerning him:

She despises you, she ridicules you- virgin daughter of Zion.

Behind you, she shakes her head- daughter of Jerusalem.

22 (Isa 5:24; Ps 71:22) Whom have you taunted and blasphemed?

And against whom have you raised a voice

and lifted your eyes upward?

Against the Holy One of Israel.

23 (2Ki 18:17; Ps 20:7) By your messengers

you have taunted the Lord,

and have said,

'With my many chariots

I have gone up the height of the mountains,

to farthest reaches of Lebanon,

and I will cut down its tallest cedars,

its choicest junipers.

I will enter its most remote canopies of night,

its dense forest.

24 I have dug wells

and drunk foreign waters,

and I dried up with the sole of my foot

all the streams of Egypt.'

25 (Isa 45:7) "Have you not heard?

Long ago I arranged it,

in ancient times I formed it;

now I bring it to pass,

that you will turn impregnable cities

into desolate heaps of stones.

26 Their inhabitants are powerless;

they are terrified and ashamed.

They are like grass of the field

and new vegetation,

grass on the roof tops,

scorched before it stands.

27 "But I know your dwelling place,

your going out and your coming in,

and your raging against Me.

28 (2Ki 19:33; Eze 29:4) Because you have raged against Me,

and your self-assuredness has come up to My ears,

I will put My hook in your nose

and My bridle on your lips,

and I will turn you back

on the way by which you came.

29 (2Ki 20:8-9; Ex 3:12) "This will be the sign to you:

This year you will eat what grows itself,

and in the second year the same.

Then in the third year sow, reap,

and plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.

30 (2Ch 32:22-23; 2Ki 19:4) The spared of the house of Judah who remain

will again take root below, and bear fruit above.

31 (Isa 9:7 ) For from Jerusalem a remnant will go forth,

and escapees from Mount Zion.

"The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will do this.

32 (2Sa 20:15; Isa 8:7-10) "Therefore thus says the Lord concerning

the king of Assyria:

He will not enter this city,

shoot an arrow there,

approach it with shield,

or heap up a siege ramp against it.

33 (2Ki 19:28) By the way that he came, he will return;

he will not enter this city,

declares the Lord.

34 (2Ki 20:6; 1Ki 11:12-13) For I will protect this city to save it,

for My own sake and for the sake of David My servant."



The Death of Sennacherib



35 (Ex 12:29-30; 2Sa 24:16) On that night the angel of the Lord

went out and struck 185000 in the camp of the Assyrians.

When others woke up early in the morning, these were all dead bodies.

36 (Jnh 1:2; 2Ki 19:7) So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed

and stayed in Nineveh.

37 (Ge 8:4; Ezr 4:2) As he was worshipping in the house of Nisrok his god,

Adrammelek and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword,

and they escaped into the land of Ararat.

Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.



[20] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the

LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib

king of Assyria I have heard.

[21] This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin

the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the

daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

[22] Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou

exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy

One of Israel.

[23] By the messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With

the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the

mountains, to

the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and

the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his

borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

[24] I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet

have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

[25] Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times

that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou

shouldest be

to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

[26] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed

and

confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as

the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

[27] But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy

rage against me.

[28] Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears,

therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I

will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

[29] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things

as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the

same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat

the fruits thereof.

[30] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again

take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

[31] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape

out

of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

[32] Therefore thus saith 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 cast a bank against it.

[33] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not

come into this city, saith the LORD.

[34] For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my

servant David's sake.

[35] And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out,

and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five

thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all

dead corpses.

[36] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and

dwelt at Nineveh.

[37] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his

god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and

they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon his son reigned in

his stead.



Isaiah 37:21-38



The Fall of Sennacherib



2Ki 19:20-37; 2Ch 32:20-21



21T hen Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,

"Thus says the Lord God of Israel: Because you have prayed to Me

about Sennacherib king of Assyria,

22 (Job 16:4; Ps 9:14) this is the word which the Lord has spoken against him:

The virgin daughter of Zion

has despised you and mocked you;

the daughter of Jerusalem

has shaken her head at you.

23 (Eze 39:7) Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?

And against whom have you raised your voice,

and lifted up your eyes haughtily?

Against the Holy One of Israel!

24 (Isa 14:8; 10:18) Through your servants

you have reproached the Lord

and have said,

'With my many chariots

I have come up to the heights of the mountains,

to the remotest parts of Lebanon;

and I cut down its tall cedars,

and its choice fir trees;

and I will go to its highest peak,

its thickest forest.

25 (1Ki 20:10) I have dug wells

and drunk water,

and with the sole of my feet

I have dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'

26 (Ac 2:23; 4:27-28) "Have you not heard?

Long ago I have done it,

from ancient times I have formed it.

Now I have brought it to pass,

that you should turn fortified cities

into ruinous heaps.

27 (Ps 129:6) Therefore, their inhabitants were short of strength;

they were dismayed and humiliated;

they were as the grass of the field

and as the green herb,

as the grass on the housetops

is scorched before it is grown up.

28 "But I know your abode,

and your going out and your comingin,

and your rage against Me.

29 (Isa 30:28; Eze 38:4) Because your rage against Me

and your tumult have come up into My ears,

therefore I will put My hook in your nose,

and My bridle in your lips,

and I will turn you back

on the way by which you came.

30 "This shall be a sign to you:

You shall eat this year what grows of itself,

and the second year what springs from the same,

and in the third year sow and reap

and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.

31 (Isa 27:6) The surviving remnant of the house of Judah

shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

32 (Isa 9:7; 2Ki 19:31) For from Jerusalem shall go out a remnant,

and those who escape out of Mount Zion.

The zeal of the Lord of Hosts

shall do this.

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 shields,

nor build a siege ramp against it.

34 (Isa 37:29) By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,

and shall not come into this city,

says the Lord.

35 (Isa 31:5; 38:6) For I will defend this city to save it

for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David."

36 (Isa 10:12; 2Ki 19:35) Then the angel of the Lord went out and struck

185 000 in the camp of the Assyrians. When others woke up early

in the morning, these were all dead bodies.

37 (Jnh 1:2; 3:3) So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed

and returned home and lived in Nineveh.

38 (Ge 8:4; Ezr 4:2) It came to pass as he was worshipping

in the house of Nisrok, his god, that Adrammelek and Sharezer, his sons,

struck him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Ararat.

And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.



[21] Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the

LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king

of Assyria:

[22] This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin,

the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the

daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

[23] Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou

exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy

One of Israel.

[24] By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the

multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the

sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the

choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border,

and the forest of his Carmel.

[25] I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I

dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

[26] Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times,

that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be

to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

[27] Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and

confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as

the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

[28] But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy

rage against me.

[29] Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears,

therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I

will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

[30] And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as

groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and

in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit

thereof.

[31] And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take

root downward, and bear fruit upward:

[32] For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out

of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.

[33] Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall

not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with

shields, nor cast a bank against it.

[34] By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not

come into this city, saith the LORD.

[35] For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my

servant David's sake.

[36] Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the

Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose

early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.

[37] So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and

dwelt at Nineveh.

[38] And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his

god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and

they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon his son reigned in

his stead.



2 Chronicles 32:20-23



The Death of Sennacherib

20 So Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet son of Amoz prayed

concerning this. And they called out to heaven.

21 So the Lord sent an angel and destroyed the mighty army, leaders,

and officials in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the king returned

in shame to his own land. When he entered the temple of his god,

some of his sons fell on him there with the sword.

22 So the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand

of Sennacherib king of Assyria, and from the hand of all others,

and gave them rest on every side.

23 Many brought tribute to the Lord in Jerusalem a

nd choice gifts to Hezekiah king of Judah so that he was lifted

up before the eyes of all the nations from then on.



[20] And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of

Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven.

[21] And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valour,

and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he

returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the

house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with

the sword.

[22] Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the

hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and

guided them on every side.

[23] And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to

Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations

from thenceforth.



2 Kings 20:1-11



Hezekiah's Life Extended

2Ch 32:24-26; Isa 38:1-8

1(2Sa 17:23) In those days Hezekiah became ill and was near death.

The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came to him, and said to him,

"Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live."

2 Then he turned his face toward the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying,

3 (Ne 13:22; 2Ki 18:3-6) "Please, O Lord, remember how I have walked before

You faithfully and with an undivided heart and have done what is good

in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Now before Isaiah had come out of the middle courtyard,

the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

5 (1Sa 9:16; 2Ki 19:20) "Turn back and say to Hezekiah the leader of My

people: Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father:

I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will heal you.

On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.

6 (2Ki 19:34) I will add to your days fifteen years, and I will deliver you

and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria.

I will defend this city for My own sake and for the sake of David My servant."

7 (Isa 38:21) Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs."

So they took it and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

8 Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the Lord will heal me,

and that I should go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?"

9 Isaiah said, "This is the sign to you from the Lord, that the Lord will

do the thing that He has spoken: Should the shadow walk forward ten steps

or go back ten steps?"

10 And Hezekiah answered, "It is an easy thing for the shadow to stretch

ten steps, so let it go back ten steps."

11 (Jos 10:12-14; Isa 38:8) Isaiah the prophet called to the Lord,

and He made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz.



2 Kings 20

[1] In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the

son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine

house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

[2] Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying,

[3] I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in

truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy

sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

[4] And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court,

that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,

[5] Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the

LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy

tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the

house of the LORD.

[6] And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and

this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this

city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

[7] And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the

boil, and he recovered.

[8] And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will

heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day?

[9] And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD

will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forth ten

degrees, or go back ten degrees?

[10] And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down

ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees.

[11] And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow

ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz.



Isaiah 38:1-8



Isaiah 38



Hezekiah's Illness



2Ki 20:1-11; 2Ch 32:24-26



1 (2Sa 17:23; 2Ch 32:24) In those days Hezekiah was mortally ill.

And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said to him,

"Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die,

and not live."

2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the Lord,

3 (1Ch 29:19; Ne 13:14) and said, "Remember now, O Lord, I beseech You,

how I have walked before You in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done

what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly.

4 Then the word of the Lord came to Isaiah, saying:

5 (2Ki 18:2) "Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David

your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears.

Surely I will add to your days fifteen years.

6 (Isa 37:35) I will deliver you and this city out of the hand

of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.

7 (Jdg 6:37-39; Isa 37:30) "This shall be a sign to you from the Lord,

that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken:

8 (Jos 10:12-14) I will cause the shadow on the sundial, which has gone down

with the sun on the sundial of Ahaz, to go back ten steps."

So the sun's shadow returned ten steps on the sundial

by which it had gone down.



[1] In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the

son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set

thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live.

[2] Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD,

[3] And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before

thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in

thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.

[4] Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying,

[5] Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy

father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add

unto thy days fifteen years.

[6] And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of

Assyria: and I will defend this city.

[7] And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do

this thing that he hath spoken;

[8] Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone

down



2 Chronicles 32:24-31



Hezekiah's Pride



24 In those days Hezekiah became ill even to the point of death,

so he prayed to the Lord. He spoke to the king and gave him a sign.

25 But Hezekiah did not make recompense for what was given to him

because his heart was proud. So divine anger was on him, Judah, and Jerusalem.

26 Then Hezekiah humbled himself from his arrogant heart,

both he and those who lived in Jerusalem, and the anger of the Lord did not

come over them in the days of Hezekiah.

27 And Hezekiah had a vast amount of riches and honor,

and he made treasures for himself from silver, gold, costly stones, spices,

shields, and all types of precious items.

28 He made storehouses for the produce of grain, wine, and oil;

and stalls for all types of livestock and flocks.

29 He also built cities for himself and acquired numbers of flocks and herds,

for God had given to him a vast amount of possessions.

30 And Hezekiah shut up the upper outlet of the waters of the Gihon

and directed them downward to the western side of the City of David.

And Hezekiah found success in all his works.

31 But the envoys came from the officials of Babylon who were sent to him

to inquire about the sign that had been given in the land. God left him alone

in order to test Hezekiah, to know what was in his heart.



[24] In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD:

and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.

[25] But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him;

for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon

Judah and Jerusalem.

[26] Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart,

both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came

not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

[27] And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honour: and he made himself

treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for

spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels;

[28] Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and

stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks.

[29] Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in

abundance: for God had given him substance very much.

[30] This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and

brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah

prospered in all his works.

[31] Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon,

who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God

left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.



Isaiah 38:9-22



9 This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah

after his illness and recovery:

10 (2Co 1:9; Ps 102:24 ) I said: In the middle of my days,

I shall go to the gates of Sheol;

I am to be deprived of the rest of my years.

11 (Ps 27:13) I said, I shall not see the Lord,

even the Lord, in the land of the living;

I shall see man no more

with the inhabitants of the world.

12 (Ps 73:14; 2Co 5:1) My dwelling is pulled up

and removed from me as a shepherd's tent;

I rolled up my life like a weaver.

He cuts me off from the loom;

from day even to night You make an end of me.

13 (Ps 51:8; Da 6:24) I composed my soul until morning,

like a lion, so He breaks all my bones;

from day even to night You make an end of me.

14 (Isa 59:11; Job 30:29) Like a crane or a swallow, so I twitter;

I mourn as a dove;

my eyes look wistfully upward.

O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

15 (1Ki 21:27; Job 7:11) What shall I say?

For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it.

I shall wander about all my years

in the bitterness of my soul.

16 (Dt 8:3) O Lord, by these things men live,

and in all these things is the life of my spirit;

O restore me to health

and make me live!

17 (Ps 30:3; Isa 43:25) Surely it was for my own peace

that I had great bitterness;

but You have kept my soul

from the pit of corruption,

for You have cast all my sins

behind Your back.

18 (Ecc 9:10; Ps 6:5) For Sheol cannot thank You,

death cannot praise You;

those who go down into the pit

cannot hope for Your faithfulness.

19 (Dt 6:7; 4:9) It is the living who give thanks to You,

as I do this day;

a father explains to his sons

about Your faithfulness.

20 The Lord shall surely save me;

therefore, we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments

all the days of our lives

in the house of the Lord.

21 For Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake of figs

and lay it on the boil, and he shall recover."

22 Hezekiah also had said, "What is the sign that I shall go

up to the house of the Lord?"



[9] The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was

recovered of his sickness:

[10] I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the

grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.

[11] I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the

living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.

[12] Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I

have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining

sickness:

from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

[13] I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my

bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

[14] Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove:

mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for

me.

[15] What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done

it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul.

[16] O Lord, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life

of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live.

[17] Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my

soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my

sins

behind thy back.

[18] For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they

that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth.

[19] The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the

father to the children shall make known thy truth.

[20] The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the

stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.

[21] For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a

plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover.

[22] Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the

house of the LORD?



2 Kings 20:12-19



Envoys From Babylon

Isa 39:1-8; 2Ch 32:32-33

12 (2Ch 32:31; Isa 39:1-8) At that time Marduk-Baladan son of Baladan,

king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah,

for he had heard that Hezekiah had been ill.

13 Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them all the treasure house,

the silver, the gold, the spices, the fine oil, all the armory,

and all that was found in his storehouses.

There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion

that Hezekiah did not show them.

14 Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him,

"What did these men say? From where did they come to you?"

Hezekiah said, "They came from a distant land, from Babylon."

15 He said, "What have they seen in your house?"

Hezekiah said, "They have seen everything in my house.

There is nothing in my storehouses that I did not show them."

16 Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the Lord:

17 (2Ki 24:13; 2Ch 36:10) The days are coming when everything that is

in your house and that your fathers have stored up until this day

will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.

18 (2Ch 33:11; 2Ki 24:12) Some of your sons who go out from you,

who will be born to you, will be taken away.

They will be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon."

19 (1Sa 3:18) Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah,

"The word of the Lord that you have spoken is good."

And he said, "Why not, if there is peace and security in my days?"



[12] At that time Berodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon,

sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had

been sick.

[13] And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and shewed them all the house of his

precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious

ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his

treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that

Hezekiah shewed them not.

[14] Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him,

What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said,

They are come from a far country, even from Babylon.

[15] And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered,

All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among

my treasures that I have not shewed them.

[16] And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD.

[17] Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which

thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into

Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

[18] And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,

shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the

king of Babylon.

[19] Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou

hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days?



Isaiah 39

Envoys From Babylon

2Ki 20:12-19

1 (2Ki 20:12-19; 2Ch 32:31) At that time Marduk-Baladan the son of Baladan,

king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard

that he had been sick and had recovered.

2 (2Ch 32:25; 32:31) Hezekiah was glad and showed them the house

of his precious things: the silver, and the gold, and the spices,

and the precious ointment, and his whole armoury, and all that was found

in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion,

that Hezekiah did not show them.

3 (Dt 28:49; 2Sa 12:1) Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said

to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?"

And Hezekiah said, "They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon."

4 Then he said, "What have they seen in your house?"

And Hezekiah answered, "All that is in my house they have seen.

There is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them."

5 (1Sa 13:13-14; 15:16) Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah,

"Hear the word of the Lord of Hosts.

6 (2Ki 24:13; 25:13-15) The days are surely coming when all that is

in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store

until this day, shall be carried to Bab­ylon. Nothing shall be left,

says the Lord.

7 (2Ki 24:12; 2Ch 36:10) And some of your sons who descend from you,

whom you shall father, shall be taken away. And they shall become officials

in the palace of the king of Babylon."

8 (2Ch 32:26; 34:28) Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the Lord

which you have spoken is good."

For he said, "For there shall be peace and truth in my days."



Isaiah 39

[1] At that time Merodach-baladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent

letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick,

and was recovered.

[2] And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious

things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment,

and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures:

there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah

shewed them not.

[3] Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What

said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They

are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon.

[4] Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered,

All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my

treasures that I have not shewed them.

[5] Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts:

[6] Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which

thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to

Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD.

[7] And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget,

shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the

king of Babylon.

[8] Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou

hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my

days.



Psalms 76

For the Music Director. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A Song.

1 In Judah God is known;

in Israel His name is great.

2 (Ps 63:1; 84:2) In Salem is His abode,

and His dwelling place in Zion.

3 (Ps 79:10; 80:5) There He broke the fiery arrows of the bow,

the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah

4 (Isa 30:29; Ps 62:8) You are more glorious and excellent

than the mountains of prey.

5 (Ps 42:11; 43:5) The strong of heart have been plundered;

they have been put to sleep;

and none of the mighty men

could use their hands.

6 (2Sa 17:22; Dt 3:8-9) At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob,

both the chariot and horse lay stunned.

7 (Ps 88:7; Jnh 2:3) You, even You, are to be feared;

and who may stand in Your sight from the moment of Your anger?

8 (Job 35:10; Ps 63:6) From the heavens You gave their judgment,

and the earth feared and was silent,

9 (Ps 38:6; 18:2) when God arose to judgment,

to save all the meek of the earth. Selah

10 (Ps 42:3; Joel 2:17) Surely the wrath of people shall bring You praise;

the remainder of wrath You shall put on.

11 (Ps 42:5; 43:5) Make your vows to the Lord your God, and fulfill them;

let all who surround Him

bring tribute to Him who is to be feared.

12 He reduces the spirit of princes,

and is feared among the kings of the earth.



Psalms 76

[1] In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel.

[2] In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion.

[3] There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the

battle. Selah.

[4] Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey.

[5] The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of

the men of might have found their hands.

[6] At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into

a dead sleep.

[7] Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when

once thou art angry?

[8] Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and

was still,

[9] When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah.

[10] Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt

thou restrain.

[11] Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him

bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.

[12] He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of

the earth.