Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib"
Text: Isaiah 37:21
ISAIAH’S REPLY TO KING HEZEKIAH
Isaiah responded to King Hezekiah promptly. The LORD had a message not only for Hezekiah but also a word for Sennacherib. Hezekiah would have to reply to the Rabshakeh’s letter!
“Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying,
‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel,
‘Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria,
this is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him:
‘The virgin, the daughter of Zion,
Has despised you, laughed you to scorn;
The daughter of Jerusalem
Has shaken her head behind your back!
‘Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.”””
Isaiah 37:21-23
1. To Hezekiah
a) His prayer to God was acknowledged.
b) God noted that the king had sought Him in prayer against Sennacherib.
2. To Sennacherib
a) God spoke on behalf of Jerusalem, Judah.
b) Jerusalem is described tenderly.
i) She is called “the daughter of Zion”.
ii) And, “the daughter of Jerusalem”.
c) The spirit of the daughter of Jerusalem.
i) She had shaken her head against Sennacherib.
ii) She expresses no fear of Sennacherib’s threatening words.
iii) She is undaunted by the Assyrians!
3. A word of warning to the Assyrian king.
a) To whom was he speaking when he wrote so derisively?
b) The attitude of the Assyrians was noted:
i) Assyria has raised his voice.
ii) The nation had raised his eyes against God on high.
c) Did Assyria think he can just rail against the Holy One of Israel
and get away with despising the LORD God?