Daily Devotions
Isaiah
"By your servants you have reproached the Lord"
Text: Isaiah 37:24
THE BOAST OF THE ASSYRIANS
The LORD sent a strong word of rebuke to the Assyrians. He took note of the arrogance of Sennacherib, king of the Assyrians.
“By your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter its farthest height,
To its fruitful forest.
I have dug and drunk water,
And with the soles of my feet I have dried up
All the brooks of defense.'”
Isaiah 37:24-25
1. Charged with reproaching the LORD.
a) Sennacherib was held responsible.
b) The words of the Rabshakeh had despised the LORD and His power.
2. Contents of the Charge against Sennacherib.
a) The chariots of the Assyrians.
i) Assyria had many chariots indeed.
ii) The multitude of chariots had brought them to the mountains of Lebanon.
b) Lebanon’s pride.
i) The tall cedars.
ii) The choice cypress.
iii) Many other tall and stately trees that make up a fruitful forest.
c) Assyria boasted that it would destroy the mighty trees of Lebanon.
d) The water supply system of Lebanon.
i) The trees grew well because of the solid water supply available to them.
ii) The Assyrians boasted of their ability to destroy the water supply.
iii) They would dry up the sources of water.
iv) All defences put up by Lebanon and other neighbouring countries would be in vain.
v) Lebanon’s defeat would illustrate the might and main of the Assyrian armies.