PROCLAMATION
“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. … For I will defend this
city, to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David’s sake.” 2 Kings 19:32-35 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These words were written under the
influence of The Holy Spirit of God. When
King Hezekiah heard the report from Eliakim telling him what Rab-shakeh, the
spokesman for Sennacherib the king of Assyria, He tore his clothes Hezekiah,
covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of The Lord. (2 Kings
19:1) sent Eliakim, who was over his
household staff, to Isaiah the prophet to share with him what had been said by
Rab-shakeh. Isaiah told him to tell
Hezekiah what thus saith The Lord. “Be
not afraid … I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall
return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own
land.” (2 Kings 19:2-7) When Rab-shakeh returned
to Sennacherib, he found him at war with Libnah. Then he heard that the king of Ethiopia was going
to fight against them. Again he sent
messengers to Hezekiah telling him of all the kings and lands Assyria had
destroyed. He also said that The Lord
God could not save them. (2 Kings 19:8-13)
Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, then he took it
to the house of The Lord, spread it out before The Lord, and prayed and
beseeched Him to save them. (2 Kings 19:14-19)
Then Isaiah sent word to Hezekiah that The Lord had heard his prayer. He said that Sennacherib had blasphemed The
Holy One of Israel. He knew all that he
had done and said via his messengers. The
Lord said because of his rage against Him, that He would put His hook in his
nose, and His bridle in his lips, and drag him back to Assyria. (2 Kings
19:20-28) The Lord said
concerning the king of Assyria, “He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an
arrow … For I will defend this city, to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My
servant David’s sake.” (2 Kings 19:32-34)
And it came to pass that night that the angel of The Lord went out and
killed the one hundred eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian army. Early the next morning when the men of
Jerusalem arose, they beheld nothing but dead corpses. Having no army with him, Sennacherib departed
and went to Nineveh. It came to pass
that as he was worshiping his idol god, that two of his sons got together and
slew him in the temple. (2 Kings 19:35-37)
APPLICATION
If we believe in The Lord God and obey His Holy Word
and keep His commandments, then He will fight our battles for us. (2 Chronicles
20:17 and 32:8) No weapon formed against
us will be effective. (Isaiah 54:17) He
shall be our protection. (Job 29:4 and Isaiah 4:6) The Lord God is our refuge, and our strength,
and our help in times of trouble. (Psalm 46:1)
We will be safe and protected under His wings. (Psalm 91:4)
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