913 - Hezekiah prays again for Jerusalem

Hezekiah prays again for Jerusalem


Before leaving, to meet the attack from Ethiopia, the king of Assyria sent messengers… back, to Hezekiah, in Jerusalem, with this message: 


“This message is for King Hezekiah, of Judah. 


Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, with promises, that Jerusalem will not be captured, by the king, of Assyria. 


You know perfectly well, what the kings, of Assyria, have done, wherever they have gone. 


They have completely destroyed everyone, who stood, in their way! 


Why should you be any different? 


Have the gods of other nations rescued them—such nations, as Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden, who were in Tel-assar? 


My predecessors destroyed them …all! 


What happened, to the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad? 


What happened, to the kings, of Sepharvaim, …Hena, and Ivvah?” 


After Hezekiah received the letter, from the messengers, and read it, he went up, to the Lord’s Temple, and spread it out, before the Lord. 


And Hezekiah prayed this prayer, before the Lord: 


“O Lord, God of Israel, You are enthroned, between the mighty cherubim! 


You alone are God, of all the kingdoms, of the earth. 


You alone created the heavens, and the earth. 


Bend down, O Lord, and listen! 


Open your eyes, O Lord, and see! 


Listen, to Sennacherib’s words, of defiance, against the living God. 


“It is true, Lord, that the kings, of Assyria, have destroyed all these nations. 


And they have thrown the gods, of these nations, into the fire, and burned them. 


But, of course, the Assyrians could destroy them! 


They were not gods at all—only idols, of wood, and stone, shaped by human hands. 


Now, O Lord, our God, rescue us, from the power (of this uncircumcised blasphemer); then, all the kingdoms, of the earth, will know, that You alone, O Lord, are God.” 


2 Kings 19:9–19 (NLT)


Praise be to God!



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