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Isaiah 36 Summary
Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem
In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib of Assyria comes up against Judah's defended cities and takes them. He sends Rabshakeh with a great army to Jerusalem, who stands by the conduit taunting Hezekiah. Rabshakeh speaks to the delegates, saying Hezekiah's trust in Egypt is vain and accusing Hezekiah of removing the LORD's high places. He boasts of Assyria's might and strength, claiming none can deliver from the Assyrian king's hand. Rabshakeh cries in the Jews' language to the people on the wall, mocking Hezekiah and bidding them make peace with Assyria. He challenges whether the gods of other nations have delivered them, demanding whether the LORD will deliver Jerusalem. The king's delegates return to Hezekiah with rent clothes, reporting all the words of Rabshakeh.
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Key verses
Isaiah 36:1
“Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them.”
Isaiah 36:4
“And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?”
Isaiah 36:15
“Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.”
Isaiah 36:20
“Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?”
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