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Isaiah 37 Summary
Hezekiah's prayer and deliverance
When King Hezekiah hears Rabshakeh's words, he rents his clothes and goes into the house of the LORD, sending word to Isaiah the prophet. Hezekiah's servants come to Isaiah with a message: this is a day of trouble and blasphemy, and they ask Isaiah to pray for the remnant. Isaiah tells them the LORD says: fear not the words of Rabshakeh, for the LORD will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, where he shall fall by the sword. Hezekiah receives a letter from Sennacherib, reads it, and spreads it before the LORD, praying earnestly. He appeals to the LORD as the God of all kingdoms who alone is God. Isaiah sends word back: the virgin daughter of Zion hath despised the Assyrian king, for he hath reproached the Holy One of Israel. The LORD declares Sennacherib shall not enter the city nor shoot an arrow there. Then the angel of the LORD smites 185,000 in the Assyrian camp, and when they arise they are all dead. Sennacherib departs to Nineveh, where his own sons slay him as he worships in his god's house.
Key themes
Key verses
Isaiah 37:6
“And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.”
Isaiah 37:33
“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 shields, nor cast a bank against it.”
Isaiah 37:35
“For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake.”
Isaiah 37:36
“Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.”
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