II Kings 19:20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
“She despises you, she scorns you—
the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.
22 “Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against the Holy One of Israel!...
Yesterday we looked at Isaiah's response to Hezekiah that God had indeed heard the mocking of the king of Assyria toward Israel and their God. Now, Isaiah reassures Hezekiah that God has heard and is going to act by telling him the message God is now sending to the Assyrians:
25 “Have you not heard
that I determined it long ago?
God goes on to say, through Isaiah, that all the lands and peoples the Assyrians had been taking were allowed by God - that they were merely pawns in His hands. But now that they were mocking the God who allowed them such victories, the tide was going to turn on them. God hears all. Do you hear Him?
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