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🗓️ 25 July 2022
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0:00.0 | Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible recap. |
0:07.0 | Yesterday, when we left off, the leaders of Assyria had come to Judah to threaten all |
0:17.0 | their people. |
0:18.0 | Today, we see how Judah's king Hezekiah responds in light of these threats. |
0:22.4 | The very first thing he does in the midst of his distress is go to God. |
0:27.6 | As soon as he hears the news, he goes to the temple. |
0:31.1 | He also trusts God to intervene and rebuke the Assyrians for their words. |
0:35.5 | Meanwhile, he senses staff to talk to Isaiah, and Isaiah tells them God is already orchestrating |
0:40.3 | everything to dethrone the king of Assyria, just as Hezekiah hoped, and that he'll die |
0:45.0 | by the sword. |
0:47.2 | Not long after that, the messengers of Assyria send another threatening, mocking letter to |
0:51.6 | Hezekiah, and this time it's especially scary because it seems the Assyrians have already |
0:56.2 | taken all of the major cities of Judah, and now their army surrounds Jerusalem. |
1:02.1 | And once again, Hezekiah doesn't issue a reply to them. |
1:05.9 | His first stop in the midst of despair is the House of the Lord. |
1:10.6 | He spreads out the letter before God and asks God to intervene. |
1:15.3 | This is a man who knows what God is capable of. |
1:19.7 | He asks for God's deliverance not only because He desires it for Himself, but also because |
1:24.3 | He believes it will show that Yahweh alone is the one true God. |
1:28.6 | He asks God to save Judah for God's sake. |
1:32.6 | Then a really cool thing happens. |
1:34.4 | Hezekiah is in the temple praying, and the next thing we know, Isaiah sends him a message |
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