Today, the siege drags on. Jerusalem’s future hangs by a thread. Isaiah is urging people to trust in God and keep faith, but will they be able to do it?
Time of peace
Isaiah 32:1-8
Time of trouble
Isaiah 32:9-14
Time of blessing
Isaiah 32:15-20
A prayer for help
Isaiah 33:1-9
the Lord’s warning
Isaiah 33:10-16
The glorious future
Isaiah 33:17-24
Hezekiah humbles himself
2 Kings 18:36-37, 19:1, Isaiah 36:21-22, 37:1
Heziekiah consults Isaiah
2 Kings 19:2-7, Isaiah 37:2-7
A prayer for protection
Psalm 44
Isaiah’s words of hope must have sustained the people, but their deliverance is a long time coming. Hezekiah sends people to Isaiah to ask more details, and Isaiah replies by saying that something urgent will come up that will make Sennacherib leave the battlefield and go home, there he will be killed.
So the people wait in hope. Psalm 44 expresses something of this - God, where are you? We need you, we can’t survive without you. But can God possibly intervene in such a concrete way to deny the steamroller of Assyria its chance to flatten Jerusalem?
Time of peace
Isaiah 32:1-8
Time of trouble
Isaiah 32:9-14
Time of blessing
Isaiah 32:15-20
A prayer for help
Isaiah 33:1-9
the Lord’s warning
Isaiah 33:10-16
The glorious future
Isaiah 33:17-24
Hezekiah humbles himself
2 Kings 18:36-37, 19:1, Isaiah 36:21-22, 37:1
Heziekiah consults Isaiah
2 Kings 19:2-7, Isaiah 37:2-7
A prayer for protection
Psalm 44
Isaiah’s words of hope must have sustained the people, but their deliverance is a long time coming. Hezekiah sends people to Isaiah to ask more details, and Isaiah replies by saying that something urgent will come up that will make Sennacherib leave the battlefield and go home, there he will be killed.
So the people wait in hope. Psalm 44 expresses something of this - God, where are you? We need you, we can’t survive without you. But can God possibly intervene in such a concrete way to deny the steamroller of Assyria its chance to flatten Jerusalem?
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