Prayer and your raging against me. 19:28Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came." 19:29This shall be the sign to you: You shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it. 19:30The remnant that has escaped of the house of Yahudah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. 19:31For out of Yerushalayim shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Tzion those who shall escape: the zeal of Yahweh shall perform this. 19:32Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Ashshur, "He shall not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. 19:33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh. 19:34 For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake."'" 19:35 It happened that night that the angel of Yahweh went forth, and struck in the camp of the Ashshur one hundred eighty-five thousand: and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. 19:36So Sancheriv king of Ashshur departed, and went and returned, and lived at Nineveh. 19:37It happened, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisrokh his mighty one, that Adrammelekh and Sar'etzer struck him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar-Chaddon his son reigned in his place.
Yahweh Prospers The Ways Of His Faithful Servants 18:1-8 testifies, through Chizkiyahu's life, that when one serves Yahweh faithfully, Yahweh prospers the ways of that one.
Why Yisrael Was Sent Into Captivity 18:12 gives the reason for Yisrael's captivity. They didn't obey the voice of Yahweh their Mighty One, but transgressed his covenant, even all that Moshe the servant of Yahweh commanded, and would not hear it, nor do it. To avoid living our lives devoid of Yahweh's protection, a life similar to that lived by these rebellious Yisraelites, we need to avoid the mistakes these rebellious Yisraelites made. We should wholly obey the voice of Yahweh our Mighty One. We should abide by all of Yahweh's righteous laws, and should be glad to hear and do these laws. Seeing that Elisha had Yahweh's protection, as evidenced by Yahweh's invisible army protecting him when the Arammian army came to capture him, it should be clear that Elisha faithfully served Yahweh. Elisha obeyed Yahweh's voice, and abided by Yahweh's covenant, even all that Moshe the servant of Yahweh commanded. We should follow Elisha's example, rather than that of rebellious Yisrael.
The King Of Ashshur Did Not Understand Yahweh And Yahweh's Ways 18:22 shows that the king of Ashshur, through his messengers, did not really understand who Yahweh was, or Yahweh's ways. For he equated the worship of Yahweh with the several high
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