Isaiah Reassures Hezekiah

2 Kings 19

¹ _u As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, _t he tore his clothes and _v covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. ² And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and the senior priests, _v covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz. ³ They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, This day is a day of distress, of rebuke, and of disgrace; children have come to the point of birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. ⁴ _w It may be that the Lord your God heard all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent _x to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for _y the remnant that is left." ⁵ When the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah, ⁶ Isaiah said to them, "Say to your master, 'Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which _z the servants of the king of Assyria have _a reviled me. ⁷ Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that _b he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him _c fall by the sword in his own land.'"

1. Cross References
   2 Kings 19:1 - 37
   As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
   2 Chronicles 32:20 - 22
   Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven.
   Isaiah 37:1 - 38
   As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
   
2. Cross References
   2 Kings 18:37
   Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of the Rabshakeh.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 3:31
   Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and put on sackcloth and mourn before Abner." And King David followed the bier.
   
4. Cross References
   2 Kings 19:1
   As soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Samuel 16:12
   It may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.
   
6. Cross References
   2 Kings 19:16
   Incline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God.
   
7. Cross References
   Isaiah 1:9
   If the Lord of hosts had not left us a few survivors, we should have been like Sodom, and become like Gomorrah.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Kings 18:17
   And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rab-saris, and the Rabshakeh with a great army from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. When they arrived, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway to the Washer's Field.
   
9. Cross References
   2 Kings 18:22 - 25
   But if you say to me, "We trust in the Lord our God," is it not he whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, "You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem"?
   2 Kings 18:30 - 35
   Do not let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord by saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
   
10. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:9
    Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has set out to fight against you." So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying.
    
11. Cross References
    2 Kings 19:37
    And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer, his sons, struck him down with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.