Look! When you trust Egypt, you’re trusting a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) is like for everyone who trusts him. Isaiah 36:6 GW
They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it. Isaiah 37:3 GW
Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, and went to the Lord’s temple. He spread it out in front of the Lord and prayed to the Lord, “Lord of Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned over the angels. You alone are God of the kingdoms of the world. You made heaven and earth. Turn your ear toward me, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the entire message that Sennacherib sent to defy the living God. Isaiah 37:14-17 GW
“Please, Lord, remember how I’ve lived faithfully and sincerely in your presence. I’ve done what you consider right.” And he cried bitterly. Isaiah 38:3 GW
“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I’ve heard your prayer. I’ve seen your tears. I’m going to give you 15 more years to live. Isaiah 38:5 GW
Lord, people live in spite of such things, and I have the will to live in spite of them. You give me health and keep me alive. Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you. Sheol doesn’t thank you! Death doesn’t praise you! Those who go down to the pit cannot expect you to be faithful. Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children. The Lord is going to rescue me, so let us play stringed instruments. We live our lives in the Lord’s temple. Isaiah 38:16-20 GW
Praise the Lord, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world! His mercy toward us is powerful. The Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Hallelujah! Psalms 117:1-2 GW
Look! When you trust Egypt, you’re trusting a broken stick for a staff. If you lean on it, it stabs your hand and goes through it. This is what Pharaoh (the king of Egypt) is like for everyone who trusts him.
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They said to him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day filled with misery, punishment, and disgrace. We are like a woman who is about to give birth but doesn’t have the strength to do it.
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 37:3 GW
Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, read it, and went to the Lord’s temple. He spread it out in front of the Lord and prayed to the Lord, “Lord of Armies, God of Israel, you are enthroned over the angels. You alone are God of the kingdoms of the world. You made heaven and earth. Turn your ear toward me, Lord, and listen. Open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the entire message that Sennacherib sent to defy the living God.
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 37:14-17 GW
“Please, Lord, remember how I’ve lived faithfully and sincerely in your presence. I’ve done what you consider right.” And he cried bitterly.
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 38:3 GW
“Go and say to Hezekiah, ‘This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: I’ve heard your prayer. I’ve seen your tears. I’m going to give you 15 more years to live.
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 38:5 GW
Lord, people live in spite of such things, and I have the will to live in spite of them. You give me health and keep me alive. Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you. Sheol doesn’t thank you! Death doesn’t praise you! Those who go down to the pit cannot expect you to be faithful. Those who are living praise you as I do today. Fathers make your faithfulness known to their children. The Lord is going to rescue me, so let us play stringed instruments. We live our lives in the Lord’s temple.
ReplyDeleteIsaiah 38:16-20 GW
Praise the Lord, all you nations! Praise him, all you people of the world! His mercy toward us is powerful. The Lord’s faithfulness endures forever. Hallelujah!
ReplyDeletePsalms 117:1-2 GW