2 Chronicles 29:6-11
29:6 For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of
the
Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned
away from the
Lord’s dwelling place and rejected him.
29:7 They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel.
29:8 The
Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn,
as you can see with your own eyes.
29:9 Look, our fathers died violently
and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off
because of this.
29:10 Now I intend
to make a covenant with the
Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger.
29:11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the
Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices.”
2 Chronicles 32:20
32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.
2 Chronicles 32:25-26
32:25 But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem.
32:26 But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the
Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah’s reign.
2 Chronicles 34:21
34:21 “Go, seek an oracle from
the
Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about
the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the
Lord’s fury has been ignited against us,
because our ancestors
have not obeyed the word of the
Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!”
Isaiah 37:1
37:1 When King Hezekiah heard this,
he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the
Lord’s temple.
Isaiah 37:4
37:4 Perhaps the
Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God.
When the
Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said.
So pray for this remnant that remains.’”
Isaiah 37:15-20
37:15 Hezekiah prayed before the
Lord:
37:16 “O
Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim!
You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky
and the earth.
37:17 Pay attention,
Lord, and hear! Open your eyes,
Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God!
37:18 It is true,
Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations
and their lands.
37:19 They have burned the gods of the nations,
for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them.
37:20 Now, O
Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the
Lord.”