Trusting God when voices seek to weaken our confidence
…oices seek to weaken our confidence One of the most instructive details in the account of Hezekiah and Rabshakeh is easily overlooked: the people did not answer. Rabshakeh had come as the spokesman of the king of Assyria. Standing outside Jerusalem, he spoke loudly in the languag…
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…aust the language of the prophecy? Isaiah 32–35 provides a particularly instructive test. Hezekiah belongs to the discussion. So do Sennacherib, Assyria, Judah’s devastated countryside, Jerusalem’s deliverance and Edom’s hostility. Removing those historical realities would impove…
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…he final place of punishment. The Old Testament provides a useful parallel. Facing death, Hezekiah says: “I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years.” — Isaiah 38:10 Here, gates belong to the imagery of entering the realm of death. The NET Bibl…
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