1 King Hezekiah heard the bad words. He tore his clothes, put on rough cloth, and went to God’s house. ⛪ 2 He sent Eliakim, Shebna, and the priest leaders to Isaiah, the man of God. They wore rough cloth. ♂️♂️♂️ 3 They said, “Hezekiah says: Today is a very hard day. It is like a mom ready to have a baby but too tired.” 4 “Maybe God heard the bad talk from Rabshakeh. Please pray for the small group left.” 5 Hezekiah’s men went in to Isaiah. ➡️ 6 Isaiah said, “Tell your king: God says, ‘Do not be afraid of the words you heard.’” ️️ 7 “God says: ‘I will make the king hear news. He will go home. In his own land, he will die by a sword.’” ️ 8 Rabshakeh went back and found the Assyria king fighting at Libnah. ️⚔️ 9 He heard, “Tirhakah, king of Cush, comes to fight you.” He sent more letters to Hezekiah. 10 The letter said, “Do not let your God trick you. Jerusalem will fall.” ️❗ 11 “You heard what Assyria did to many lands. They destroyed them. You will not be saved.” 12 “Did their gods save them? Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and Eden in Telassar did not help.” ❌ 13 “Where are the kings of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?” ❓ 14 Hezekiah took the letters, read them, went to God’s house, and spread them out. ⛪✋ 15 Hezekiah prayed to God. 16 He said, “God of Israel, You are the only God. You made the sky and the land.” 17 “Please hear and see. Hear how Sennacherib talks bad about the living God.” ⚠️ 18 “It is true: Assyria ruined many lands.” ️ 19 “They burned their gods. Those were wood and stone, not real gods.” ❌ 20 “Now please save us, so all lands know You are God.” 21 Then Isaiah sent a message: “God says, ‘I heard your prayer about Sennacherib.’” 22 “God says to Sennacherib: Zion and Jerusalem laugh at you and shake their head at you.” ♀️️ 23 “Who did you talk bad about? You spoke against the Holy God of Israel.” ⚠️ 24 “You bragged: ‘With many carts I went up high hills. I cut big trees in Lebanon. I went far away.’” ⛰️✂️ 25 “‘I dug wells and drank water. I dried up rivers with my feet.’” ️ 26 “God says: Long ago I planned this. Now I made it happen: you made strong cities into piles.” ️➡️ 27 “The people there were weak and scared, like grass that dries fast.” 28 “God says: I know where you live. I know when you go out and come in. I know you are mad at Me.” ➡️⬅️ 29 “Because you are mad at Me, I will put a rope on you and make you go back the way you came.” ↩️ 30 “This is the sign: This year eat what grows by itself. Next year eat what grows again. In year three, plant and eat fruit.” 31 “The people of Judah who live will grow strong, like roots down and fruit up.” ⬇️⬆️ 32 “From Jerusalem and Zion, some will live and go out. God will do this.” ️➡️ 33 “God says about the king of Assyria: He will not come into this city. No arrows. No shields. No dirt wall.” ️ 34 “He will go back the same way. He will not enter this city.” ↩️️ 35 “I will guard this city and save it, for My name and for David.” ️️ 36 That night, God’s angel went out to the Assyria camp. A very big number (185,000) died. In the morning, many were dead. ⚡️ 37 So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, left and went to live in Nineveh. ♂️➡️️ 38 He was praying to his idol in his god house. His sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him. They ran away. Esarhaddon became king. ⛪️♂️