OUR FATHER WHO DEFENDS HIS PEOPLE FROM RUTHLESS MOCKERS

The book of Isaiah chapter 37 verse 4;

 It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander, whom his master, the king of Assyria, has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God has heard. Therefore pray for the remnant that still survives.”

This verse carries the hope that King Hezekiah of Judah sent by his servants to the prophet Isaiah along with the report of the threats that the commander of the  Assyrian army named Sennacherib had made against Judah.

The Assyrian commander had taunted the people of Judah telling them that the gods of the other kingdoms that Assyria had already conquered were unable to save them and therefore the God of of the people of Judah would not be able to save them either.

Hezekiah's hope was that the taunts of Sennacherib against the people of Judah would arouse the wrath of the Lord and that the Lord would rebuke them and therefore a remnant of people in Judah would be spared.

When the prophet Isaiah heard this report, he gave this response recorded of Isaiah chapter 37 verses 6 - 7;

Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. 

Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’”

Hezekiah's hope was realised when the insults that Sennacherib has leveled against the Lord had been noted in heaven and there was a rebuke that was set in motion to bring about judgement on the Assyrians.

Amen.

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