Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied

Isaiah tells Hezekiah that the LORD has heard his prayer and now speaks against Sennacherib, exposing his taunts, his arrogance, and the limits of all his victories under God’s sovereign hand.

T²⁰hen Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I have heard your prayer concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria. ²¹This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ²²Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? ²³Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, ²⁴I have dug wells ²⁵Have you not heard? ²⁶Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, ²⁷But I know your sitting down, ²⁸Because your rage and arrogance against Me

The LORD gives Hezekiah a sign: hardship will give way to ordinary sowing and harvest again, and Jerusalem’s surviving remnant will take root below and bear fruit above.

²⁹And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: ³⁰And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah ³¹For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem,

The LORD declares that the king of Assyria will not enter Jerusalem, attack it, or build against it, but will return the way he came because the LORD Himself will defend the city.

³²So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ³³He will go back the way he came, ³⁴I will defend this city