Isaiah 37:21-35 - God's Answer
21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “The Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Because you prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, 22 this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:
despises you and scorns you:
Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head
behind your back.
Who have you raised your voice against
and lifted your eyes in pride?
Against the Holy One of Israel!
You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon.
I cut down its tallest cedars,
its choice cypress trees.
I came to its distant heights,
its densest forest.
I dried up all the streams of Egypt
with the soles of my feet.”
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I designed it long ago;
I planned it in days gone by.
I have now brought it to pass,
and you have crushed fortified cities
into piles of rubble.
dismayed, and ashamed.
They are plants of the field,
tender grass,
grass on the rooftops,
blasted by the east wind.
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your going out and your coming in,
and your raging against Me.
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.
30 “‘This will be the sign for you:
33 “Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:
or shoot an arrow there
or come before it with a shield
or build up an assault ramp against it.
the way he came,
and he will not enter this city.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
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because of Me
and because of My servant David.”