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Season 6, Podcast 92, Isaiah 37:1-38, “Incline Thine Ear, O Lord.”

August 01, 2025 • Ronald • Season 6 • Episode 92

Season 6, Podcast 92, Isaiah 37:1-38, “Incline Thine Ear, O Lord.”

Sennacherib, King of Assyria, sent an embassy to Hezekiah, king of Judah, announcing that they should pay tribute to Assyria, or he will crush Judah with his vast army. Rabshakeh, the Assyrian King’s spokesman blasphemes Jehovah, telling Hezekiah that Jehovah cannot save them. The Lord makes an example of Assyria as he miraculously destroys Sennacherib’s army.

Isaiah 37:1-5

And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

A theme that runs through the Old Testament is this. When the kings are righteous, they seek the words of the Lord’s true prophets, and, regardless of the opposition, the Lord delivers them from their enemies. We have the stories of David slaying Goliath, of Joshua conquering Jerico, of Moses parting the Red Sea, of Gideon slaying the Midianites. Here we have the story of the Lord destroying the army of the Assyrians.

The object lesson for us is that regardless of the size of the enemy, or the obstacle, or the challenge, or the opposition, the Lord will help us overcome our troubles. God, creator of heaven and earth, is more powerful than all.

Isaiah 37:6-8

And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.

Isaiah describes the odds against Judah to emphasize that no obstacle is too large that with the help of the Lord, we cannot overcome. The Holy Bible does not oversimplify life, however. For example, sicknesses are not always healed, lives are not always spared, enemies are not always overcome, and miracles are not always apparent. Many stories in the Bible illustrate the different ways that God responds to our prayers. We must take the Holy Scriptures as a whole. What we do learn, however, is that when the Lord inclines his ear, he answers our prayers to our spiritual advantage. Sometimes he simply strengthens us in our adversity, thus increasing our faith.

The following story is what we usually think of as the ideal. It is the ideal that we always hope for. The enemy is devastated, and we are saved without even having to go to war.

Isaiah 37:8-13

So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.