Isaiah 37 - Introduction

This chapter contains a continuation of the historical narrative commenced in the previous chapter. Hezekiah went with expressions of grief to the temple, to spread the cause of his distress before the Lord Isaiah 37:1. He sent an embassage to Isaiah to ask his counsel in the time of the general distress Isaiah 37:2. Isaiah replied that he should not be afraid of the Assyrian, for that he should soon be destroyed Isaiah 37:6. The return of Rabshakeh to Sennacherib Isaiah 37:8. Sennacherib heard that Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, was preparing to make war upn him, and sent another embassay, with substantially the same message as the former, to induce him to surrender Isaiah 37:9. Hezekiah having read the letter which he sent, went again to the temple, and spread it before the Lord Isaiah 37:14. His prayer is recorded Isaiah 37:15. Isaiah, in answer to his prayer, reproves the pride and arrogance of Sennacherib, and gives the assurance that Jerusalem shall be safe, and that the Asssyrian shall be destroyed Isaiah 37:21. The chapter closes with an account of the destruction of the army of the Assyrians, and the death of Sennacherib Isaiah 37:36.