The Door No Man Can Shut

Canon S45

"This was because King Sennacherib had heard that Tirhakah, the Cushite king of Egypt, was going out to fight him.

"Again Sennacherib sent messengers to Hezekiah with these words, 'Say to Hezekiah, king of Judah that his God in whom he trusts may be deceiving him in saying that Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria. Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands they have destroyed! And will you be spared?

"Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers, and when he had read it he went to the house of Yahweh where he unrolled the letter and prayed saying, 'O Yahweh, God of hosts and God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made the heavens and the earth. Give ear, Yahweh, and hear! Open your eyes and see! Listen to all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to insult the living God! It is true, Yahweh, that the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the countries of the earth. They have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not true gods but gods made of wood and stone by human hands. Now, O Yahweh our GOd, save us from his hand and let all the kingdoms of the earth know that you alone, Yahweh, are God.'

"Then Isaiah, son of Amoz, sent word to Hezekiah: 'You have calle dupon Yahweh and he has heard your prayer regarding Sennacherib, king of Assyria. This is what Yahweh has spoken against him:

"For a remnant will come from Jerusalemand survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh or hosts will accomplish this. That is why Yahweh has said this concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not enter this city nor shoot his arows. He shall not raise a shield to oppose it nor build a siege ramp against it. He shall leave by the way he came and he shall not enter the city, word of Yahweh. I will protect this city ans so save it for my own sake and for the sake of David, my servant. It happened that hte angel of Yahweh went out that night and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the Assyrian camp. When the people rose early next morning there were all the corpses.

"So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed, returned home and lived in Nineveh."

2 KINGS 19:9-11,14-21,31-36

"Lord Jesus, I lift this person up to you...
(Let Jesus doe what He alone can.)

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