This time Hezekiah reacts differently. Instead of going to Isaiah he prays directly to God and he has learnt from Isaiah's reaction.
Note that Hezekiah does not deny the truth of what Sennacherib has said about conquering other nations, but he recognises the truth that the gods of these nations were only gods of wood and stone. Israel's God was the one true God. It is important when we are attacked by the enemy that we do not deny truths. A man or woman of faith does not need to be afraid of the truth.
Hezekiah then calls on God to deliver Jerusalem so that His name might be glorified in all the earth. We are here to bring glory to God.
Having done this Isaiah sends a word of prophecy to Hezekiah foretelling Assyria's downfall.Note that it is the "virgin daughter Zion" who despises and mocks Assyria. We share in God's victory.
Then the prophecy was fulfilled as the angel of the Lord went through the Assyrian camp putting to death 185 000 of them. The king himself was then killed back in Nineveh.
God saves the greater victory for the time when Hezekiah reacted in faith.
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