37:10-13
The Assyrian army was withdrawing for a time, but the commander tells Jerusalem that this is only a temporary respite, eventually the city would be destroyed. The commander tells Hezekiah not to think that God has saved the city. He reminds him of what has happened to all the other countries and cities, and he names specific examples. These are no idle words that he is giving. We need to be aware that the enemy will seem to be able to back up his “project fear” with seemingly good evidence. So what is the difference? Why would things be different for Jerusalem, and why should things be different for us? It is that the “gods” of the other nations were nothing at all, they were false gods. We belong to the one true God. There is another thing to bear in mind. Jerusalem was saved at this point, years later when the Babylonians attacked the city was utterly destroyed. So what was the difference? Trust in God. The reason they were rescued here is that there was a turning to God, a trusting in Him. Later, as Jeremiah points out, they put their trust in the city, in the temple (Jer 7:4). We will so easily start to put our trust in the wrong place.
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