Isaiah 37
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Summary
Isaiah counsels Hezekiah in order to save the Kingdom of Jerusalem. Isaiah prophesies that the Assyrians will be defeated and their king slain, and the Lord sends an angel to fulfil Isaiah’s prophecy.
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| (17) Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. | (17) Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which he hath sent to reproach the living God. |
| (32) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. | (32) For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of Jerusalem shall come up upon mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this. |
| (36) Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. | (36) Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they who were left arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. |
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