# 06 2026 Dev. Isa.36:3 A prayer for Reprieve! Read all of chapter thirty-six first. We invite you into God’s space, to read His Word, to think on and interact with.This is God’s Story. Do you believe that this may also be part of our story, in our time? All passages are taken from the NIV.
Isaiah 36: Sennacherib’s field commander: “Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord? The Lord himself told me to march against this country and destroy it.”
Isaiah.36:1 “In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.” Only Jerusalem is left and is being threatened, even after Hezekiah had sent major tribute to the king.
Vs.1-10 “‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: ‘On what are you basing this confidence of yours?You say you have counsel and might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? But if you say to me, ‘We are depending on the Lord our God—isn’t he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, ‘You must worship before this altar?’” This threat has been going on since Ahaz was the king in Jerusalem. Chapter 7:13 Then Isaiah said, “Hear now, you house of David! Is it not enough to try the patience of humans? Will you try the patience of my God also? Therefore, the Lord himself will give youa sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel.” The invasion they feared at the time will not happen but in the same chapter God appoints the King of Assyria as his instrument. From that time forward Isaiah prophesied destruction for many countries but also God’s grace for Israel.
Vs.11-22 Now that Jerusalem is surrounded: Eliakim, the palace administrator, Shebne, the secretary and Joah, the recorder went out to meet with the Assyrian field-commander. Two of these names come up in Isa. Ch. 22:16 “Go, say to this steward, to Shebna the palace administrator: ‘What are you doing here and who gave you permission to cut out a grave for yourself here…” also Eliakim vs. 20-23 “In that day I will summon my servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. I will clothe him with your robe (Assyrian King’s robe) and fasten your sash around him and hand your authority over to him. He will be a father to those who live in Jerusalem and to the people of Judah. I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David; what he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.” He is here as a type of Christ. Then there is Isa.Ch.33, “Woe to you destroyer…” a reference to Assyria. If the leaders would have paid attention to Isaiah’s prophecy they may not have been so worried. If we would only listen to the Word of God, we would live in peace by faith and dependence. Praise God!
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