My Enemies Turn Back at the Report of the Lord
Greetings in the Lord! We have much to thank God for today--3 words of deliverance! The first comes from Isaiah 37--a passage about Jerusalem being surrounded by the Assyrian army. At that time the Assyrians were on a successful violent conquest, overtaking the lands around them in their fierce and cruel manner. As they encamped around Jerusalem, the Assyrian messenger came to boast of their campaign, taunting and ridiculing the Israelites and telling them not to trust in their God, but to give up easily. King Hezekiah sought the counsel of the Lord through Isaiah the prophet, and the word was given. Isaiah said to them, "...This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid of what you have heard---those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. Listen! I am going to put a spirit in him so that when he hears a certain report, he will return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword." Isaiah 37:5-7. The two