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David Guzik – Enduringword.com ..the Rabshakeh said to them (Judah), “Say to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: On what do you rest this trust of yours? Do you think that mere words are strategy and power for war? In whom do you now trust, that you have rebelled against me? Behold, you are trusting in Egypt, that broken reed of a staff, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him...‘” Isaiah 36:4-6 Isaiah chapter 36 and 37 describes the Lord's work against the Syrian threat.. All these things happened during the reign of the godly king Hezekiah in Judah 700 BC. ... We can see the ugly arrogance of the Israel's enemies, and the raising despair in the hearts of the people and leaders of Judah. ... the Rabshakeh was not a name but a title of a field commander of the Syrian army. He was there to represent the Syrian king. He challenged the servants of king Hez...

Daily devotion from David Guzik – enduringword.com Today let's talk about God's highway of holiness. I'm going to read you from Isaiah chapter 35 verse 8 where we read. A highway shall be there and a road and it shall be called the highway of holiness. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for others, whoever walks the road although a fool shall not go (astray). Most of us today take good roads for granted. We may have to live with the frustrations of endless road construction, detours and delays, but it's all for the purpose of giving us good, safe roads. We travel today over distances and at speeds that were absolutely unthinkable for people in the ancient world and we rarely think that it's something special. But in the ancient world it was different. A good road was a remarkable technological achievement. A good road meant trade, progress and security. A good road cost a lot of money to make and to maintain and most people traveled ...

meditation There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse 1 , and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him 2 , the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. Isa 11:1-2 ... In that day the root of Jesse 1 , who shall stand as a signal 3 for the peoples—of him shall the nations inquire, and his resting place shall be glorious. In that day the Lord will extend his hand yet a second time to recover the remnant that remains of his people 4 , from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the coastlands of the sea. He will raise a signal for the nations Isa 11:10-11 Notes: 1 Paul quoted this verse in Rom 15:12. referring to the Messiah: “The root of Jesse will come, even he who arises to rule the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.” "A ro...