Rejoice, My Faithful Remnant 1 On hearing it, King Hizkiyahu tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of ADONAI. 2 He sent Elyakim, who was in charge of the household, Shevnah the general secretary and the leading cohanim, covered with sackcloth, to Yeshayahu the prophet, the son of Amotz. 3 They said to him, This is what Hizkiyahu says: Today is a day of trouble, rebuke and disgrace. Children are ready to be born, but there is no strength to bring them to birth. 4 Maybe ADONAI your God will hear the words of Rav-Shakeh, whom his master the king of Ashur has sent to taunt the living God, and will rebuke the message which ADONAI your God has heard. So pray for the remnant that is left. 5 When King Hizkiyahus servants came to Yeshayahu, 6 he said to them, Tell your master that this is what ADONAI says: Dont be afraid of the words you heard the servants of the king of Ashur use to insult me. 7 I will put a spirit in him that will make him hear a rumor and return to his own land; then I will cause him to die by the sword in his own land. 8 Rav-Shakeh returned and, having heard that the king of Ashur had left Lakhish, found him making war with Livnah. 9 Then he heard it said that Tirhakah king of Ethiopia was on his way to fight him. On hearing this, the king of Ashur sent messengers to Hizkiyahu, after ordering them, 10 This is what you are to say to Hizkiyahu king of Yhudah: Dont let your God in whom you trust deceive you by saying, Yerushalayim will not be handed over to the power of the king of Ashur. 11 You have heard what the kings of Ashur have done to all lands - they have completely destroyed them. So how will you be delivered? 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them? No, my ancestors destroyed them - Gozan, Haran, Retzef and the people of Eden who were in Telasar. 13 Where is the king of Hamat? the king of Arpad? the king of the city of Sfarvayim, of Hena and Ivah? 14 Hizkiyahu took the letter from the messengers hands and read it. Then Hizkiyahu went up to the house of ADONAI and spread it out before ADONAI. 15 This is the prayer that Hizkiyahu prayed to ADONAI: 16 ADONAI-Tzvaot, God of Israel, who dwells above the kruvim! You alone are God of all the kingdoms on earth. You made heaven and earth. 17 Turn your ear, ADONAI, and hear! Open your eyes, ADONAI, and see! Hear all the words that Sancheriv sent to taunt the living God. 18 It is true that the kings of Ashur have laid waste all the countries and their lands 19 and have thrown their gods into the fire. For those were non-gods, merely the products of peoples hands, wood and stone; this is why they could destroy them. 20 Now therefore, ADONAI our God, save us from his power - so that all the kingdoms on earth will know that you are ADONAI - you only. 21 Then Yeshayahu the son of Amotz sent this message to Hizkiyahu: ADONAI the God of Israel says: You prayed to me against Sancheriv king of Ashur. 22 Here is ADONAIs answer concerning him: The virgin daughter of Tziyon despises you; she laughs you to scorn. The daughter of Yerushalayim shakes her head at you. 23 Whom have you taunted and insulted? Against whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? The Holy One of Israel! 24 Through your servants you taunted Adonai. You said, With my many chariots I have ascended the mountain heights even in the far reaches of the Lvanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best cypress trees. I reached its remotest heights and its best forests. 25 I dug [wells] and drank the water. The soles of my [soldiers] feet dried up all the rivers of Egypt. 26 Havent you heard? Long ago I made it; in antiquity I produced it; and now I am making it happen: you are turning fortified cities into heaps of ruins, 27 while their inhabitants, shorn of power, are disheartened and ashamed, weak as grass, frail as plants, like grass on the rooftops or grain scorched by the east wind. 28 But I know when you sit, when you leave, when you enter - and when you rage against me. 29 And because of your rage against me, because of your pride that has reached my ears, I am putting my hook in your nose and my bridle on your lips; and I will make you return by the way on which you came. 30 This will be the sign for you [people of Israel]: this year, you will eat the grain that grows of itself; the second year, you will eat what grows from that; but in the third year, you will sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 31 Meanwhile, the remnant of the house of Yhudah that has escaped will again take root downward and bear fruit upward; 32 for a remnant will go out from Yerushalayim, those escaping will go out from Mount Tziyon. The zeal of ADONAI-Tzvaot will accomplish this. 33 Therefore this is what ADONAI says concerning the king of Ashur: He will not come to this city or even shoot an arrow there; he will not confront it with a shield or erect earthworks against it. 34 By the way he came he will return; he will not come to this city, says ADONAI. 35 For I will defend this city and save it, both for my own sake and for my servant Davids sake. 36 Then the angel of ADONAI went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of Ashur. Early the next morning, there they were, all of them, corpses - dead. 37 So Sancheriv king of Ashur left, went and returned to live in Ninveh. 38 One day, as he was worshipping in the temple of Nisrokh his god, his sons Adramelekh and Sharetzer struck him with the sword and escaped into the land of Ararat. So his son Esar-Hadon took his place as king. Isaiah 37:1-38 [Complete Jewish Bible] -- My holy remnant; I am speaking to you, to let you know that I have heard your prayers and I am moving on your behalf. The pride-filled ones will not rule, but you, My faithful remnant that know Me and follow Me daily shall be rewarded. Liars, thieves, robbers and those that seek to destroy the work of My Kingdom are being usurped even now. Their cleaver schemes and wicked ways have found them out and their only recourse is to repent and seek My forgiveness. There is a time for everything and this is a time for My remnant to be brought out of captivity, to become the mighty army of My choosing and to be the vessels of honor. At the same time, the pride filled ones will become a chaff, blown away, these are vessels of dishonor and shame and they will not accomplish what they thought but instead will suffer more and more shame until in their anguish I remove them from their place and from their life. I have been listening and I have been silent for a long time. I tell you, no more. I am rising up to bring about justice for My remnant, a sure victory to the ones who have chosen to wait upon Me instead of running ahead. I have set My Great Heart to hear the prayers of the remnant and to redeem My holy remnant so that people know that I am Lord over all. It is time to rejoice. It is time to relax. It is time to release all the cares and issues of living into My Hands. Seek My Face. Call upon My Name. Rejoice, My faithful remnant. Keep radically following Jesus! Rich and Jeanette Elliott River of Revival Ministries PO Box 442545 Lawrence KS 66044 USA anewthing@live NOTE: If you find these messages minister to you, please consider supporting River of Revival Ministries by financial contribution. Donations may be sent through PayPal, using our email address anewthing@live or by check sent to our address above. God bless you.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Jan 2014 04:26:08 +0000
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