SERMON XXVII. THE INVASION OF THE ASSYRIANS
(Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity, Morning.)
2 Kings xix. 15-19. And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said,
O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art
the Lord, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou
hast made heaven and earth. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear:
open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib,
which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, Lord,
the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, and
have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the
work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed
them. Now, therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech thee, save thou us
out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that
thou art the Lord God, even thou only.
This noble story, which we read in Church every year, seems to have
had a great hold on the minds of the Jews. They plainly thought it
a very important story. For it is told three times over in the
Bible: first in the Book of Kings, then in the Book of Chronicles,
and again in that of the Prophet Isaiah. Indeed, many chapters of
Isaiah's prophecies speak altogether of this invasion of the
Assyrians and their destruction.
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