Isaiah 36-37  Isaiah stops at this point to report what happened.  It was during Hezekiah's reign that Assyria came up against Judah.  They seized some of the fortified cities and came to the walls of Jerusalem.  The king's messengers boasted of the power of Assyria over every nation and challenged Jerusalem to give up and not trust in the Lord to deliver them.  To the Assyrians, the God of Israel was no different than all of the gods of the other nations that had been conquered.  But, they were wrong!

Hezekiah trusted in Adonai, the One true God and so he prayed.. .  His prayer is so powerful.. 

" O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, who art enthroned above the cherubim, Thou art the God, Thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. Thou hast made heaven and earth.  Incline Thy ear, O Lord and hear; open Thine eyes, O Lord, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib who sent them to reproach the living God. Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have devastated all the countries and their lands, and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. And now, O Lord our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that Thou alone, Lord, are God." 

God answered Hezekiah's prayer. The arrogance and reproach of the Assyrians was not only against Judah, but against God, the Holy One of Israel. 

The Lord sent an angel to strike 185,000 Assyrian soldiers.  Overnight. Sennacherib returned to his home in Ninevah where he was killed by his own sons. 

Arrogance towards the Lord and rage towards His people are things not hidden.  "But, I know your sitting down, and your going out and your coming in, and your raging against Me.. " the Lord says. And this is true today.. He sees those who are even now, arrogant. scheming to do things that are wicked in His sight. Let us pray, like Hezekiah did, that all the world will know that the Lord, the Holy One of Israel.. is God.. and there is no other!

Father in heaven, enthroned above the cherubim, high and lifted up, surrounded by beauty and majesty, with worship and praise continually poured out at Your feet.. let this world know once again that You alone are God. Let Your word run rapidly and flow freely through our nation once again.  Bring revival. Please.  May Your Name be made known and exalted in all the earth! Amen and amen.