The Book of Isaiah

Chapter 1 V.1 Part 5.10

So now, the test kicks into high gear. Here comes the attack…a “second” invasion. Be mindful that the first attack came after the watch tower was captured, despite the city being fortified. This second attack is after a transition or change of mindset, and a building up and strengthening has occurred.

2Ch 32:9  After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,

Notice that he himself laid siege against “invincible.”

2Ch 32:10  Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?

2Ch 32:11  Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

2Ch 32:12  Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it?

2Ch 32:13  Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of [other] lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand?

2Ch 32:14  Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?

2Ch 32:15  Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?

This sounds like the typical fear attack of the enemy. First, he’s got to attack our foundation and our faith, just like Satan did against Job. He went after his herds and flocks. He couldn’t strike him or his family until the hedge was removed, and the herds and flocks were destroyed.

2Ch 32:16  And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.

2Ch 32:17  He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of [other] lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

2Ch 32:18  Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ speech unto the people of Jerusalem that [were] on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city.

2Ch 32:19  And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, [which were] the work of the hands of man.

Then they attack with the terrible threesome of fear against…Vision: lust of the eyes: v 11; faith: lust of the flesh: v 12; spirit: pride of life: v 15-19. This is the standard of all of the enemy’s attacks.

And note how much talking was going on. Why? “Let him who hath an ear hear…” And what are you going to listen to? Is it what thus saith the Lord, or whatever anyone else says? Are you shored up? Are you built up in the word? Cause see, when the attack comes…you have to be prepared, because they didn’t stop talking after the first bit of discouragement. They continued their talk, they wrote letters; they even spoke and screeched in the Jews language.

This is a determined enemy, and they will do their utmost to discourage you, because once they can break your will, the rest is easy. They will overrun you without bars because your defenses will be down and you will be broken. This attack will work if you haven’t built up and repaired the broken places/walls…if you haven’t cut off the water/stopped listening to everyone but God and encourage yourself in Him and (the water of) His word. It will work if you haven’t strengthened yourself and build up weapons in abundance. We have to be prepared.