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This is the Lifespring family Audio Bible coming to you from Riverside, California and podcasting since 2004. I'm your OG God casters Steve Webb. This is the daily podcast where we'll read the entire Bible in a year and the website is it Lifespring media.com. This is prophecy Friday and we'll read Isaiah 34 through 39. I'm calling today's episode 15 Bonus years before we read, let's pray Our gracious heavenly Father, Lord, we thank you for bringing us together here today. And we ask that as we open Your Word, you open our eyes, open our hearts and help us Lord to understand what we read. I pray this in Jesus name, amen. Okay, let's begin.

Steve Webb  0:52  
Isaiah chapter 34. Come here and listen to nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words, for the Lord is enraged against the nations. His fury is against all their armies, he will completely destroy them dooming them to slaughter. Their dead will be left unburied and the stench of rotting bodies will fill the land. The Mountains will flow with their blood. The heavens above will melt away and disappear like a rolled up scroll. The stars will fall from the sky like withered leaves from a great vine or shriveled figs from a fig tree. And when my sword has finished its work in the heavens, it will fall upon Edom, the nation I have marked for destruction. The sword of the Lord is drenched with blood and covered with fat with the blood of lambs and goats with the fat of rams prepared for sacrifice. Yes, the Lord will offer a sacrifice in the city of Basra. He will make a mighty slaughter and eat him. Even men as strong as wild oxen will die. The young man alongside the veterans, the land will be soaked with blood and the soil enriched with fat. For it is the day of the Lord's revenge the year when Eden will be paid back for all it did to Israel. The streams of Eden will be filled with burning pitch and the ground will be covered with fire. The judgment on Eden will never end the smoke of its burning will rise forever. The land will lie deserted from generation to generation. No one will live there anymore. It will be haunted by the desert Owl and the screech owl. The Great Owl and the Raven, for God will measure that land carefully. He will measure it for chaos and destruction. It will be called the Land of nothing, and all its nobles will soon be gone. Thorns will overrun its palaces. nettles and thistles will grow in its forests. The ruins will become a hot for jackals at a home for owls. desert animals will mingle there with hyenas, their houses filling the night, wild goats will bleed at one another among the ruins. At night creatures will come there to rest there the Allah will make her nest and lay her eggs. She will hatch her young and cover them with her wings. And the buzzards will come each one with its mate. Search the book of the Lord and see what he will do. Not one of these birds and animals will be missing and none will lack a mate for the Lord has promised this. His spirit will make it all come true. He has surveyed and divided the land and deeded it over to those creatures. They will possess it forever from generation to generation.

Steve Webb  3:30  
Isaiah chapter 35. Even the wilderness and desert will be glad in those days, the wasteland will rejoice and blossom with spring crocus's. Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy. The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon as lovely as Mount Carmel or the plane of Sharon. There the Lord will display His glory, the splendor of our God. With this news, strengthen those who have tired hands and encourage those who have weak knees. Say to those with fearful hearts, be strong and do not fear for your God is coming to destroy your enemies. He is coming to save you. And when he comes he will open the eyes of the blind and unplug the ears of the deaf. The lame will leap like a deer and those who cannot speak will sing for joy. springs will gush forth in the wilderness and streams will water the wasteland. The parched ground will become a pool and springs of water will satisfy the thirsty land. marsh grass and reeds and rushes will flourish where desert jackals once lived. And a great road will go through that once deserted land. It will be named the Highway of Holiness. Evil minded people will never travel on it. It will be only for those who walk in God's ways. Fools will never walk there. Lions will not learn along its course nor any other ferocious beasts. There will be no other day yours, only the redeemed will walk on it. Those who have been ransomed by the Lord will return. They will enter Jerusalem singing crowned with everlasting joy, sorrow and mourning will disappear, and they will be filled with joy and gladness. 

Steve Webb  5:17  
Isaiah chapter 36. In the 14th year of King Hezekiah his reign synechron, king of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. Then the king of Assyria sent his field commander with a large army from Lake ish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. When the commander stopped at the aqueduct of the upper pool on the road to the launderers field eliaquim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator Shebna the Secretary and Joah son of a staff the recorder went out to him. The field commander said to them, tell Hezekiah This is what the great king the king give a serious as on what are you basing this confidence of yours? You say you have counsel and mic for war, but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending that you rebel against me? Look, I know you're depending on Egypt, that splintered read of a staff which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it, such as Pharaoh king of Egypt, to all who depend on him. But if you say to me, we are depending on the Lord our God, isn't he the one whose high places and altars Hezekiah removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, you must worship before this altar? Come now make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria. I will give you 2000 horses, if you can put writers on them. How can you repulse one officer of the least of my masters officials, even though you're depending on Egypt for chariots and horsemen. Furthermore, have I come to attack and destroy this land without the Lord, the Lord Himself told me to march against this country and destroy it. Then Alaikum Shebna and Joah said to the field commander, please speak to your servants in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don't speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall. But the commander replied, was it only to your master and you that my master has sent me to say these things and not to the people sitting on the wall who like you will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine? Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew. Here are the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. This is what the king says, Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, he cannot deliver you. Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when He says the Lord will surely deliver us this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. Do not listen to Hezekiah This is what the king of Assyria says, Make peace with me and come out to me. Then each of you will eat fruit from your own vine and fig tree and drink water from your own sister and until I come and take you to a land like your own a land of grain in new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says the Lord will deliver us have the gods of any nations ever delivered their lands from the hand of the king of Assyria. Where are the gods of Hey Math and our pad? Where are the gods of Sepher? Van? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand? Who of all the gods of these countries have ever been able to save their lands from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand? But the people remained silent and said nothing in reply because the king had commanded? Do not answer him. Then eliaquim son of Hilkiah, the palace administrator Shebna, the Secretary in Gjoa, son of a SAF the recorder went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and told him what the field commander had said. 

Steve Webb  8:46  
Isaiah chapter 37. When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and went into the temple of the Lord. He sent Alaikum, the palace administrator Shebna, the Secretary and the leading priests all wearing sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah, son of Amos. They told him, this is what Hezekiah says, This day is a day of distress and rebuke and disgrace, as when children come to the moment of birth, and there is no strength to deliver them. It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the field commander whom his master, the king of Assyria has sent to ridicule the living God, and that he will rebuke him for the words the Lord your God is heard. Therefore, pray for the remnant that still survives. When King Hezekiah as officials came to Isaiah, Isaiah said to them, tell your master, this is what the Lord says. Do not be afraid of what you've heard those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me Listen, when he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with a sword. When the field commander heard that the king of his Syria had left Lake ish, he withdrew and found The King fighting against Libnah. Now so nega rib received a report that TR HCA the king of Kush was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word, say to Hezekiah king of Judah, do not let the God you depend on to save you when he says Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria. Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries destroying them completely. And will you be delivered? Did the gods of the nations that were destroyed by my predecessors deliver them? The gods of NGOs in Heron Reserve and the people of Eden who were Intel Azur? Where is the king of hey, math are the King of our pad? Where are the kings of lair? Sepher vam, henna and Eva Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the temple of the Lord and spread it out before the Lord and Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, and throned between the Caribbean, you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth, you have made heaven and earth, give here Lord and here, open your eyes, Lord and see, listen to all the words synechron has sent to ridicule the living God. It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste all these peoples in their lands, they have thrown their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods but only wood and stone fashioned by human hands. Now Lord our God, deliver us from his hand so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you Lord are the only God. Then Isaiah, son of Amos sent a message to Hezekiah This is what the Lord the God of Israel says, Because you have prayed to me concerning synechron king of Assyria. This is the word of the Lord has spoken against him. Virgin daughter, Zion despises, in machs you daughter, Jerusalem, tosses her head as you flee. Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride against the Holy One of Israel? By Your messengers, you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, with my mini chariots, I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars the choices of its junipers. I have reached its remotest heights, the finest of its forests. I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet, I have dried up all the streams of Egypt. Have you not heard long ago I ordained it. in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone. They're people drained of power are dismayed and put to shame. They're like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof scorched before it grows up. But I know where you are, and when you come and go, and how you rage against me, because you rage against me. And because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put a hook in your nose in my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came. This will be the sign for you Hezekiah. This year you will eat what grows by itself and the second year what springs from that. But in the third year, sow and reap plant vineyards and eat their fruit. Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above. Four out of Jerusalem will come a remnant and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the LORD Almighty will accomplish this. Therefore, this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria. He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it was shield or build a seed ramp against it. By the way that he came, he will return he will not enter this city declares the Lord. I will defend this city and save it for my sake and for the sake of David my servant. Then the angel of the Lord went out and put to death 185,000 in the Assyrian camp, when the people got up the next morning there were all the dead bodies. So So neck rib king of Assyria, broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there. One day while he was worshipping in the temple of his God and his rock, his sons a DRAM aleck in Sharifah, killed him with the sword and they escaped to the land of Arafat, and he's our hadn't his son succeeded him is king. Isaiah chapter 38. About this time Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. So I went in and told him, the Lord says you won't ever get well you're going to die and so you had better start doing what needs to be done. Now Hezekiah turned toward the wall and prayed. Don't forget that I've been faithful to you, Lord, I've obeyed you with all my heart, and I do whatever you say is right. After this, he cried hard. Then the Lord sent me with this message for Hezekiah I am the Lord God who was worshipped by your ancestor, David. I heard you pray and I saw you cry. I will let you live 15 more years while I protect you and your city from the king of Assyria. Now I will prove to you that I will keep my promise. Do you see the shadow made by the setting sun on the stairway built for King Ahaz I will make the shadow go back 10 steps, then the shadow went back 10 steps. This is what Hezekiah wrote after he got well. I thought I would die during my best years and stay as a prisoner forever in the world of the dead. I thought I would never again see you my lord or any of the people who live on this earth. My life was taken from me like the tent that a shepherd pulls up and moves. You cut me off like thread from a weaver's loom. You made a wreck of me day and night. Until morning came I thought he would crush my bones just like a hungry lion. both day and night you make a wreck of me. I cry like a swallow. I mourn like a dove. My eyes are read from looking to you, Lord, I am in terrible trouble. Please come and help me. There's nothing I can say an answer to you. Since you are the one who has done this to me. My life has turned sour. I will live until I die. Your words and your deeds bring life to everyone including me. Please make me healthy and strong again. It was for my own good that I had such hard times. But Your love protected me from Doom in the deep pit and you turned your eyes away from my sins. No one of the world of the dead can thank you or praise you. None of those in the deep pit can hope for you to show them how faithful you are. Only the living can thank you as I am doing today. Each generation tells the next about your faithfulness. You Lord will save me and every day that we live we will sing in your temple to the music of stringed instruments. I had told King Hezekiah servants to put some mashed figs on the Kings open sore and he would get well then Hezekiah asked for proof that he would again worship in the Lord's temple. Isaiah chapter 39 marodex Ballad in the son of Balaton was now king of Babylonia. And when he learned that Hezekiah was well, he sent messengers with letters and a gift for him. Hezekiah welcomed the messengers and showed them all the silver, the gold, the spices and the fine oils that were in his storehouse. He even showed them where he kept his weapons. Nothing in his palace or in his entire kingdom was kept hidden from them. I asked Hezekiah Where did these men come from? What did they want? They came all the way from Babylonia. Hezekiah answered, what did you show them? I asked. Hezekiah answered, I showed them everything in my kingdom. Then I told Hezekiah I have a message for you from the Lord all powerful. One day everything you and your ancestors have stored up will be taken to Babylonia. The Lord has promised that nothing will be left. Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king's palace. Hezekiah thought at least our nation will be at peace for a while. So he told me the message you brought from the Lord is good.

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Well, today I've got thoughts on Isaiah 37 and 38 you know that there's no such thing is a self made man right? Whatever heights a person has sends to God enabled, nothing comes into our lives, but that he either allows them or causes them. Now don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that God causes every calamity that happens to people. We live in a world cursed by the effects of sin. But when an apparently evil person accumulates great wealth or power it is because God allowed it. It'd be a pretty weak God if that were not so now in the case of Seneca rip who boasted that he had routed every other king, God said, Have you not heard long ago I ordained it. in days of old I planned it. Now I've brought it to pass that you have turned fortified cities into piles of stone. Sometimes those who seem to have the most power really had the least. This Assyrian king thought there was no one on earth who could stop him. He thought he was in control of all he touched, but in reality, he was God's pawn. As we look at the people clamoring for wealth and power around us, let us remember that God has a plan. And he uses the proud and arrogant to bring it about. It's up to those of us in the trenches to do as Hezekiah did and pray to God acknowledging him for who he is, Lord Almighty, the God of Israel in throne between the cherub Have you alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth? You have made heaven and earth. And when the world attacks us, let us remember what God said to SONET crib. Who is it you've ridiculed and blasphemed. Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride against the Holy One of Israel, by your messengers, you have ridiculed the Lord. You see, it's not you and me, they attack, it's God, and He will deal with them justly. Now, chapter 38. I'm so happy that God saw fit to include the contents of chapter 38. In the Bible, here is this good king Hezekiah, whom God had given a victory over the proud and arrogant kings Sinica rib, he's in the prime of a well lived life, and he falls definitely sick. And the Lord said, Isaiah to tell Hezekiah that he would not get well. Now, I don't know about you. But if a prophet came to me with that message, I'd probably just resigned myself to preparing to meet God. I mean, come on, God sends a prophet to tell me that I'm not going to recover. I'm sure I'm just going to figure that this is a done deal. But not Hezekiah. He rolls over in his deathbed to face the wall and he begins to pray, without any boasting without trying to bargain with God. He just says, Don't forget that I've been faithful to you, Lord, I've obeyed you with all my heart. And I do whatever you say is right. And then he just sobbed. And what did God do? He tells as the guy that he'll give him another 15 years to live. And during that time, he'll protect him and Jerusalem from the Assyrians. Beloved, here's a perfect example of one reason that living your life for God is a good thing. We can pray and God will listen. It's not that we gain points with God so that we can manipulate or bargain with him. But when he sees that we've been faithful to keep our heart pure through the blood of Christ, He hears our prayers when we cry out to Him. Of course, he may not see fit to give his healing like he did, Hezekiah. But he will hear us this account of Hezekiah sickness, prayer and healing is in the Bible for a reason, beloved, God wants us to know that we can approach his throne with confidence, knowing that He hears us. That's important because the gods of false religions don't make any promise of a love relationship. Our God wants us to know that he cares about us not as a group. But as individuals. He knows your name. He formed you in your mother's womb. He knows everything about you. He knows your joys, He knows your sorrows. He loves you. I would love to hear your thoughts, call the Lifespring family Hotline at 951-732-8511. And if you're outside the US put a plus one at the beginning of the number. You can also comment by sending me an email at Steve at Lifespring media.com or by going to comment dot Lifespring media.com. I really do want to hear what you're thinking. And I just might play your voicemail on the show or read your email. Come on. Don't be shy. Tomorrow is gospel Saturday, and we'll read Matthew 17 through 19.

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