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Basics

BOOK: Isaiah

Description: First of the ‘major prophets’

Author: Isaiah

Date written: probably shortly after 701BC

Chapters: 66

Brief Synopsis

• Gets its name from the prophet of that name
• Many see the book divided into prophecies of
  • Condemnation (ch.1-35 although note very many positive passages!) and
  •  Consolation (ch.40-66)
• There is an historical account of the attacks on Jerusalem in the middle of the book (ch.36-39)

Why Read Isaiah

Isaiah more than any other prophet lifts us out of our current time zone and takes us into an overview of history as he not only speaks into his own day, to Israel and Judah [ch.1-12] and many other peoples in the region [v.ch.13-23], but he blasts us out of the present and carries us to the end of time on this earth when God comes with judgments and blesses Israel [ch.24-27]. He then returns to his own people, bringing a sharp assessment of them [v.28-31] and warns of a judgment to come through Assyria which will yet bring good [v.32-35].

But that was all Part 1 of the book, a book that has two main parts [1-35 and 40-66] divided by an interlude of historical record involving King Hezekiah, with three parts:

• first how Jerusalem is brought under siege by Assyria [ch.36,37],
• then the account of Hezekiah’s apparently terminal illness but then recovery [ch.38], and
• finally how Hezekiah’s pride led him to reveal to Babylonian envoys all his riches, for which he is rebuked by the Lord. So,

• Part 1: Chapters 1 to 35
• Interlude: Chapters 36 to 39
• Part 2: Chapters 40 to 66

Part 1 can be titled ‘Words of Judgment’ for, as the table below shows, it is full of ‘woes’ or warnings of how it will be if they don’t put their lives right. However as much as the overall sense is one of serious warning, it is peppered with hope and references to the coming Messiah, or anointed deliverer.

Part 2, by comparison is full of hope and yet is peppered with words of warning.

Because this is such a lengthy and significant book, we continue with more extensive notes than usual that will be found after the following Contents listing:

Contents

Part 1: Words of Judgment: Ch.1-39

1.1 The Sins of Israel & Judah Ch.1-12

• Ch.1 – God’s intentions towards a fallen nation
• Ch.2 – The Mountain & Day of the Lord
• Ch.3 – Judgement on Jerusalem & Judea  
• Ch.4 – A Chapter of Hope
• Ch.5 – Judgement on the Vineyard
• Ch.6 – Heavenly Revelation
• Ch.7 – Immanuel & Assyria
• Ch.8 – Warnings of Impending Invasions
• Ch.9 – Light & Darkness
• Ch.10 – Discipline & Accountability 
• Ch.11 – The Branch & his work
• Ch.12 – A Song of Praise for the End Time

1.2 Judgment against heathen nations Ch.13-23

1.2.1 First wave Ch.13-20

• Ch.13 – A prophecy Against Babylon [1]
• Ch.14 – A prophecy Against Babylon [2] + Philistia  
• Ch.15 – A prophecy against Moab
• Ch.16 – Continued warnings to Moab
• Ch.17 – A prophecy against Damascus & Israel
• Ch.18 – A prophecy against Cush [Upper Nile – Ethiopia]
• Ch.19 – A prophecy against Egypt
• Ch.20 – A prophecy against Egypt and Cush

1.2.2 Second wave Ch.21-23

• Ch.21 – Against Babylon, against Edom & against Arabia
• Ch.22 – Against Jerusalem
• Ch.23 – Against Tyre

1.3 God’s Outworking of the End Judgment Ch.24-27

• Ch.24 – The Lord’s devastation of the earth
• Ch.25 – Subsequent Praise to the Lord
• Ch.26 – An extension of the song of praise
• Ch.27 – Deliverance by Discipline of Israel

1.4 Warnings & Jerusalem’s hope Ch.28-35

1.4.1 Warnings

• Ch.28 – Woe to the leaders of Ephraim and Judah
• Ch.29 – Woe to Jerusalem
• Ch.30 – Woe to Israel for obstinate rejection of God
• Ch.31 – Woe to Israel relying on Egypt for deliverance from the Assyrians

1.4.2 Judgments with Hope

• Ch.32 – The Coming of Disaster then a new era of Righteousness & Blessing
• Ch.33 – Judgment on the Invader (Assyria), blessing on Jerusalem
• Ch.34 – Judgment against the nations & Edom
• Ch.35 – Transformation for the returning redeemed

Interlude: Historical Events during the Reign of Hezekiah  Ch.36-39

• Ch.36 – The Assyrian commander threatens Jerusalem
• Ch.37 – The downfall of Sennacherib
• Ch.38 – Hezekiah’s illness & recovery
• Ch.39 – Hezekiah boasts to Envoys from Babylon

Part 2: Words of Comfort: Ch.40-66

2.1 Ch.40-48 Reassurances of Future Restoration [‘The Book of Cyrus’]

• Ch.40 – Comfort for God’s People
• Ch.41 – The All-powerful Challenger of Idols
• Ch.42 – First Servant Song & the Past and the Future
• Ch.43 – Ownership, Testimony, Truth, and a new work
• Ch.44 – Reassurances for Israel
• Ch.45 – The Lord’s Plans for Cyrus
• Ch.46 – Helpless idols, but delivered Israel
• Ch.47 – Babylon now held accountable
• Ch.48 – A New Word for Israel – get out of Babylon!

2.2 Ch.49-59: Assurances & Challenges of Salvation [‘The Book of the Servant’]

2.2.1 Mostly Assurances

• Ch.49 – The Second Servant Song & Israel’s Restoration
• Ch.50 – Israel’s failure and a call to heed the Servant [incl. Third Servant Song]
• Ch.51 – Salvation promised for the righteous
• Ch.52 – Coming Redemption & Fourth Servant Song
• Ch.53 – The Fourth Servant Song (Part 2)
• Ch.54 – Jerusalem will be Restored
• Ch.55 – Invitation to a new covenant relationship
• Ch.56 – God’s desire for His House to be a home for all   

2.2.2 Challenges

• Ch.57 – Rebuke and Comfort
• Ch.58 – True ‘fasting’
• Ch.59 – Sin, confession, and redemption

2.3 Ch.60-66: Present-day Judgments and future Glory

• Ch.60 – The future glory of Zion
• Ch.61 – The year of the Lord’s favor
• Ch.62 – Yearning for the new day with the Lord
• Ch.63 – Judgment and Redemption
• Ch.64 – Further appeals to the Lord
• Ch.65 – Present day Judgment and the future new world
• Ch.66 – An Accounting on idolaters, blessing the faithful of the world

There is a difficulty that arises with books of prophecy, especially one as long as Isaiah, with the most number of chapters in any book of the Bible [excluding Psalms]. The difficulty is knowing how and when the writings came about. Some understanding may be brought from the text and other understanding considering what the rest of the Bible says about the period of history during which Isaiah prophesied.

Let’s consider the historical context seen outside Isaiah, but linked in Isaiah, “the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.” [1:1]

Historical Context

Uzziah: (767-740) 2 Chron 26:1-23 otherwise known as Azariah (see 2 Kings 14:21)

• sought God while Zechariah was his mentor (26:1-15)
• fell to pride and suffered leprosy (26:16-23)
• mentioned in Isa 1:1, 6:1, 7:1

Jotham: (740-732) 2 Chron 27:1-9 a good king

• mentioned in Isa 6:1, 7:1

Ahaz: (732-716) 2 Chron 28:1-27 a bad king refusing God’s chastising

• mentioned in Isa 1;1, 7:1-3,10,12, 14:28

Hezekiah: (716-697) 2 Chron 29-32– mostly good

• cleansed and purified the Temple (29:1-36)
• celebrated Passover (30:1-27)
• cleansed the land (31:1)
• mentioned in Isa 1:1, Ch.36-39

[Note: dates of their reigns shown above should be taken as only rough guides as a) the Hebrew calendar is slightly different from ours and b) some of these rulers overlapped with one another, i.e. reigning as co-regents.]

From this we see that Isaiah, unlike some of the other prophets, hardly anchors his prophecies in the reigns of the four kings, three of who, hardly get a mention and the fourth who is the subject of the four historical ‘Interlude’ chapters.

As we will note more fully within the text [e.g. end of ch.5 & ch.13], because we know the reigns of the four kings above, we know that Isaiah prophesied in the period somewhere between about 760 to 690BC. In respect of the two kingdoms, it is worth remembering that the northern nation of ‘Israel’ was carried away in 722 after the fall of Samaria, by the Assyrians.

The words in respect of the Babylonian exile of Judah did not seem to come into total fulfilment until in 587BC there was the fall of Jerusalem to the armies of Nebuchadnezzar.

The words we find in Isaiah about Cyrus were not to be fulfilled until 538BC (Isa 44:28, 45:1,13) although it is possible, if not probable, that Cyrus was prompted by the Lord, using the scrolls from Jerusalem (including Isaiah) that would have been taken to Babylon and placed in the archives with other documents recording that history [see Ezra 4:15, 5:17. Ezra 7 also indicates that scrolls of the Law etc. had clearly been there in Babylon throughout the period of the exile.] We should also note that in all the ‘major prophets’ there is foretelling judgements to come as well as warnings in the present.

Because they both feature quite prominently in Isaiah we should perhaps note both Assyria and Babylon:

(i) Assyria

Went through many phases through ancient history, and was strong and starting to expand about 900BC, lasting until the fall of Nineveh at the hands of the Medes/Persians and Babylonians, Chaldeans in 609 BC [see below]. Bearing mind that we said above that that Isaiah prophesied in the period somewhere between about 760 to 690BC we should note that in the Bible, Assyria is mentioned as follows:

Isaiah’s time

•  Tiglath-Pileser III: (745-727) built the Assyrian empire and came and deported some of Israel in Pekah’s reign (2 Kings 15:19, 29)
• Shalmaneser V: (727-722) came against Hoshea, overcame Samaria (722BC) and deported the rest of Israel (2 Kings 17:3,5, also 2 Kings 18:9-11) i.e. end of ‘the northern kingdom’.
• Sargon II (722-705) came and took Ashdod in the south (Isa 20:1)
• Sennacherib: (705-681) came against the southern kingdom, Judah, (after the fall of the north) later in Hezekiah’s reign (2 Kings 18 & 19 & Isa 36,37) but was withstood (701BC), and then later assassinated by his sons.

Post Isaiah

• Esarhaddon: (681-669) Sennacherib’s son reigned after his death (2 Kings 19:37)

• Ashburbanipal (669-627), Esarhaddon’s son, was successful in subduing much of the region but after his death (somewhere between 631-627) it is thought his sons took control but their power over the area waned and Nabopolasser (see below) drove them out of Babylonia in 625. The Babylonians went on to take Assur in 614, Nineveh in 614, and finally Harran in 609.

(ii) Babylonia

In Babylon, which had earlier been part of Assyria, the rise of the city state under Nabopolasser (625-605) meant the end of Assyria in 609 and the ascension of Babylonia under Nebuchadnezzar (605-562) and subsequent kings, until the fall of Babylon in 539BC to the Persian, Cyrus, (539-530) who eventually sent the remnant of Israel back (538). 

Thus we see that although there are various prophecies about Babylon in Isaiah, Babylon itself did not rise up to significance until about seventy years after Isaiah stopped prophesying.

Note for interest: Babylonians were also referred to as Chaldeans [Ezek 12:13]. Ur of the Chaldeans was, of course, Abram’s original home [Gen 11:28].

The Warnings or ‘Woes’ of Isaiah

We noted above that the Major Prophets brought a combination of foretelling the future and bringing warnings to the present. The ‘woes’ are examples or warnings in the present although we should note that warnings are more extensive than just the ‘woes’.

Twenty-two times Isaiah makes this declaration: “Woe to you” or “How terrible it will be for…” followed by a recipient of God’s judgment or discipline [only two of which are in Part 2 of the book]. Each one is a correction of a specific sin. In each case the strength of this declaration is a condemnation of sinners. Some of them are against named people [e.g. 10:5, 18:1, 29:1,33:1] while, although many of them sound general principles [e.g. 3:11, 5:8,11,18,20 etc.] they are in reality in every case specific people he has in mind who are at that time offending God. The vast majority, as noted above, appear in Part 1 that we’ve titled ‘Words of Judgment’, hence our comments on the two Parts in the initial introduction above.

1:4	Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord
3:11	Woe to the wicked!
5:8	Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field
5:11	Woe to those who rise early in the morning to run after their drinks, who stay up late at night till they are inflamed with wine.
5:18	Woe to those who draw sin along with cords of deceit, and wickedness as with cart ropes,
5:20	Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
5:21	Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
5:22	Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and champions at mixing drinks,
10:1	Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees,
10:5	Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
17:12	Woe to the many nations that rage— they rage like the raging sea! Woe to the peoples who roar— they roar like the roaring of great waters!
18:1	Woe to the land of whirring wings along the rivers of Cush,
28:1	Woe to that wreath, the pride of Ephraim’s drunkards, to the fading flower, his glorious beauty, set on the head of a fertile valley— to that city, the pride of those laid low by wine! (Samaria)
29:1	Woe to you, Ariel, Ariel, the city where David settled! (Jerusalem)
29:15	Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”
30:1	Woe to the obstinate children,” declares the Lord, “to those who carry out plans that are not mine, forming an alliance, but not by my Spirit, heaping sin upon sin;
31:1	Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.
33:1	Woe to you, destroyer, you who have not been destroyed! Woe to you, betrayer, you who have not been betrayed!
45:9	Woe to those who quarrel with their Maker
45:10	Woe to the one who says to a father, ‘What have you begotten?’ or to a mother, ‘What have you brought to birth?’

The Foretellings of Isaiah

Prophecy, we would suggest, is any word coming from God. Often, as we’ve just noted, that is simply in the form of warnings and instruction but it is also in the form of foretelling what is yet to come in history. Perhaps it would also be useful to distinguish between two sorts of foretelling:

a) Immediate: that which applies to the immediate future, which occurs usually as God rebukes the sin but then warns what He is about to do to deal with it if they will not repent.

b) Distant: that which applies to the distant future. The difficulty over this is trying to discern what that refers to. The wise reader of prophecy knows that often prophecies can have multiple fulfilments though history, but the most recurring in Isaiah tend to be those that appear to apply to the End Time [when Jesus returns as conquering king – Rev 19] or the new heaven and new earth that God remakes after the ‘End Time’.

The difficulty is of distinguishing between the two. Sometimes it is clear that it is in the near future, for example with references to Assyria coming [ch. 10], but sometimes it is difficult to know whether it is near or far; Isaiah at times seems to veer in and out of the heavenlies and it is difficulty to know quite where he is. The important lessons to learn from all such prophecies are:

1. God knows and is in control,
2. God will hold all sinners to account
3. Judgment will come either a) in the present, b) at the End Time, and/or c) at the Final Judgment [see Rev 20].
4. In the midst of all the warnings are indications of blessings on the faithful remnant.

Because the immediate warnings, linked to rebukes for present sins, are so numerous we will not try to list them here and in the light of the comments above, we simply invite the reader to observe the following as they go through the book:

• rebukes of present sins,
• warning of immediate action by the Lord,
• foretelling long-distance prophecies of the future,
• Messianic prophecies,
• blessings for the faithful remnant.

Verses about the Messiah in Isaiah

The prophecy	In Isaiah	NT fulfilment
Will be born of a virgin	7:14	Lk 1:26-31
Will have a Galilean ministry	9:1,2	Mt 4:13-16
Will be an heir to the throne of David	9:7; 11:1,10	Lk 1:32,33
Will have His way prepared	40:3-5	Jn 1:19-28
Will be spat on and struck	50:6	Mt 26:67
Will be exalted	52:13	Phil 2:9,10
Will be disfigured by suffering	52:14; 53:2	Mk 15:15-19
Will make a blood atonement	53:5	1Pet 1:2
Will be widely rejected	53:1,3	Jn 12:37,38
Will bear our sins and sorrows	53:4,5	Rom 4:25; 1Pet 2:24,25
Will be our substitute	53:6,8	Rom 5:6,8; 2 Cor 5:21
Will voluntarily accept our guilt and punishment for sin	53:7,8	Jn 1:29; Rom 6:10; 2 Cor 5:21
Gentiles will seek Him	11:10	Jn 12:20,21
Will be silent before His accusers	53:7	Luke 23:9
Will save us who believe in Him	53:12	Jn 3:16; Acts 16:31
Will die with transgressors	53:12	Mk 15:27,28; Lk 22:37
Will heal the broken-hearted	61:1,2	Lk 4:18,19
God’s Spirit will rest on Him	11:2	Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22; 4:1
Will be buried in a rich man’s tomb	53:9	Mt 27:57-60; Jn 19:38-42
He will judge the earth with righteousness	11:4,5	Jn 5:27; Lk 19:22; 2 Tim 4:1,8

Concluding Comments

• Isaiah is not a book for the faint-hearted; there is too much of it!
• So, a challenge for those who wish to be serious about studying the Bible: either in a Bible or on a screen copy of Isaiah, go through the book and either underline or highlight every word that brings hope or encouragement; see in it the God
  • who has designed the best way for His world to work and therefore speaks and acts against those who abuse it
  • is full of grace and mercy, looking to bless those who will turn to Him

• Reading Isaiah is like watching a ten-hour film; it is best done in episodes. Slowly read through a chapter or two and catch the sense of what is there.
• If there is a judgment being spoken about note
  • a) why the judgment is being brought, i.e. what this people are doing wrong,
  • b) what will happen and (sometimes)
  • c) what outcome the Lord wants to bring about.
• Quotes from Isaiah appear in many places in the New Testament. Below is an Appendix showing some of those: 

Appendix: Isaiah in the New Testament

• Matthew
  • Mt 1:23 Virgin with child (Isa 7.14)
  • Mt 3:3 Voice in wilderness (Isa 40.3)
  • Mt 4:15,16 A light in darkness (Isa 9.1)
  • Mt 8:17 Carried our diseases (Isa 53.4)
  • Mt 12:18-21 Behold My Servant (Isa 42.1)
  • Mt 13:14,15 Closed eyes and ears (Isa 6.9)
  • Mt 15:8-9 They worship in vain (Isa 29.13)
  • Mt 21:13 A house of prayer (Isa 56.7)
• Mark
  • Mk 1:2,3 Voice in wilderness (Isa 40.3)
  • Mk 4:12 Closed eyes and ears (Isa 6.9)
  • Mk 7:6,7 They worship in vain (Isa 29.13)
  • Mk 9:48 Fire is not quenched (Isa 66.24)
  • Mk 11:17 A house of prayer (Isa 56.7)
  • Mk 15:28 Numbered with transgressors (Isa 53.12)
• Luke
  • Lk 3:4-6 Voice in wilderness (Isa 40.3)
  • Lk 4:17-19 He anointed me to preach (Isa 61.1)
  • Lk 8:10 Closed eyes and ears (Isa 6.9)
  • Lk 19:46 A house of prayer (Isa 56.7)
  • Lk 22:37 Numbered with transgressors (Isa 53.12)
• John
  • Jn 1:23 Voice in wilderness (Isa 40.3)
  • Jn 6:45 All be taught of God (Isa 54.13)
  • Jn 12:38 Who has believed our report? (Isa 53.1)
  • Jn 12:39,40 Closed eyes and ears (Isa 6.10)
• Acts
  • Acts 7:48-50 Heaven is my throne (Isa 66.1-2)
  • Acts 8:32,33 A lamb to the slaughter (Isa 53.7)
  • Acts 13:34 The blessings of David (Isa 55.3)
  • Acts 13:47 A light for the Gentiles (Isa 49.6)
  • Acts 28:25-27 Closed eyes and ears (Isa 6.9)
• Romans
  • Rom 2:24 Blasphemy among Gentiles (Isa 52.5)
  • Rom 3:15-17 Feet swift to shed blood (Isa 59.7-8)
  • Rom 9:20 Potter and the clay (Isa 29.16, 45.9)
  • Rom 9:27,28 Remnant shall be saved (Isa 10.22)
  • Rom 9:29 As Sodom and Gomorrah (Isa 1.9)
  • Rom 9:33 Stone of stumbling (Isa 8.14)
  • Rom 9:33, 10.11 Believers not disappointed (Isa 28.16)
  • Rom 10:15 How beautiful the feet (Isa 52.7)
  • Rom 10:16 Who has believed our report? (Isa 53.1)
  • Rom 10:20 Found by those who sought me not (Isa 65.1)
  • Rom 10:21 Disobedient and obstinate people (Isa 65.2)
  • Rom 11:8 A spirit of stupor (Isa 29.10)
  • Rom 11:26 Deliverer from Zion (Isa 59.20)
  • Rom 11:26,27 When I forgive their sins (Isa 27.9)
  • Rom 11:34 The mind of the LORD (Isa 40.13)
  • Rom 14:11 Every knee shall bow (Isa 45.23)
  • Rom 15:12 Hope for Gentiles (Isa 42.4)
  • Rom 15:12 The Root of Jesse (Isa 11.10)
  • Rom 15:21 They shall understand (Isa 52.15)
• Corinthians
  • 1Cor 1.19 The wisdom of the wise (Isa 29.14)
  • 1Cor 2.9 Eye has not seen (Isa 64.4)
  • 1Cor 2.16 The mind of the Lord (Isa 40.13)
  • 1Cor 14.21 Speak in strange tongues (Isa 28.11)
  • 1Cor 15.32 Tomorrow we may die (Isa 22.13)
  • 1Cor 15.54 Death swallowed up (Isa 25.8)
  • 2Cor 5.17 Old and new (Isa 43.18-19)
  • 2Cor 6.2 Acceptable time, day of salvation (Isa 49.8)
  • 2Cor 6.17 Come out from among them (Isa 52.11)
  • 2Cor 9.10 God supplies rain and seed (Isa 55.10)
• Peter
  • 1Pet 1.25 God’s word abides forever (Isa 40.6)
  • 1Pet 2.6 Precious corner stone (Isa 28.16)
  • 1Pet 2.8 Stone of stumbling (Isa 8.14)
  • 1Pet 2.22 He committed no sin (Isa 53.9)
  • 1Pet 2.24-25 Healed by his stripes (Isa 53.5)
  • 1Pet 3.14 Do not be in fear (Isa 8.12)
  • 2Pet 3.13 New heavens, new earth (Isa 65.17)
• Revelation
  • Rev 1.8,11,17 Alpha & omega, First & Last (Isa 41.4)
  • Rev 3.7 The key of David (Isa 22.22)
  • Rev 6.13-14 Rolled up like scroll (Isa 34.4,10)
  • Rev 7.16 No hunger or thirst (Isa 49.10)
  • Rev 7.17 Wipe away every tear (Isa 25.8)
  • Rev 14.8, 18.2 Babylon is fallen (Isa 21.9)
  • Rev 19.13-15 Robe stained in blood (Isa 63.2-3)
  • Rev 21.1 New heavens, new earth (Isa 65.17)
  • Rev 21.6, 22.13 First and Last (Isa 41.4)
  • Rev 21.24-26 Gates open to the nations (Isa 60.3,10-11)
• Others
  • Gal 4.27 Rejoice barren woman (Isa 54.1)
  • Eph 2.17 Preach peace to those near and far (Isa 57.19)
  • Eph 6.14-17 Belt, breastplate, helmet (Isa 11.5, 59.17)
  • Phil 2.10-11 Every knee shall bow (Isa 45.23)
  • 2The 2.8 Breath of his mouth (Isa 11.4)
  • Heb 2.13 The children God has given me (Isa 8.17-18)
  • Heb 12.12 Feeble hands, weak knees (Isa 35.3)
  • Jas 1.10-11 Grass withers and fades (Isa 40.6-8)

And so… to begin…

• Part 1: Words of Judgment: Ch.1-39
• Part 2: Words of Comfort: Ch.40-66

• Part 1: Words of Judgment: Ch.1-39
• 1.1 The Sins of Israel & Judah Ch.1-12
• 1.2 Judgment against heathen nations Ch.13-23
• 1.3 God’s Purpose in Judgment Ch.24-27
• 1.4 Jerusalem’s true and false hopes Ch.28-35
• 1.5 Events during the Reign of Hezekiah Ch.36-39