Year 3 - December 23

Year 3, December 23, Sennacherib's Fall – Isaiah 37:21-25

Passage

   Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:
   
   “‘She despises you, she scorns you—
     the virgin daughter of Zion;
   she wags her head behind you—
     the daughter of Jerusalem.
   “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
     Against whom have you raised your voice
   and lifted your eyes to the heights?
     Against the Holy One of Israel!
   By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
     and you have said, With my many chariots
   I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
     to the far recesses of Lebanon,
   to cut down its tallest cedars,
     its choicest cypresses,
   to come to its remotest height,
     its most fruitful forest.
   I dug wells
     and drank waters,
   to dry up with the sole of my foot
     all the streams of Egypt.

Questions

Why did Isaiah send a message of hope to Hezekiah? Verse 21

   Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

Who had Sennacherib mocked and reviled?

What had the Assyrians used against Jerusalem?

Which other countries did the Assyrians overrun?