{"id":338,"date":"2009-09-04T02:47:50","date_gmt":"2009-09-03T15:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blesspress.com\/journal\/?p=338"},"modified":"2009-09-04T02:47:50","modified_gmt":"2009-09-03T15:47:50","slug":"israel-in-captivity-jerusalem-surrounded-2-kings-17-18-psalm-48","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blesspress.com\/journal\/israel-in-captivity-jerusalem-surrounded-2-kings-17-18-psalm-48\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel in captivity, Jerusalem surrounded &#8211; 2 Kings 17 &#8211; 18, Psalm 48"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is captured by the King of Assyria and her people enslaved. Jerusalem is under threat too.<\/p>\n<p>The king of Assyria has sent emmisaries to the gates to tell the King of Judah to surrender. His emissaries, the intriguingly named Rabshakeh, have some interesting spin for the king of Judah: they say the Lord is on their side.<\/p>\n<p>The emissaries of King Hezekiah &#8211; for he is now on the throne &#8211; tell the Rabshakeh to speak in Aramaic so the people on the wall will not hear this propaganda, but the Rabshakeh say: Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then the Rabshakeh raised his voice and said to them all: &#8220;Do not listen to Hezekia, for thus says the king of Assyria: &#8220;Make peace with me and come out to me and every one of you eat from his own vine&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then they add: &#8220;Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their countries from my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem from my hand.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Crucially, the men on the walls do not answer&#8230;. and we will have to wait until tomorrow to find out what happens next!<\/p>\n<p>Dear God, Thank you that my neighbours have returned safely from holiday. Thank you for my friends. Thank you for this intriguing story, and what it is teaching me about you, and about trusting you against all the earthly evidence&#8230;. Please help me always to turn to you first in every situation. Please forgive me my sins. In Jesus&#8217; name, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel is captured by the King of Assyria and her people enslaved. Jerusalem is under threat too. The king of Assyria has sent emmisaries to the gates to tell the King of Judah to surrender. 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