Isaiah 38-39 "Set Your House in Order" 05/10/2023

You should know that this is a flashback of sorts…what happens in chapters 38-39 happened sometime before chapters 36-37.
The invasion of the Assyrians is pending…and king Hezekiah is on his death bed.
We don’t know exactly what was wrong with him, but we are given a clue in verse 21 when he is told to put a poultice of figs on the boil.
The boil indicates an ulcer possibly produced by a plague.
So, Assyria is threatening…and so is sickness…Hezekiah is facing two overwhelming trials in his life…
It seems sometimes…like we get kicked when we are down…I often think of Job…with each knock on his door…the news gets worse.
We can experience more than one trial at a time…and Hezekiah certainly knows that feeling.
But he is more concerned with the illness at this point because it will take his life much faster than the Assyrians.
He must have asked Isaiah to inquire of the Lord what the outcome of this sickness would be…
And he gets the worse news he can get…get your house in order…because you’re not going to make it!