. The training of the Chosen people. ryingnorth to the reliefof the allies. Thecylinders have pre-served a full accountof this campaignfrom the Assyrianpoint of view. Heze-kiah at this juncturesaw no way of es-cape but to maketerms with Sen-nacherib by the pay-ment of an enormous indemnity (2 Ki. 18:14-16). We do not know how long this peace lasted, but thedemand of Sennacherib for an unconditional surrenderof Jerusalem was the almost inevitable result of therelation of Judah to Assyria. It was at this time thatthe faith of Isaiah rose to its loftiest height. Thedarker the situation to the eye
. The training of the Chosen people. ryingnorth to the reliefof the allies. Thecylinders have pre-served a full accountof this campaignfrom the Assyrianpoint of view. Heze-kiah at this juncturesaw no way of es-cape but to maketerms with Sen-nacherib by the pay-ment of an enormous indemnity (2 Ki. 18:14-16). We do not know how long this peace lasted, but thedemand of Sennacherib for an unconditional surrenderof Jerusalem was the almost inevitable result of therelation of Judah to Assyria. It was at this time thatthe faith of Isaiah rose to its loftiest height. Thedarker the situation to the eye of the statesman, theclearer it became to the vision of the prophet. The re-ply of Isaiah to the Rabshakeh matches the most heroicdefiances of Greek or Roman history (2 Ki. 19:6). The situation was indeed desperate. It seemed asif the eagle were just about to swoop upon the watchers upon the walls of the city must haveseen at night upon the horizon the gleam of the firesof the mighty Assyrian host. But Isaiah insisted that. Sennacherib on his Throne. From the bas-relief of the capture of Lachish,■which occurred during- this invasion of Pales-tine. Found in the ruins of Sennacheribs pal-ace at Nineveh, and now in the British Museum. Chapter 35. The Hand of Jehovah 131 the Lord would defend the city and save it (2 Ki. 19:34). And Jehovah vindicated the faith of His a single night the angel of the Lord smote theAssyrian host with a pestilence or a panic, and Jerusa-lem was saved. It was one of the great deliverancesof history, and it showed that Isaiah had firmly graspedthe central purpose of God, behind and beneath theevents of his time. He saw that nothing, not even As-syria, could prevail against the purpose of Jehovah,and that kings, armies and empires were simply theinstruments of His will. Jplplp^ ■R mi fpft Muhl-fT—tfffri ir ,i . Sennacherib. 132 Old Testament History CHAPTER WORD OF THE LORD. 2 Ki. 21 : 1—23 : 30; Jer. 11: 1-8. Throug
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