Bible Cross References
Isaiah
Isaiah 37:6
he sent back this answer: "The LORD tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you by their claims that he cannot save you.
Isaiah 37:7-38
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The LORD will cause the emperor to hear a rumor that will make him go back to his own country, and the LORD will have him killed there."
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The Assyrian official learned that the emperor had left Lachish and was fighting against the nearby city of Libnah; so he went there to consult him.
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Word reached the Assyrians that the Egyptian army, led by King Tirhakah of Ethiopia, was coming to attack them. When the emperor heard this, he sent a letter to King Hezekiah
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of Judah to tell him: "The god you are trusting in has told you that you will not fall into my hands, but don't let that deceive you.
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You have heard what an Assyrian emperor does to any country he decides to destroy. Do you think that you can escape?
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My ancestors destroyed the cities of Gozan, Haran, and Rezeph, and killed the people of Betheden who lived in Telassar, and none of their gods could save them.
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Where are the kings of the cities of Hamath, Arpad, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?"
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King Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went to the Temple, placed the letter there in the presence of the LORD,
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"Almighty LORD, God of Israel, seated above the winged creatures, you alone are God, ruling all the kingdoms of the world. You created the earth and the sky.
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Now, LORD, hear us and look at what is happening to us. Listen to all the things that Sennacherib is saying to insult you, the living God.
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We all know, LORD, that the emperors of Assyria have destroyed many nations, made their lands desolate,
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and burned up their gods---which were no gods at all, only images of wood and stone made by human hands.
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Now, LORD our God, rescue us from the Assyrians, so that all the nations of the world will know that you alone are God."
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Then Isaiah sent a message telling King Hezekiah that in answer to the king's prayer
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the LORD had said, "The city of Jerusalem laughs at you, Sennacherib, and makes fun of you.
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Whom do you think you have been insulting and ridiculing? You have been disrespectful to me, the holy God of Israel.
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You sent your servants to boast to me that with all your chariots you had conquered the highest mountains of Lebanon. You boasted that there you cut down the tallest cedars and the finest cypress trees, and that you reached the deepest parts of the forests.
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You boasted that you dug wells and drank water in foreign lands, and that the feet of your soldiers tramped the Nile River dry.
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"Have you never heard that I planned all this long ago? And now I have carried it out. I gave you the power to turn fortified cities into piles of rubble.
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The people who lived there were powerless; they were frightened and stunned. They were like grass in a field or weeds growing on a roof when the hot east wind blasts them.
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"But I know everything about you, what you do and where you go. I know how you rage against me.
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I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth and will take you back by the same road you came."
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Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, "Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes.
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Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit.
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There will be people in Jerusalem and on Mount Zion who will survive, because the LORD Almighty is determined to make this happen.
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"And this is what the LORD has said about the Assyrian emperor: 'He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built around it.
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He will go back by the same road he came, without entering this city. I, the LORD, have spoken.
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I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.' "
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An angel of the LORD went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 soldiers. At dawn the next day there they lay, all dead!
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Then the Assyrian emperor Sennacherib withdrew and returned to Nineveh.
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One day when he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, two of his sons, Adrammelech and Sharezer, killed him with their swords and then escaped to the land of Ararat. Another of his sons, Esarhaddon, succeeded him as emperor.
Be not afraid
2 Kings 6:16
"Don't be afraid," Elisha answered. "We have more on our side than they have on theirs."
Exodus 14:13
Moses answered, "Don't be afraid! Stand your ground, and you will see what the LORD will do to save you today; you will never see these Egyptians again.
Leviticus 26:8
five of you will be able to defeat a hundred, and a hundred will be able to defeat ten thousand.
Deuteronomy 20:1
"When you go out to fight against your enemies and you see chariots and horses and an army that outnumbers yours, do not be afraid of them. The LORD your God, who rescued you from Egypt, will be with you.
Deuteronomy 20:3
'Men of Israel, listen! Today you are going into battle. Do not be afraid of your enemies or lose courage or panic.
Deuteronomy 20:4
The LORD your God is going with you, and he will give you victory.'
Joshua 11:6
The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid of them. By this time tomorrow I will have killed all of them for Israel. You are to cripple their horses and burn their chariots."
2 Chronicles 20:15
Jahaziel said, "Your Majesty and all you people of Judah and Jerusalem, the LORD says that you must not be discouraged or be afraid to face this large army. The battle depends on God, not on you.
2 Chronicles 20:17
You will not have to fight this battle. Just take up your positions and wait; you will see the LORD give you victory. People of Judah and Jerusalem, do not hesitate or be afraid. Go out to battle, and the LORD will be with you!"
Isaiah 41:10-14
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Do not be afraid---I am with you! I am your God---let nothing terrify you! I will make you strong and help you; I will protect you and save you.
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"Those who are angry with you will know the shame of defeat. Those who fight against you will die
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and will disappear from the earth.
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I am the LORD your God; I strengthen you and tell you, 'Do not be afraid; I will help you.' "
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The LORD says, "Small and weak as you are, Israel, don't be afraid; I will help you. I, the holy God of Israel, am the one who saves you.
Isaiah 51:7
"Listen to me, you that know what is right, who have my teaching fixed in your hearts. Do not be afraid when people taunt and insult you;
Isaiah 51:12
The LORD says, "I am the one who strengthens you. Why should you fear mortals, who are no more enduring than grass?
Isaiah 51:13
Have you forgotten the LORD who made you, who stretched out the heavens and laid the earth's foundations? Why should you live in constant fear of the fury of those who oppress you, of those who are ready to destroy you? Their fury can no longer touch you.
the servants
2 Kings 18:17
The Assyrian emperor sent a large army from Lachish to attack Hezekiah at Jerusalem; it was commanded by his three highest officials. When they arrived at Jerusalem, they occupied the road where the cloth makers work by the ditch that brings water from the upper pool.
2 Kings 18:35
When did any of the gods of all these countries ever save their country from our emperor? Then what makes you think the LORD can save Jerusalem?"
Psalm 74:18
But remember, O LORD, that your enemies laugh at you, that they are godless and despise you.
Psalm 74:23
Don't forget the angry shouts of your enemies, the continuous noise made by your foes.
Revelation 13:6
It began to curse God, his name, the place where he lives, and all those who live in heaven.