Bible Cross References
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2 Kings 19:1-19
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As soon as King Hezekiah heard their report, he tore his clothes in grief, put on sackcloth, and went to the Temple of the LORD.
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He sent Eliakim, the official in charge of the palace, Shebna, the court secretary, and the senior priests to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. They also were wearing sackcloth.
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This is the message which he told them to give Isaiah: "Today is a day of suffering; we are being punished and are in disgrace. We are like a woman who is ready to give birth, but is too weak to do it.
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The Assyrian emperor has sent his chief official to insult the living God. May the LORD your God hear these insults and punish those who spoke them. So pray to God for those of our people who survive."
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When Isaiah received King Hezekiah's message,
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he sent back this answer: "The LORD tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you with their claims that he cannot save you.
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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 of Judah
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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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and prayed, "O LORD, the God of Israel, seated on your throne 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, 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 only you, O LORD, are God."
he rent
Isaiah 36:22
Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah tore their clothes in grief and went and reported to the king what the Assyrian official had said.
2 Kings 22:11
When the king heard the book being read, he tore his clothes in dismay,
Jeremiah 36:24
But neither the king nor any of his officials who heard all this was afraid or showed any sign of sorrow.
Jonah 3:5
The people of Nineveh believed God's message. So they decided that everyone should fast, and all the people, from the greatest to the least, put on sackcloth to show that they had repented.
Jonah 3:6
When the king of Nineveh heard about it, he got up from his throne, took off his robe, put on sackcloth, and sat down in ashes.
Matthew 11:21
"How terrible it will be for you, Chorazin! How terrible for you too, Bethsaida! If the miracles which were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, the people there would have long ago put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on themselves, to show that they had turned from their sins!
and went
Ezra 9:5
When the time came for the evening sacrifice, I got up from where I had been grieving, and still wearing my torn clothes, I knelt in prayer and stretched out my hands to the LORD my God.
Job 1:20
Then Job got up and tore his clothes in grief. He shaved his head and threw himself face downward on the ground.
Job 1:21
He said, "I was born with nothing, and I will die with nothing. The LORD gave, and now he has taken away. May his name be praised!"