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don't</c><00:12:32.169><c> want</c><00:12:32.350><c> this</c><00:12:32.590><c> idea</c><00:12:32.889><c> of</c><00:12:33.230><c> compromise</c> 00:12:34.149 --> 00:12:37.409 brought<00:12:34.610><c> forth</c><00:12:34.929><c> to</c><00:12:35.169><c> us</c><00:12:35.269><c> so</c><00:12:35.450><c> that</c><00:12:35.570><c> we</c><00:12:35.649><c> can</c><00:12:35.909><c> see</c><00:12:36.110><c> it</c><00:12:36.309><c> so</c><00:12:36.570><c> clearly.</c> 00:12:38.649 --> 00:12:40.590 How<00:12:38.870><c> about</c><00:12:39.090><c> just</c><00:12:39.350><c> speaking</c><00:12:39.549><c> to</c><00:12:39.730><c> me</c><00:12:39.929><c> strong</c><00:12:40.269><c> here,</c> 00:12:40.610 --> 00:12:42.870 to<00:12:40.789><c> all</c><00:12:41.029><c> those</c><00:12:41.230><c> who</c><00:12:41.350><c> can</c><00:12:41.570><c> handle</c><00:12:41.830><c> those</c><00:12:42.090><c> type</c><00:12:42.269><c> of</c><00:12:42.509><c> situations.</c> 00:12:43.330 --> 00:12:45.250 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distraught</c><00:13:08.169><c> counsel</c> 00:13:08.769 --> 00:13:13.529 goes<00:13:09.409><c> into</c><00:13:09.730><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:13:11.850><c> So</c><00:13:12.029><c> God's</c><00:13:12.409><c> people,</c><00:13:12.669><c> we</c><00:13:13.009><c> see</c><00:13:13.269><c> here,</c> 00:13:13.549 --> 00:13:16.470 I<00:13:13.649><c> think,</c><00:13:14.590><c> back</c><00:13:14.789><c> off.</c><00:13:15.149><c> They</c><00:13:15.409><c> regroup</c><00:13:15.750><c> a</c><00:13:15.870><c> little</c><00:13:16.110><c> bit.</c><00:13:16.269><c> They</c> 00:13:16.470 --> 00:13:19.269 think<00:13:16.690><c> things</c><00:13:17.029><c> over.</c><00:13:17.210><c> They</c><00:13:17.370><c> haven't</c><00:13:17.690><c> succumbed.</c><00:13:18.990><c> They</c> 00:13:19.269 --> 00:13:22.330 haven't<00:13:19.490><c> given</c><00:13:19.730><c> in</c><00:13:19.950><c> yet.</c><00:13:20.669><c> They're</c><00:13:20.830><c> upset,</c><00:13:21.809><c> but</c><00:13:21.950><c> 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the</c><00:21:33.549><c> house</c><00:21:33.769><c> of</c> 00:21:33.890 --> 00:21:34.690 his<00:21:34.109><c> armor</c><00:21:34.329><c> and</c><00:21:34.470><c> all</c> 00:21:34.690 --> 00:21:37.029 that<00:21:34.769><c> was</c><00:21:34.970><c> found</c><00:21:35.190><c> in</c><00:21:35.289><c> his</c><00:21:35.529><c> treasuries.</c><00:21:36.390><c> There</c><00:21:36.529><c> was</c><00:21:36.769><c> nothing</c> 00:21:37.029 --> 00:21:38.710 in<00:21:37.230><c> his</c><00:21:37.390><c> house</c><00:21:37.670><c> nor</c><00:21:37.890><c> in</c><00:21:38.089><c> all</c><00:21:38.309><c> his</c><00:21:38.450><c> dominion</c> 00:21:38.710 --> 00:21:42.769 that<00:21:38.890><c> Hezekiah</c><00:21:39.369><c> showed</c><00:21:39.670><c> them</c><00:21:39.950><c> not.</c><00:21:41.769><c> So</c><00:21:42.049><c> when</c><00:21:42.190><c> they</c><00:21:42.410><c> came,</c> 00:21:42.789 --> 00:21:44.950 these<00:21:43.089><c> representatives</c><00:21:43.609><c> from</c><00:21:43.809><c> Babylon,</c> 00:21:45.029 --> 00:21:47.750 Hezekiah<00:21:45.509><c> was</c><00:21:45.690><c> impressed</c><00:21:46.269><c> that</c><00:21:46.450><c> these</c><00:21:46.670><c> fellows</c><00:21:46.910><c> from</c><00:21:47.190><c> so</c><00:21:47.529><c> far</c> 00:21:47.750 --> 00:21:50.309 away<00:21:48.289><c> would</c><00:21:48.769><c> be</c><00:21:48.890><c> well</c><00:21:49.089><c> over</c><00:21:49.349><c> a</c><00:21:49.349><c> thousand</c><00:21:49.789><c> miles</c> 00:21:50.309 --> 00:21:54.750 traveling<00:21:50.829><c> to</c><00:21:51.529><c> get</c><00:21:51.670><c> to</c><00:21:51.869><c> the</c><00:21:51.970><c> point</c><00:21:52.210><c> of</c><00:21:53.089><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:21:53.849><c> temple.</c> 00:21:55.269 --> 00:21:57.329 He<00:21:55.490><c> was</c><00:21:55.670><c> impressed</c><00:21:56.049><c> that</c><00:21:56.150><c> these</c><00:21:56.410><c> fellows</c><00:21:56.589><c> had</c><00:21:56.730><c> come</c><00:21:56.930><c> all</c> 00:21:57.329 --> 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spiritual,</c> 00:22:09.970 --> 00:22:19.470 acting<00:22:10.930><c> in</c><00:22:11.170><c> a</c><00:22:11.309><c> manner</c><00:22:11.470><c> that's</c><00:22:12.029><c> sad</c><00:22:12.109><c> to</c><00:22:12.390><c> say</c><00:22:12.950><c> quite</c><00:22:13.950><c> normal.</c><00:22:16.650><c> Natural</c><00:22:16.650><c> Israel</c><00:22:16.950><c> was</c><00:22:17.190><c> given</c><00:22:17.509><c> second</c><00:22:17.910><c> chances</c><00:22:18.609><c> by</c><00:22:19.190><c> God</c> 00:22:19.470 --> 00:22:23.210 so<00:22:19.730><c> many</c><00:22:19.990><c> times,</c><00:22:20.769><c> time</c><00:22:21.269><c> and</c><00:22:21.430><c> time</c><00:22:21.690><c> again.</c><00:22:22.589><c> She</c><00:22:22.730><c> was</c><00:22:22.930><c> delivered</c> 00:22:23.210 --> 00:22:25.410 from<00:22:23.450><c> Egypt.</c><00:22:24.529><c> She</c><00:22:24.670><c> was</c><00:22:24.849><c> delivered</c><00:22:25.130><c> from</c> 00:22:25.410 --> 00:22:28.289 Babylon<00:22:25.730><c> many</c><00:22:26.009><c> years</c><00:22:26.250><c> later.</c><00:22:27.210><c> She's</c><00:22:27.470><c> now</c><00:22:27.710><c> being</c><00:22:27.930><c> delivered</c> 00:22:28.289 --> 00:22:30.369 from<00:22:28.509><c> the</c><00:22:28.730><c> world</c><00:22:28.970><c> and</c><00:22:29.109><c> each</c><00:22:29.349><c> time</c><00:22:29.569><c> she's</c><00:22:29.849><c> brought</c><00:22:30.009><c> back</c> 00:22:30.369 --> 00:22:33.849 to<00:22:30.630><c> her</c><00:22:30.750><c> land</c><00:22:30.950><c> of</c><00:22:31.130><c> Israel</c><00:22:31.750><c> and</c><00:22:32.470><c> each</c><00:22:32.730><c> time</c><00:22:32.970><c> she</c><00:22:33.210><c> succeeded</c><00:22:33.650><c> in</c> 00:22:33.849 --> 00:22:38.150 letting<00:22:34.049><c> God</c><00:22:34.309><c> down.</c><00:22:36.529><c> Hezekiah</c><00:22:37.089><c> was</c><00:22:37.369><c> giving,</c> 00:22:39.509 --> 00:22:43.349 apparently,<00:22:40.269><c> at</c><00:22:40.390><c> least</c><00:22:40.829><c> as</c><00:22:41.329><c> much</c><00:22:41.990><c> assistance</c><00:22:42.630><c> and</c><00:22:43.009><c> at</c><00:22:43.009><c> least</c> 00:22:43.349 --> 00:22:45.450 as<00:22:43.549><c> much</c><00:22:43.809><c> direct</c><00:22:44.190><c> intervention</c><00:22:44.609><c> from</c><00:22:44.809><c> God</c> 00:22:45.450 --> 00:22:48.450 as<00:22:45.869><c> nearly</c><00:22:46.150><c> anyone</c><00:22:46.390><c> else</c><00:22:46.630><c> in</c><00:22:46.789><c> the</c><00:22:46.849><c> Scriptures.</c><00:22:48.069><c> And</c><00:22:48.190><c> did</c><00:22:48.269><c> he</c> 00:22:48.450 --> 00:22:53.150 fail?<00:22:48.950><c> Did</c><00:22:49.109><c> he</c><00:22:49.289><c> fall?</c><00:22:51.069><c> Yes,</c><00:22:51.390><c> he</c><00:22:51.529><c> did.</c><00:22:51.750><c> That's</c><00:22:52.069><c> human</c><00:22:52.230><c> nature.</c> 00:22:53.589 --> 00:22:56.250 And<00:22:53.690><c> as</c><00:22:53.990><c> natural</c><00:22:54.329><c> Israel</c><00:22:54.630><c> has</c><00:22:54.910><c> fallen</c><00:22:55.150><c> so</c><00:22:55.490><c> many</c><00:22:55.730><c> times</c><00:22:56.029><c> after</c> 00:22:56.250 --> 00:22:59.210 her<00:22:56.509><c> second</c><00:22:56.750><c> chances</c><00:22:57.170><c> and</c><00:22:57.690><c> as</c><00:22:58.329><c> we</c><00:22:58.690><c> will</c><00:22:58.970><c> fall,</c> 00:22:59.430 --> 00:23:03.750 brothers<00:22:59.509><c> and</c><00:22:59.769><c> sisters,</c><00:23:00.809><c> after</c><00:23:01.029><c> having</c><00:23:01.329><c> so</c><00:23:01.569><c> many</c><00:23:01.849><c> second</c><00:23:02.849><c> chances,</c><00:23:03.470><c> having</c><00:23:03.490><c> our</c> 00:23:03.750 --> 00:23:05.089 sins<00:23:03.930><c> forgiven,</c> 00:23:05.349 --> 00:23:09.309 Hezekiah<00:23:05.809><c> here</c><00:23:06.190><c> falls</c><00:23:06.569><c> even</c><00:23:06.950><c> though</c><00:23:07.930><c> all</c><00:23:08.450><c> that</c><00:23:08.589><c> has</c><00:23:08.769><c> been</c><00:23:08.910><c> done</c><00:23:09.109><c> for</c> 00:23:09.309 --> 00:23:12.690 God,<00:23:09.930><c> by</c><00:23:10.190><c> God</c><00:23:10.410><c> for</c><00:23:10.650><c> him,</c><00:23:11.509><c> is</c><00:23:11.609><c> so</c><00:23:11.809><c> evident.</c> 00:23:13.670 --> 00:23:18.470 The<00:23:13.730><c> heart</c><00:23:13.930><c> of</c><00:23:14.150><c> man</c><00:23:14.609><c> is</c><00:23:15.349><c> desperately</c><00:23:15.750><c> wicked</c><00:23:16.230><c> and,</c><00:23:17.349><c> of</c><00:23:17.450><c> course,</c><00:23:17.609><c> it</c><00:23:17.710><c> will</c><00:23:17.890><c> remain</c><00:23:18.130><c> that</c><00:23:18.309><c> way</c> 00:23:18.470 --> 00:23:19.710 until<00:23:18.769><c> immortality</c> 00:23:19.710 --> 00:23:23.809 is<00:23:19.869><c> bestowed</c><00:23:20.089><c> upon</c><00:23:20.369><c> us.</c><00:23:22.190><c> And</c><00:23:22.349><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:22.750><c> shows</c><00:23:23.109><c> them</c><00:23:23.329><c> that</c><00:23:23.529><c> all</c> 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we</c><00:23:36.599><c> go</c><00:23:36.779><c> on,</c> 00:23:38.859 --> 00:23:40.819 I<00:23:38.940><c> don't</c><00:23:39.039><c> know</c><00:23:39.099><c> if</c><00:23:39.180><c> you've</c><00:23:39.619><c> asked</c><00:23:39.880><c> this</c><00:23:40.019><c> little</c><00:23:40.240><c> why</c><00:23:40.440><c> in</c><00:23:40.619><c> your</c> 00:23:40.819 --> 00:23:42.980 mind<00:23:41.019><c> yet,</c><00:23:41.240><c> but</c><00:23:41.440><c> it's</c><00:23:41.720><c> a</c><00:23:41.819><c> natural</c><00:23:42.160><c> why,</c> 00:23:43.160 --> 00:23:45.400 is<00:23:43.559><c> where</c><00:23:43.779><c> did</c><00:23:43.920><c> he</c><00:23:43.920><c> get</c><00:23:44.019><c> all</c><00:23:44.240><c> the</c><00:23:44.400><c> silver</c><00:23:44.599><c> and</c><00:23:44.759><c> gold</c><00:23:44.960><c> to</c><00:23:45.180><c> show</c> 00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:48.839 them?<00:23:47.460><c> When</c><00:23:47.640><c> we</c><00:23:47.839><c> read</c><00:23:47.940><c> of</c><00:23:48.059><c> this</c><00:23:48.259><c> incident</c><00:23:48.519><c> in</c><00:23:48.660><c> the</c> 00:23:48.839 --> 00:23:51.940 King's<00:23:49.200><c> account,</c><00:23:50.019><c> which</c><00:23:50.599><c> historically,</c><00:23:51.519><c> chronologically</c> 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:56.319 begins<00:23:52.599><c> before</c><00:23:53.559><c> the</c><00:23:53.839><c> Isaiah</c><00:23:54.180><c> account,</c><00:23:55.500><c> we</c><00:23:55.940><c> learn</c><00:23:56.160><c> that</c> 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:00.140 he'd<00:23:56.599><c> given</c><00:23:56.759><c> all</c><00:23:57.099><c> the</c><00:23:57.220><c> gold,</c><00:23:58.299><c> he'd</c><00:23:58.539><c> given</c><00:23:58.640><c> all</c><00:23:58.940><c> the</c><00:23:59.099><c> silver</c><00:23:59.579><c> of</c> 00:24:00.140 --> 00:24:02.259 the<00:24:00.299><c> kingdom</c><00:24:00.660><c> already</c><00:24:01.420><c> to</c><00:24:01.799><c> Sennacherib,</c> 00:24:02.380 --> 00:24:05.579 king<00:24:02.500><c> of</c><00:24:02.660><c> Assyria,</c><00:24:03.799><c> back</c><00:24:04.059><c> before</c><00:24:04.400><c> Rabshak</c><00:24:04.859><c> and</c><00:24:04.960><c> his</c><00:24:05.160><c> army</c><00:24:05.339><c> had</c> 00:24:05.579 --> 00:24:06.240 come<00:24:05.700><c> to</c><00:24:05.859><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:09.279 Let's<00:24:06.920><c> turn</c><00:24:07.119><c> over</c><00:24:07.319><c> to</c><00:24:07.599><c> 2</c><00:24:07.819><c> Kings</c><00:24:08.059><c> 18</c><00:24:08.500><c> quickly</c><00:24:08.839><c> and</c><00:24:08.960><c> we'll</c><00:24:09.079><c> see</c> 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.960 those<00:24:09.740><c> verses</c><00:24:10.440><c> that</c><00:24:11.000><c> show</c><00:24:11.180><c> this.</c> 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:28.279 2<00:24:13.279><c> Kings</c><00:24:13.759><c> 18</c><00:24:16.099><c> verses</c><00:24:17.900><c> 10</c><00:24:18.279><c> through</c><00:24:18.480><c> 14.</c><00:24:27.619><c> Well,</c><00:24:27.740><c> let's</c><00:24:27.920><c> just</c><00:24:28.079><c> start</c><00:24:28.180><c> at</c> 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:29.240 the<00:24:28.420><c> 14th</c><00:24:28.859><c> verse.</c> 00:24:29.640 --> 00:24:33.160 And<00:24:29.819><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:24:30.940><c> king</c><00:24:31.319><c> of</c><00:24:31.539><c> Judah,</c><00:24:31.839><c> sent</c><00:24:32.019><c> to</c><00:24:32.180><c> the</c><00:24:32.240><c> king</c><00:24:32.500><c> of</c><00:24:32.660><c> Assyria,</c><00:24:32.960><c> to</c> 00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:33.859 Lachish,<00:24:33.859><c> saying,</c> 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:38.359 I<00:24:34.559><c> have</c><00:24:34.759><c> offended,</c><00:24:35.799><c> return</c><00:24:36.180><c> from</c><00:24:36.440><c> me.</c><00:24:37.140><c> That</c><00:24:37.319><c> which</c><00:24:37.480><c> thou</c><00:24:37.680><c> puttest</c><00:24:37.940><c> on</c><00:24:38.099><c> me</c><00:24:38.240><c> I</c> 00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.380 will<00:24:38.579><c> bear.</c> 00:24:39.420 --> 00:24:41.660 And<00:24:39.819><c> the</c><00:24:39.940><c> king</c><00:24:40.160><c> of</c><00:24:40.299><c> Assyria</c><00:24:40.579><c> appointed</c><00:24:40.920><c> to</c><00:24:41.119><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:24:41.519><c> king</c> 00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:44.420 of<00:24:41.819><c> Judah,</c><00:24:42.440><c> 300</c><00:24:42.700><c> talents</c><00:24:43.000><c> of</c><00:24:43.180><c> silver,</c><00:24:43.880><c> 30</c><00:24:44.119><c> talents</c> 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:48.019 of<00:24:44.579><c> gold.</c><00:24:45.420><c> And</c><00:24:45.579><c> Hezekiah</c><00:24:46.079><c> gave</c><00:24:46.319><c> him</c><00:24:46.680><c> all</c><00:24:47.119><c> the</c><00:24:47.279><c> silver</c><00:24:47.519><c> that</c><00:24:47.640><c> was</c><00:24:47.819><c> found</c><00:24:47.940><c> in</c> 00:24:48.019 --> 00:24:49.740 the<00:24:48.059><c> house</c><00:24:48.319><c> of</c><00:24:48.420><c> the</c><00:24:48.539><c> Lord</c><00:24:48.799><c> and</c><00:24:49.420><c> in</c><00:24:49.559><c> the</c> 00:24:49.740 --> 00:24:52.160 treasures<00:24:49.980><c> of</c><00:24:50.119><c> the</c><00:24:50.200><c> king</c><00:24:50.380><c> of</c><00:24:50.500><c> the</c><00:24:50.599><c> house.</c><00:24:51.359><c> At</c><00:24:51.519><c> that</c><00:24:51.779><c> time</c><00:24:51.980><c> did</c> 00:24:52.160 --> 00:24:54.220 Hezekiah<00:24:52.640><c> cut</c><00:24:52.920><c> off</c><00:24:53.140><c> the</c><00:24:53.339><c> gold</c><00:24:53.559><c> from</c><00:24:53.720><c> the</c><00:24:53.900><c> doors</c><00:24:54.079><c> of</c> 00:24:54.220 --> 00:24:56.980 the<00:24:54.319><c> temple</c><00:24:54.539><c> of</c><00:24:54.680><c> the</c><00:24:54.799><c> Lord</c><00:24:55.119><c> and</c><00:24:55.460><c> from</c><00:24:55.579><c> the</c><00:24:55.759><c> pillars</c><00:24:55.960><c> which</c><00:24:56.180><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:24:56.720><c> king</c><00:24:56.880><c> of</c> 00:24:56.980 --> 00:24:58.980 Judah,<00:24:57.779><c> had</c><00:24:57.960><c> overlaid</c><00:24:58.400><c> and</c><00:24:58.619><c> gave</c><00:24:58.839><c> it</c> 00:24:58.980 --> 00:25:01.420 to<00:24:59.079><c> the</c><00:24:59.140><c> king</c><00:24:59.299><c> of</c><00:24:59.460><c> Assyria.</c><00:25:00.180><c> He'd</c><00:25:00.579><c> stripped</c><00:25:00.779><c> the</c><00:25:00.980><c> kingdom</c><00:25:01.240><c> of</c> 00:25:01.420 --> 00:25:03.200 its<00:25:01.579><c> wealth.</c><00:25:01.819><c> Now</c><00:25:02.000><c> this</c><00:25:02.059><c> was</c><00:25:02.279><c> before</c><00:25:02.619><c> Rabshak</c><00:25:03.079><c> had</c> 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:07.500 come<00:25:03.480><c> up.</c><00:25:04.740><c> He'd</c><00:25:05.140><c> stripped</c><00:25:05.279><c> the</c><00:25:05.480><c> kingdom</c><00:25:05.700><c> of</c><00:25:05.900><c> all</c><00:25:06.039><c> its</c><00:25:06.200><c> gold</c><00:25:06.460><c> and</c><00:25:06.619><c> silver.</c><00:25:07.279><c> So</c> 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.859 where<00:25:08.019><c> does</c><00:25:08.140><c> all</c><00:25:08.339><c> the</c><00:25:08.440><c> gold</c><00:25:08.680><c> and</c> 00:25:08.859 --> 00:25:11.619 silver<00:25:09.180><c> come</c><00:25:09.319><c> from</c><00:25:09.599><c> now</c><00:25:10.079><c> that</c><00:25:10.380><c> He's</c><00:25:10.640><c> showing</c><00:25:10.819><c> them</c><00:25:11.019><c> in</c><00:25:11.200><c> the</c><00:25:11.259><c> house</c><00:25:11.460><c> of</c> 00:25:11.619 --> 00:25:13.420 the<00:25:11.720><c> Lord?</c><00:25:12.299><c> He</c><00:25:12.640><c> shows</c><00:25:12.799><c> them</c><00:25:12.980><c> all</c><00:25:13.160><c> the</c><00:25:13.279><c> wealth</c> 00:25:13.420 --> 00:25:16.880 of<00:25:13.559><c> His</c><00:25:13.720><c> kingdom</c><00:25:13.900><c> and</c><00:25:14.059><c> apparently</c><00:25:14.380><c> He</c><00:25:14.559><c> had</c><00:25:14.759><c> no</c><00:25:14.980><c> wealth</c><00:25:15.119><c> to</c><00:25:15.339><c> show</c><00:25:15.480><c> them.</c><00:25:16.599><c> Well,</c><00:25:16.759><c> the</c> 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:18.279 2<00:25:17.039><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:17.460><c> 32</c><00:25:17.920><c> I</c><00:25:18.039><c> think</c> 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:27.200 throws<00:25:18.519><c> a</c><00:25:18.599><c> little</c><00:25:18.799><c> bit</c><00:25:18.960><c> of</c><00:25:19.059><c> light</c><00:25:19.519><c> on</c><00:25:20.000><c> this</c><00:25:21.599><c> momentary</c><00:25:22.380><c> mystery.</c><00:25:24.640><c> 2</c><00:25:24.940><c> Chronicles</c><00:25:25.400><c> 32,</c> 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:29.859 verses<00:25:27.740><c> 22</c><00:25:28.180><c> and</c><00:25:28.420><c> 23.</c> 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:38.099 Thus<00:25:34.660><c> the</c><00:25:35.099><c> Lord</c><00:25:35.400><c> saved</c><00:25:36.019><c> Hezekiah</c><00:25:36.799><c> and</c><00:25:37.359><c> the</c><00:25:37.539><c> inhabitants</c><00:25:37.859><c> of</c> 00:25:38.099 --> 00:25:40.339 Jerusalem<00:25:38.599><c> from</c><00:25:39.279><c> the</c><00:25:39.359><c> hand</c><00:25:39.619><c> of</c><00:25:39.740><c> Sennacherib</c><00:25:40.259><c> the</c> 00:25:40.339 --> 00:25:44.900 king<00:25:40.559><c> of</c><00:25:40.700><c> Assyria</c><00:25:41.359><c> and</c><00:25:42.079><c> from</c><00:25:42.339><c> the</c><00:25:42.500><c> hand</c><00:25:42.740><c> of</c><00:25:42.960><c> all</c><00:25:43.180><c> other</c><00:25:43.640><c> and</c><00:25:44.319><c> guided</c><00:25:44.519><c> them</c><00:25:44.700><c> on</c> 00:25:44.900 --> 00:25:47.779 every<00:25:45.119><c> side.</c><00:25:46.259><c> And</c><00:25:46.640><c> many</c><00:25:47.220><c> brought</c> 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:52.160 gifts<00:25:48.220><c> unto</c><00:25:48.420><c> the</c><00:25:48.619><c> Lord</c><00:25:48.839><c> to</c><00:25:49.059><c> Jerusalem</c><00:25:49.599><c> and</c><00:25:50.640><c> presents</c><00:25:51.059><c> to</c><00:25:51.339><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:25:51.980><c> king</c> 00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:54.500 of<00:25:52.359><c> Judah,</c><00:25:53.039><c> so</c><00:25:53.240><c> that</c><00:25:53.319><c> he</c><00:25:53.460><c> was</c><00:25:53.819><c> magnified</c> 00:25:54.500 --> 00:25:58.279 in<00:25:54.640><c> the</c><00:25:54.819><c> sight</c><00:25:54.960><c> of</c><00:25:55.380><c> all</c><00:25:55.839><c> nations</c><00:25:56.200><c> from</c><00:25:56.480><c> thenceforth.</c><00:25:57.859><c> So</c><00:25:58.119><c> we</c> 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:59.880 believe<00:25:58.640><c> that</c><00:25:58.819><c> the</c><00:25:59.019><c> wealth</c><00:25:59.259><c> that</c><00:25:59.420><c> he</c><00:25:59.539><c> got,</c> 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:03.259 that<00:26:00.319><c> he</c><00:26:00.539><c> built</c><00:26:00.680><c> the</c><00:26:00.880><c> kingdom</c><00:26:01.079><c> back</c><00:26:01.400><c> up</c><00:26:01.619><c> with,</c><00:26:02.380><c> were</c><00:26:02.500><c> the</c><00:26:02.819><c> presents</c><00:26:03.079><c> that</c> 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.579 he<00:26:03.460><c> received</c><00:26:03.759><c> from</c><00:26:03.940><c> those</c><00:26:04.180><c> nations</c> 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:09.099 around.<00:26:05.259><c> Many</c><00:26:05.519><c> brought</c><00:26:05.839><c> gifts</c><00:26:06.380><c> and</c><00:26:07.000><c> presents.</c><00:26:08.079><c> They</c><00:26:08.420><c> came</c><00:26:08.799><c> to</c> 00:26:09.099 --> 00:26:12.059 see<00:26:09.599><c> this</c><00:26:10.099><c> man,</c><00:26:10.579><c> this</c><00:26:10.839><c> nation</c><00:26:11.420><c> that</c><00:26:11.839><c> had</c> 00:26:12.059 --> 00:26:15.680 overthrown<00:26:12.460><c> the</c><00:26:12.680><c> mighty</c><00:26:12.900><c> Assyrian.</c><00:26:14.079><c> They</c><00:26:14.599><c> were</c><00:26:14.859><c> awed</c><00:26:15.079><c> by</c><00:26:15.319><c> what</c><00:26:15.480><c> had</c> 00:26:15.680 --> 00:26:18.319 taken<00:26:15.839><c> place</c><00:26:16.259><c> in</c><00:26:16.480><c> Jerusalem</c><00:26:16.839><c> at</c><00:26:17.039><c> this</c><00:26:17.240><c> time.</c> 00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:31.680 So<00:26:29.480><c> now</c><00:26:29.680><c> we</c><00:26:29.759><c> need</c><00:26:29.920><c> to</c><00:26:30.000><c> look</c><00:26:30.200><c> and</c><00:26:30.359><c> see</c><00:26:30.519><c> what's</c><00:26:31.119><c> the</c><00:26:31.279><c> lesson</c><00:26:31.539><c> in</c> 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:35.220 all<00:26:31.880><c> of</c><00:26:32.000><c> this</c><00:26:32.119><c> for</c><00:26:32.319><c> us.</c><00:26:34.480><c> So</c><00:26:34.579><c> let's</c><00:26:34.740><c> look</c><00:26:34.940><c> at</c><00:26:35.039><c> it</c> 00:26:35.220 --> 00:26:39.460 closely.<00:26:36.859><c> What</c><00:26:36.980><c> does</c><00:26:37.200><c> Babylon</c><00:26:37.500><c> represent</c><00:26:37.980><c> to</c><00:26:38.180><c> us</c><00:26:38.640><c> in</c><00:26:38.839><c> the</c><00:26:38.980><c> scriptures</c><00:26:39.200><c> of</c> 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:43.400 truth?<00:26:42.319><c> Babylon</c><00:26:42.579><c> to</c><00:26:42.720><c> the</c><00:26:42.819><c> Bible</c><00:26:43.119><c> student</c> 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:47.400 represents<00:26:43.940><c> the</c><00:26:44.180><c> apostate</c><00:26:44.640><c> religion,</c><00:26:45.259><c> doesn't</c><00:26:45.279><c> it?</c><00:26:46.480><c> Especially</c><00:26:46.880><c> as</c><00:26:47.019><c> we</c><00:26:47.119><c> take</c><00:26:47.319><c> a</c> 00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.339 look<00:26:47.519><c> at</c><00:26:47.660><c> her</c><00:26:47.799><c> in</c><00:26:47.900><c> the</c><00:26:48.059><c> 17th</c> 00:26:48.339 --> 00:26:52.980 chapter<00:26:48.700><c> of</c><00:26:48.900><c> Revelations.</c><00:26:51.500><c> So</c><00:26:51.740><c> when</c><00:26:51.940><c> Babylon</c><00:26:52.220><c> came</c><00:26:52.539><c> to</c><00:26:52.759><c> see</c> 00:26:52.980 --> 00:26:57.920 Hezekiah,<00:26:54.660><c> surely</c><00:26:54.920><c> more</c><00:26:55.319><c> for</c><00:26:55.779><c> military</c><00:26:57.079><c> and</c><00:26:57.500><c> political</c> 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:01.680 reasons<00:26:58.440><c> than</c><00:26:58.960><c> just</c><00:26:59.259><c> to</c><00:26:59.380><c> be</c><00:26:59.500><c> nice</c><00:26:59.740><c> to</c><00:26:59.859><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:27:01.279><c> they</c><00:27:01.440><c> wanted</c> 00:27:01.680 --> 00:27:03.380 to<00:27:01.799><c> get</c><00:27:01.960><c> a</c><00:27:02.000><c> look</c><00:27:02.140><c> at</c><00:27:02.299><c> what</c><00:27:02.480><c> kind</c><00:27:02.640><c> of</c><00:27:02.720><c> an</c><00:27:02.839><c> army</c><00:27:03.019><c> he</c> 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:06.660 had<00:27:03.640><c> that</c><00:27:03.880><c> had</c><00:27:04.059><c> overthrown</c><00:27:04.460><c> this</c><00:27:04.799><c> mighty</c><00:27:05.119><c> Sennacherib.</c><00:27:06.339><c> This</c> 00:27:06.660 --> 00:27:10.039 Babylonian<00:27:08.180><c> nation</c><00:27:08.599><c> had</c><00:27:08.759><c> been</c><00:27:09.220><c> fighting</c><00:27:09.599><c> against</c> 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:12.359 the<00:27:10.279><c> Assyrians</c><00:27:10.640><c> for</c><00:27:10.960><c> years.</c><00:27:11.619><c> There</c><00:27:11.619><c> had</c><00:27:11.640><c> been</c><00:27:11.799><c> a</c><00:27:11.880><c> little</c><00:27:12.099><c> war,</c> 00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:14.420 little<00:27:12.640><c> skirmishes</c><00:27:13.099><c> back</c><00:27:13.420><c> and</c><00:27:13.599><c> forth</c><00:27:13.740><c> for</c><00:27:14.000><c> years</c> 00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:17.400 down<00:27:14.619><c> there,</c><00:27:15.200><c> and</c><00:27:15.680><c> they</c><00:27:15.799><c> wanted</c><00:27:16.019><c> to</c><00:27:16.140><c> get</c><00:27:16.299><c> a</c><00:27:16.380><c> look</c><00:27:16.500><c> at</c><00:27:16.579><c> what</c><00:27:16.740><c> this</c><00:27:16.980><c> army</c><00:27:17.180><c> was</c> 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:18.599 like<00:27:17.720><c> that</c><00:27:17.920><c> could</c><00:27:18.119><c> overthrow</c><00:27:18.420><c> the</c> 00:27:18.599 --> 00:27:23.700 mighty<00:27:18.819><c> Assyrian.</c><00:27:20.740><c> But</c><00:27:21.019><c> what</c><00:27:21.240><c> impressed</c><00:27:21.640><c> them</c><00:27:21.839><c> when</c><00:27:21.960><c> they</c><00:27:22.220><c> came?</c><00:27:23.000><c> When</c><00:27:23.099><c> they</c><00:27:23.259><c> came</c><00:27:23.480><c> up</c> 00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:24.579 to<00:27:23.859><c> see</c><00:27:24.079><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:29.700 what<00:27:25.259><c> would</c><00:27:25.400><c> they</c><00:27:25.539><c> have</c><00:27:25.660><c> been</c><00:27:25.859><c> impressed</c><00:27:26.160><c> with?</c><00:27:27.099><c> What</c><00:27:27.279><c> did</c><00:27:27.400><c> Hezekiah</c><00:27:27.839><c> show</c><00:27:28.119><c> them?</c><00:27:29.319><c> He</c> 00:27:29.700 --> 00:27:31.140 showed<00:27:30.019><c> them</c><00:27:30.259><c> the</c><00:27:30.640><c> worldly</c> 00:27:31.140 --> 00:27:36.140 possessions<00:27:31.980><c> that</c><00:27:33.559><c> had</c><00:27:33.940><c> come</c><00:27:34.119><c> into</c><00:27:34.319><c> his</c><00:27:34.539><c> kingdom.</c><00:27:35.299><c> He</c><00:27:35.759><c> failed</c> 00:27:36.140 --> 00:27:39.150 to<00:27:36.380><c> impress</c><00:27:36.680><c> upon</c><00:27:37.039><c> them</c><00:27:37.480><c> that</c><00:27:37.960><c> it</c><00:27:38.140><c> was</c><00:27:38.440><c> God</c><00:27:38.900><c> that</c> 00:27:39.150 --> 00:27:42.130 delivered<00:27:39.490><c> him</c><00:27:39.690><c> from</c><00:27:39.890><c> Sennacherib,</c><00:27:40.990><c> that</c><00:27:41.130><c> it</c><00:27:41.210><c> was</c><00:27:41.450><c> God</c><00:27:41.829><c> who</c> 00:27:42.130 --> 00:27:44.690 had<00:27:42.349><c> cured</c><00:27:42.470><c> him</c><00:27:42.630><c> from</c><00:27:42.789><c> his</c><00:27:42.910><c> disease.</c><00:27:43.950><c> He</c><00:27:44.289><c> rather</c> 00:27:44.690 --> 00:27:48.150 impressed<00:27:45.130><c> them</c><00:27:45.289><c> with</c><00:27:45.529><c> the</c><00:27:45.769><c> wealth</c><00:27:46.190><c> that</c><00:27:47.170><c> he</c><00:27:47.329><c> had</c><00:27:47.410><c> accumulated</c><00:27:47.789><c> from</c><00:27:47.990><c> the</c> 00:27:48.150 --> 00:27:50.630 world<00:27:48.329><c> around</c><00:27:48.650><c> him.</c><00:27:50.049><c> So</c><00:27:50.369><c> when</c> 00:27:50.630 --> 00:27:54.630 Babylon<00:27:50.990><c> came</c><00:27:51.269><c> along</c><00:27:51.509><c> to</c><00:27:51.650><c> see</c><00:27:51.789><c> what</c><00:27:52.009><c> was</c><00:27:52.210><c> going</c><00:27:52.490><c> on,</c><00:27:53.309><c> they</c><00:27:53.529><c> were</c><00:27:53.809><c> impressed</c><00:27:54.150><c> with</c><00:27:54.369><c> the</c> 00:27:54.630 --> 00:27:57.230 wrong<00:27:54.890><c> thing.</c><00:27:56.569><c> When</c><00:27:56.829><c> Babylon</c> 00:27:57.230 --> 00:28:00.450 comes<00:27:57.529><c> to</c><00:27:57.730><c> look</c><00:27:57.849><c> at</c><00:27:58.069><c> us,</c><00:27:58.549><c> brothers</c><00:27:58.589><c> and</c><00:27:58.849><c> sisters,</c><00:28:00.130><c> when</c><00:28:00.269><c> they</c> 00:28:00.450 --> 00:28:03.150 come<00:28:00.609><c> to</c><00:28:00.769><c> look</c><00:28:00.869><c> at</c><00:28:00.990><c> our</c><00:28:01.289><c> household,</c><00:28:02.650><c> what</c><00:28:02.849><c> do</c><00:28:02.950><c> they</c> 00:28:03.150 --> 00:28:10.589 say<00:28:03.430><c> inside?</c><00:28:05.950><c> When</c><00:28:06.390><c> they</c><00:28:06.509><c> look</c><00:28:06.670><c> into</c><00:28:06.910><c> our</c><00:28:07.190><c> houses,</c><00:28:10.250><c> what</c><00:28:10.430><c> do</c> 00:28:10.589 --> 00:28:14.829 they<00:28:10.710><c> find?</c><00:28:13.190><c> When</c><00:28:13.549><c> the</c><00:28:13.730><c> religions</c><00:28:13.910><c> of</c><00:28:14.109><c> the</c><00:28:14.269><c> world</c><00:28:14.569><c> look</c> 00:28:14.829 --> 00:28:17.990 into<00:28:15.049><c> a</c><00:28:15.170><c> Christadelphian</c><00:28:15.809><c> home,</c><00:28:16.130><c> what</c><00:28:16.329><c> do</c><00:28:16.450><c> they</c><00:28:16.609><c> say</c><00:28:16.809><c> inside?</c> 00:28:18.049 --> 00:28:19.990 A<00:28:18.369><c> people</c><00:28:18.509><c> that's</c><00:28:18.849><c> dedicated</c><00:28:19.349><c> to</c><00:28:19.529><c> the</c><00:28:19.670><c> God</c><00:28:19.849><c> of</c> 00:28:19.990 --> 00:28:22.849 Israel,<00:28:20.589><c> that</c><00:28:20.730><c> gives</c><00:28:20.950><c> all</c><00:28:21.269><c> the</c><00:28:21.430><c> glory</c><00:28:21.670><c> to</c><00:28:21.930><c> God,</c><00:28:22.470><c> that</c><00:28:22.630><c> gives</c> 00:28:22.849 --> 00:28:26.490 their<00:28:23.630><c> whole</c><00:28:23.809><c> existence</c><00:28:24.410><c> to</c><00:28:24.930><c> the</c><00:28:25.069><c> God</c><00:28:25.250><c> of</c><00:28:25.470><c> Israel.</c> 00:28:27.470 --> 00:28:29.750 If<00:28:27.910><c> they</c><00:28:28.109><c> do,</c><00:28:28.250><c> then</c><00:28:28.369><c> they</c><00:28:28.430><c> won't</c><00:28:28.630><c> be</c><00:28:28.829><c> tempted</c><00:28:29.089><c> to</c><00:28:29.250><c> come</c><00:28:29.490><c> back</c> 00:28:29.750 --> 00:28:32.849 and<00:28:29.990><c> carry</c><00:28:30.210><c> us</c><00:28:30.390><c> off</c><00:28:30.549><c> into</c><00:28:30.730><c> captivity.</c><00:28:32.410><c> They</c><00:28:32.670><c> won't</c> 00:28:32.849 --> 00:28:37.269 be<00:28:33.269><c> tempted</c><00:28:33.450><c> to</c><00:28:33.650><c> come</c><00:28:33.910><c> back</c><00:28:34.390><c> and</c><00:28:34.690><c> try</c><00:28:34.869><c> to</c><00:28:34.990><c> win</c><00:28:35.089><c> us</c><00:28:35.309><c> over</c><00:28:35.490><c> to</c><00:28:35.710><c> their</c><00:28:35.869><c> ways,</c><00:28:36.970><c> as</c> 00:28:37.269 --> 00:28:38.650 Babylon<00:28:37.650><c> did</c><00:28:37.970><c> some</c><00:28:38.190><c> hundred</c><00:28:38.410><c> years</c> 00:28:38.650 --> 00:28:43.029 later.<00:28:40.849><c> But</c><00:28:41.069><c> if</c><00:28:41.170><c> they</c><00:28:41.309><c> look</c><00:28:41.490><c> inside</c><00:28:41.930><c> our</c><00:28:42.210><c> ecclesias</c><00:28:42.690><c> and</c><00:28:42.829><c> our</c> 00:28:43.029 --> 00:28:45.049 homes<00:28:43.349><c> and</c><00:28:43.569><c> see</c><00:28:43.690><c> things</c><00:28:43.990><c> that</c><00:28:44.230><c> attract</c><00:28:44.529><c> all</c><00:28:44.849><c> of</c> 00:28:45.049 --> 00:28:50.730 mankind,<00:28:46.650><c> if</c><00:28:46.829><c> they</c><00:28:47.049><c> see</c><00:28:47.369><c> that</c><00:28:47.650><c> Christadelphians</c><00:28:48.410><c> are</c><00:28:48.650><c> interested</c><00:28:49.049><c> in</c><00:28:49.250><c> material</c><00:28:49.730><c> things</c><00:28:50.170><c> such</c><00:28:50.589><c> as</c> 00:28:50.730 --> 00:28:52.230 they<00:28:51.049><c> are,</c> 00:28:52.349 --> 00:28:55.369 if<00:28:52.470><c> they</c><00:28:52.690><c> see</c><00:28:52.930><c> that</c><00:28:53.130><c> Christadelphians</c><00:28:53.769><c> are</c><00:28:53.950><c> willing</c><00:28:54.130><c> to</c><00:28:54.410><c> allow</c><00:28:54.730><c> doctrines</c><00:28:55.230><c> to</c> 00:28:55.369 --> 00:28:56.609 be<00:28:55.589><c> taught</c><00:28:55.849><c> that</c><00:28:56.089><c> are</c><00:28:56.289><c> familiar</c> 00:28:56.609 --> 00:29:00.990 to<00:28:56.769><c> their</c><00:28:56.970><c> doctrines,</c><00:28:58.410><c> they'll</c><00:28:58.630><c> feel</c><00:28:58.849><c> right</c><00:28:59.109><c> at</c><00:28:59.289><c> home.</c><00:29:00.670><c> And</c> 00:29:00.990 --> 00:29:03.450 they'll<00:29:01.170><c> want</c><00:29:01.269><c> more</c><00:29:01.549><c> of</c><00:29:01.690><c> it.</c><00:29:02.690><c> And</c><00:29:02.890><c> they'll</c><00:29:03.009><c> come</c><00:29:03.250><c> back</c> 00:29:03.450 --> 00:29:06.910 time<00:29:03.730><c> and</c><00:29:03.890><c> time</c><00:29:04.089><c> again</c><00:29:04.369><c> until</c><00:29:04.589><c> they</c><00:29:04.829><c> do</c><00:29:05.109><c> succeed</c><00:29:05.930><c> in</c><00:29:06.710><c> carrying</c> 00:29:06.910 --> 00:29:08.950 us<00:29:07.170><c> off</c><00:29:07.329><c> into</c><00:29:07.490><c> their</c><00:29:07.650><c> way</c><00:29:07.829><c> of</c><00:29:07.990><c> thinking.</c> 00:29:17.730 --> 00:29:21.529 Therefore,<00:29:18.470><c> brothers</c><00:29:18.549><c> and</c><00:29:18.789><c> sisters,</c><00:29:19.829><c> of</c><00:29:20.089><c> what</c><00:29:20.349><c> we</c><00:29:20.670><c> allow</c><00:29:21.170><c> to</c> 00:29:21.529 --> 00:29:25.029 come<00:29:21.710><c> into</c><00:29:22.009><c> our</c><00:29:22.250><c> homes</c><00:29:22.670><c> and</c><00:29:23.470><c> into</c><00:29:23.730><c> our</c><00:29:23.970><c> ecclesias,</c> 00:29:25.630 --> 00:29:30.230 let's<00:29:26.349><c> be</c><00:29:26.549><c> very</c><00:29:26.930><c> careful</c><00:29:27.589><c> in</c><00:29:28.490><c> the</c><00:29:28.730><c> growing</c><00:29:29.150><c> practice</c><00:29:29.809><c> amongst</c> 00:29:30.230 --> 00:29:33.450 Christadelphians<00:29:31.230><c> to</c><00:29:31.990><c> turn</c><00:29:32.410><c> to</c><00:29:32.630><c> the</c><00:29:33.029><c> churches</c> 00:29:33.450 --> 00:29:37.809 around<00:29:33.970><c> for</c><00:29:34.250><c> teaching</c><00:29:34.549><c> aids</c><00:29:35.029><c> for</c><00:29:35.809><c> our</c><00:29:36.029><c> young</c><00:29:36.230><c> ones,</c><00:29:37.549><c> to</c><00:29:37.569><c> turn</c> 00:29:37.809 --> 00:29:40.190 to<00:29:37.970><c> the</c><00:29:38.109><c> churches</c><00:29:38.390><c> around</c><00:29:38.869><c> for</c><00:29:39.109><c> methods</c><00:29:39.470><c> in</c><00:29:39.730><c> attracting</c> 00:29:40.190 --> 00:29:44.390 visitors<00:29:40.609><c> to</c><00:29:40.829><c> our</c><00:29:41.009><c> services,</c><00:29:42.650><c> to</c><00:29:42.769><c> look</c><00:29:42.950><c> to</c><00:29:43.109><c> the</c><00:29:43.289><c> churches</c><00:29:43.589><c> around</c><00:29:44.150><c> for</c> 00:29:44.390 --> 00:29:47.009 methods<00:29:44.809><c> in</c><00:29:45.009><c> 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all</c><00:31:58.529><c> humility?</c><00:32:00.809><c> Do</c><00:32:00.930><c> they</c><00:32:01.150><c> see</c><00:32:01.369><c> us</c><00:32:01.789><c> in</c><00:32:02.130><c> light</c><00:32:02.369><c> of</c> 00:32:02.710 --> 00:32:06.150 probably<00:32:02.990><c> the</c><00:32:03.109><c> most</c><00:32:03.450><c> difficult</c><00:32:04.049><c> practice</c><00:32:04.750><c> that</c><00:32:05.569><c> we</c><00:32:05.849><c> as</c> 00:32:06.150 --> 00:32:10.490 mortals<00:32:06.509><c> must</c><00:32:07.130><c> put</c><00:32:07.509><c> on</c><00:32:08.349><c> in</c><00:32:08.849><c> order</c><00:32:08.990><c> to</c><00:32:09.130><c> be</c><00:32:09.269><c> like</c><00:32:09.410><c> Christ,</c><00:32:10.329><c> and</c> 00:32:10.490 --> 00:32:12.329 that<00:32:10.609><c> is</c><00:32:10.789><c> the</c><00:32:11.029><c> suffering</c><00:32:11.349><c> of</c><00:32:11.569><c> ourselves</c><00:32:11.970><c> to</c><00:32:12.170><c> be</c> 00:32:12.329 --> 00:32:17.970 defrauded,<00:32:13.950><c> of</c><00:32:14.269><c> giving</c><00:32:14.769><c> and</c><00:32:15.809><c> seeking</c><00:32:16.049><c> nothing</c><00:32:16.349><c> in</c><00:32:16.589><c> return?</c> 00:32:19.210 --> 00:32:23.329 Hezekiah<00:32:19.569><c> didn't</c><00:32:19.789><c> do</c><00:32:19.990><c> it,</c><00:32:21.190><c> and</c><00:32:21.910><c> he</c><00:32:21.990><c> was</c><00:32:22.210><c> wrong,</c> 00:32:23.910 --> 00:32:29.509 and<00:32:24.549><c> he</c><00:32:24.630><c> had</c><00:32:24.789><c> to</c><00:32:24.930><c> pay</c><00:32:25.029><c> the</c><00:32:25.230><c> consequences.</c><00:32:28.509><c> He</c><00:32:28.789><c> boasted</c><00:32:29.190><c> of</c><00:32:29.369><c> the</c> 00:32:29.509 --> 00:32:32.490 riches<00:32:29.710><c> of</c><00:32:29.890><c> his</c><00:32:30.089><c> kingdom</c><00:32:30.670><c> and</c><00:32:31.430><c> of</c><00:32:31.569><c> his</c><00:32:31.690><c> kingship,</c> 00:32:32.690 --> 00:32:40.450 and<00:32:33.250><c> 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which</c><00:32:47.470><c> thy</c><00:32:47.650><c> fathers</c><00:32:47.990><c> have</c><00:32:48.210><c> laid</c><00:32:48.390><c> up</c><00:32:48.589><c> in</c><00:32:48.789><c> store</c><00:32:48.950><c> until</c><00:32:49.170><c> this</c> 00:32:49.450 --> 00:32:52.029 day,<00:32:50.450><c> shall</c><00:32:50.529><c> be</c><00:32:50.789><c> carried</c><00:32:51.029><c> to</c><00:32:51.309><c> Babylon.</c> 00:32:52.089 --> 00:32:54.470 Nothing<00:32:52.410><c> shall</c><00:32:52.609><c> be</c><00:32:52.809><c> left,</c><00:32:53.109><c> saith</c><00:32:53.170><c> the</c><00:32:53.349><c> Lord.</c><00:32:54.049><c> And</c><00:32:54.210><c> of</c><00:32:54.309><c> thy</c> 00:32:54.470 --> 00:32:55.730 sons<00:32:54.789><c> that</c><00:32:54.930><c> shall</c><00:32:55.109><c> issue</c><00:32:55.349><c> from</c><00:32:55.569><c> thee,</c> 00:32:55.750 --> 00:32:59.029 which<00:32:55.950><c> thou</c><00:32:56.089><c> shalt</c><00:32:56.369><c> beget,</c><00:32:57.210><c> shall</c><00:32:57.349><c> they</c><00:32:57.589><c> take</c><00:32:57.809><c> away.</c><00:32:58.869><c> There</c> 00:32:59.029 --> 00:33:00.430 shall<00:32:59.150><c> be</c><00:32:59.430><c> eunuchs</c><00:32:59.690><c> in</c><00:32:59.849><c> the</c><00:32:59.970><c> palace</c><00:33:00.210><c> of</c><00:33:00.369><c> the</c> 00:33:00.430 --> 00:33:05.589 king<00:33:00.589><c> of</c><00:33:00.809><c> Babylon.</c><00:33:03.569><c> Now</c><00:33:03.970><c> this</c><00:33:04.150><c> prophecy</c><00:33:04.549><c> had</c><00:33:04.789><c> more</c><00:33:05.069><c> than</c><00:33:05.289><c> one</c> 00:33:05.589 --> 00:33:08.650 fulfillment.<00:33:07.569><c> Also,</c><00:33:08.089><c> we</c><00:33:08.210><c> read</c><00:33:08.309><c> in</c><00:33:08.470><c> Second</c> 00:33:08.650 --> 00:33:14.089 Chronicles<00:33:09.029><c> 33</c><00:33:09.509><c> and</c><00:33:09.690><c> 11,</c><00:33:12.130><c> that</c><00:33:12.589><c> wherefore</c><00:33:13.529><c> the</c><00:33:13.650><c> Lord</c><00:33:13.849><c> brought</c> 00:33:14.089 --> 00:33:15.690 upon<00:33:14.430><c> them</c><00:33:14.670><c> the</c><00:33:14.890><c> captains</c><00:33:15.170><c> of</c><00:33:15.329><c> the</c><00:33:15.430><c> hosts</c><00:33:15.569><c> of</c> 00:33:15.690 --> 00:33:19.430 the<00:33:15.750><c> king</c><00:33:15.950><c> of</c><00:33:16.089><c> Assyria,</c><00:33:16.750><c> which</c><00:33:16.910><c> took</c><00:33:17.130><c> Manasseh</c><00:33:18.869><c> among</c><00:33:19.130><c> the</c> 00:33:19.430 --> 00:33:21.730 thorns,<00:33:19.849><c> and</c><00:33:20.009><c> bound</c><00:33:20.150><c> him</c><00:33:20.309><c> with</c><00:33:20.549><c> fetters,</c><00:33:21.329><c> and</c><00:33:21.549><c> carried</c> 00:33:21.730 --> 00:33:24.930 him<00:33:21.910><c> to</c><00:33:22.109><c> Babylon.</c><00:33:23.170><c> Manasseh,</c><00:33:23.609><c> his</c><00:33:23.730><c> own</c><00:33:23.910><c> son,</c><00:33:24.230><c> was</c><00:33:24.349><c> later</c><00:33:24.589><c> carried</c><00:33:24.789><c> into</c> 00:33:24.930 --> 00:33:27.230 Babylon<00:33:25.430><c> and</c><00:33:26.269><c> later</c><00:33:26.470><c> returned</c><00:33:26.809><c> back</c><00:33:27.089><c> to</c> 00:33:27.230 --> 00:33:30.529 Israel.<00:33:28.710><c> In</c><00:33:28.829><c> the</c><00:33:28.910><c> book</c><00:33:29.049><c> of</c><00:33:29.230><c> Daniel,</c><00:33:29.670><c> we</c><00:33:29.789><c> read</c><00:33:29.869><c> of</c><00:33:29.990><c> the</c><00:33:30.109><c> sons</c><00:33:30.309><c> of</c> 00:33:30.529 --> 00:33:32.430 Hezekiah,<00:33:31.150><c> the</c><00:33:31.250><c> descendants</c><00:33:31.569><c> many</c><00:33:31.829><c> years</c><00:33:32.029><c> later,</c> 00:33:32.829 --> 00:33:36.950 being<00:33:33.130><c> carried</c><00:33:33.410><c> off</c><00:33:33.650><c> into</c><00:33:33.809><c> Babylon.</c><00:33:35.150><c> We</c><00:33:35.309><c> read</c><00:33:35.529><c> of</c><00:33:35.549><c> Israel</c><00:33:35.990><c> many</c><00:33:36.349><c> times</c><00:33:36.789><c> in</c> 00:33:36.950 --> 00:33:38.630 the<00:33:37.009><c> latter</c><00:33:37.269><c> years</c><00:33:37.589><c> being</c><00:33:38.069><c> driven</c><00:33:38.569><c> out</c> 00:33:38.630 --> 00:33:42.490 of<00:33:38.809><c> her</c><00:33:38.990><c> land,</c><00:33:39.970><c> carried</c><00:33:40.230><c> off</c><00:33:40.470><c> into</c><00:33:40.690><c> strange</c><00:33:41.089><c> lands</c><00:33:41.410><c> and</c><00:33:41.589><c> foreign</c><00:33:41.849><c> peoples.</c><00:33:42.230><c> And</c> 00:33:42.490 --> 00:33:45.089 why?<00:33:44.250><c> Because</c><00:33:44.650><c> they</c><00:33:44.769><c> never</c> 00:33:45.089 --> 00:33:48.910 learned<00:33:45.269><c> the</c><00:33:45.470><c> lesson</c><00:33:45.950><c> of</c><00:33:46.269><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:33:47.210><c> They</c><00:33:47.410><c> continued</c><00:33:48.029><c> to</c><00:33:48.329><c> allow</c><00:33:48.630><c> the</c> 00:33:48.910 --> 00:33:50.930 things<00:33:49.150><c> of</c><00:33:49.349><c> the</c><00:33:49.490><c> world</c><00:33:49.670><c> to</c><00:33:49.930><c> become</c><00:33:50.309><c> prominent</c> 00:33:50.930 --> 00:33:54.630 in<00:33:51.069><c> their</c><00:33:51.210><c> nation</c><00:33:51.529><c> and</c><00:33:51.710><c> in</c><00:33:51.809><c> their</c><00:33:51.990><c> hearts.</c><00:33:53.289><c> They</c><00:33:53.490><c> did</c><00:33:53.690><c> as</c><00:33:53.890><c> Hezekiah</c><00:33:54.490><c> did.</c> 00:33:54.690 --> 00:33:56.250 They<00:33:54.890><c> allowed</c><00:33:55.170><c> Babylon</c><00:33:55.670><c> to</c><00:33:55.809><c> come</c><00:33:55.990><c> in</c><00:33:56.170><c> and</c> 00:33:56.250 --> 00:34:01.549 see<00:33:56.390><c> the</c><00:33:56.670><c> wrong</c><00:33:56.970><c> things</c><00:33:57.869><c> were</c><00:33:58.329><c> existent</c><00:33:59.369><c> in</c><00:33:59.730><c> their</c><00:33:59.930><c> household.</c><00:34:01.009><c> They</c><00:34:01.250><c> had</c> 00:34:01.549 --> 00:34:03.250 to<00:34:01.730><c> pay</c><00:34:01.930><c> for</c><00:34:02.089><c> their</c><00:34:02.250><c> mistakes.</c> 00:34:03.430 --> 00:34:06.970 Hezekiah<00:34:03.950><c> had</c><00:34:04.130><c> to</c><00:34:04.250><c> pay</c><00:34:04.430><c> for</c><00:34:04.609><c> his</c><00:34:04.849><c> mistakes,</c><00:34:05.769><c> and</c><00:34:05.890><c> we</c><00:34:06.289><c> often</c><00:34:06.609><c> have</c><00:34:06.829><c> to</c> 00:34:06.970 --> 00:34:08.949 live<00:34:07.250><c> with</c><00:34:07.710><c> the</c><00:34:07.990><c> consequences</c><00:34:08.469><c> of</c><00:34:08.730><c> our</c> 00:34:08.949 --> 00:34:12.530 mistakes<00:34:09.309><c> as</c><00:34:09.570><c> well,</c><00:34:09.889><c> brothers</c><00:34:09.969><c> and</c><00:34:10.190><c> sisters.</c><00:34:11.869><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:12.369><c> had</c> 00:34:12.530 --> 00:34:15.289 to<00:34:12.750><c> live</c><00:34:13.010><c> now</c><00:34:13.329><c> with</c><00:34:13.550><c> the</c><00:34:13.710><c> thought</c><00:34:14.269><c> of</c><00:34:14.530><c> his</c><00:34:14.730><c> people</c> 00:34:15.289 --> 00:34:20.349 being<00:34:15.849><c> carried</c><00:34:16.230><c> off</c><00:34:17.070><c> someday</c><00:34:17.610><c> into</c><00:34:17.849><c> Babylon.</c><00:34:19.650><c> Moses</c><00:34:20.010><c> made</c><00:34:20.269><c> a</c> 00:34:20.349 --> 00:34:24.130 big<00:34:20.570><c> mistake,</c><00:34:22.349><c> and</c><00:34:22.449><c> he</c><00:34:22.570><c> had</c><00:34:22.670><c> to</c><00:34:22.829><c> wait</c><00:34:23.210><c> to</c><00:34:23.949><c> see</c> 00:34:24.130 --> 00:34:26.949 the<00:34:24.289><c> kingdom</c><00:34:24.929><c> and</c><00:34:25.449><c> the</c><00:34:25.730><c> promised</c><00:34:25.889><c> land.</c><00:34:26.250><c> He</c><00:34:26.349><c> wasn't</c><00:34:26.650><c> allowed</c> 00:34:26.949 --> 00:34:29.110 to<00:34:27.170><c> enter</c><00:34:27.369><c> in</c><00:34:27.889><c> because</c><00:34:28.250><c> of</c><00:34:28.409><c> a</c><00:34:28.550><c> mistake</c><00:34:28.789><c> he'd</c> 00:34:29.110 --> 00:34:33.289 made.<00:34:30.349><c> David</c><00:34:30.789><c> made</c><00:34:30.969><c> a</c><00:34:31.050><c> big</c><00:34:31.250><c> mistake.</c><00:34:32.369><c> He</c><00:34:32.590><c> committed</c><00:34:32.849><c> adultery</c> 00:34:33.289 --> 00:34:35.949 with<00:34:33.510><c> Bathsheba,</c><00:34:34.889><c> and</c><00:34:34.969><c> he</c><00:34:35.130><c> had</c><00:34:35.309><c> to</c><00:34:35.530><c> suffer</c><00:34:35.710><c> the</c> 00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:40.769 consequences<00:34:36.690><c> of</c><00:34:37.730><c> some</c><00:34:38.110><c> of</c><00:34:38.250><c> the</c><00:34:38.349><c> lives</c><00:34:38.809><c> of</c><00:34:38.989><c> his</c><00:34:39.170><c> children</c><00:34:39.690><c> because</c><00:34:40.610><c> of</c> 00:34:40.769 --> 00:34:43.210 a<00:34:40.889><c> mistake</c><00:34:41.070><c> he</c><00:34:41.309><c> made.</c><00:34:42.489><c> And</c><00:34:42.630><c> if</c><00:34:42.789><c> we</c><00:34:43.010><c> make</c> 00:34:43.210 --> 00:34:45.110 mistakes,<00:34:43.789><c> brothers</c><00:34:43.889><c> and</c><00:34:44.130><c> sisters,</c><00:34:44.510><c> even</c><00:34:44.710><c> though</c><00:34:44.909><c> they're</c> 00:34:45.110 --> 00:34:48.369 forgiven<00:34:45.409><c> by</c><00:34:45.630><c> God,</c><00:34:46.849><c> as</c><00:34:47.050><c> was</c><00:34:47.250><c> the</c><00:34:47.329><c> case</c><00:34:47.550><c> of</c><00:34:47.730><c> all</c><00:34:48.030><c> these</c><00:34:48.170><c> we</c> 00:34:48.369 --> 00:34:51.809 mentioned,<00:34:48.610><c> they</c><00:34:48.730><c> were</c><00:34:48.949><c> forgiven</c><00:34:49.230><c> by</c><00:34:49.449><c> God,</c><00:34:50.750><c> they</c><00:34:51.150><c> still</c><00:34:51.610><c> had</c> 00:34:51.809 --> 00:34:56.010 to<00:34:52.010><c> suffer</c><00:34:52.190><c> the</c><00:34:52.469><c> consequences.</c><00:34:55.190><c> We</c><00:34:55.510><c> may</c><00:34:55.670><c> make</c><00:34:55.789><c> the</c> 00:34:56.010 --> 00:35:00.409 mistake<00:34:56.289><c> of</c><00:34:56.929><c> leaving</c><00:34:57.289><c> the</c><00:34:57.550><c> closeness</c><00:34:57.809><c> of</c><00:34:57.949><c> a</c><00:34:58.090><c> meeting</c><00:34:58.449><c> in</c><00:34:59.170><c> order</c><00:34:59.409><c> to</c> 00:35:00.409 --> 00:35:03.750 pursue<00:35:00.610><c> employment</c><00:35:01.289><c> in</c><00:35:02.210><c> some</c><00:35:02.969><c> way</c><00:35:03.409><c> out</c><00:35:03.550><c> of</c><00:35:03.630><c> the</c> 00:35:03.750 --> 00:35:08.329 way<00:35:03.869><c> place.</c><00:35:06.030><c> It</c><00:35:06.110><c> could</c><00:35:06.349><c> cost</c><00:35:06.570><c> us</c><00:35:06.769><c> the</c><00:35:06.949><c> spiritual</c><00:35:07.309><c> lives</c><00:35:07.590><c> of</c><00:35:07.750><c> our</c><00:35:07.909><c> children</c><00:35:08.170><c> to</c> 00:35:08.329 --> 00:35:10.409 do<00:35:08.389><c> something</c><00:35:08.610><c> like</c><00:35:08.909><c> that.</c><00:35:10.090><c> We</c><00:35:10.110><c> no</c><00:35:10.230><c> longer</c> 00:35:10.409 --> 00:35:15.409 have<00:35:10.610><c> a</c><00:35:10.829><c> CYC</c><00:35:11.269><c> or</c><00:35:11.409><c> a</c><00:35:11.530><c> Sunday</c><00:35:11.670><c> school</c><00:35:11.869><c> to</c><00:35:12.050><c> help</c><00:35:12.170><c> them</c><00:35:12.369><c> out.</c><00:35:13.989><c> We</c><00:35:14.150><c> may</c><00:35:14.250><c> make</c><00:35:14.349><c> the</c><00:35:14.550><c> mistake</c><00:35:14.849><c> of</c> 00:35:15.409 --> 00:35:16.429 marrying<00:35:15.670><c> out</c><00:35:15.829><c> of</c><00:35:15.909><c> the</c><00:35:16.150><c> truth,</c> 00:35:16.550 --> 00:35:19.409 and<00:35:16.710><c> whereas</c><00:35:16.829><c> God</c><00:35:17.329><c> may</c><00:35:17.710><c> truly</c><00:35:18.110><c> forgive</c><00:35:18.489><c> us</c><00:35:18.769><c> for</c><00:35:18.929><c> doing</c><00:35:19.150><c> these</c> 00:35:19.409 --> 00:35:22.269 things,<00:35:19.590><c> if</c><00:35:19.730><c> we</c><00:35:20.110><c> ask</c><00:35:20.469><c> for</c><00:35:20.750><c> forgiveness,</c><00:35:21.590><c> it</c><00:35:21.849><c> may</c> 00:35:22.269 --> 00:35:25.829 still<00:35:22.670><c> cost</c><00:35:22.929><c> us</c><00:35:23.250><c> the</c><00:35:23.550><c> long,</c><00:35:24.250><c> long</c><00:35:24.869><c> happiness</c><00:35:25.289><c> that</c><00:35:25.469><c> we</c><00:35:25.630><c> might</c> 00:35:25.829 --> 00:35:28.730 have<00:35:26.230><c> in</c><00:35:26.570><c> this</c><00:35:26.789><c> life</c><00:35:27.269><c> with</c><00:35:27.750><c> a</c><00:35:27.909><c> mate</c><00:35:28.130><c> that</c><00:35:28.489><c> would</c><00:35:28.630><c> be</c> 00:35:28.730 --> 00:35:31.949 in<00:35:28.829><c> the</c><00:35:29.030><c> truth.</c><00:35:29.949><c> And</c><00:35:30.190><c> again,</c><00:35:30.449><c> it</c><00:35:30.510><c> could</c><00:35:30.769><c> cost</c><00:35:30.869><c> us</c><00:35:31.070><c> the</c><00:35:31.130><c> spiritual</c><00:35:31.489><c> welfare</c> 00:35:31.949 --> 00:35:36.469 of<00:35:32.789><c> our</c><00:35:32.969><c> children.</c><00:35:35.889><c> That</c><00:35:36.030><c> all</c><00:35:36.309><c> these</c> 00:35:36.469 --> 00:35:39.489 men<00:35:36.630><c> that</c><00:35:36.750><c> we've</c><00:35:36.969><c> mentioned,</c><00:35:37.590><c> Hezekiah,</c><00:35:38.329><c> Moses,</c><00:35:38.889><c> David,</c><00:35:39.369><c> and</c> 00:35:39.489 --> 00:35:41.369 many<00:35:39.650><c> more</c><00:35:39.809><c> like</c><00:35:40.050><c> them,</c><00:35:40.510><c> while</c><00:35:40.650><c> they</c><00:35:40.889><c> made</c><00:35:41.130><c> big</c> 00:35:41.369 --> 00:35:47.789 mistakes,<00:35:42.650><c> they</c><00:35:42.969><c> turned</c><00:35:43.190><c> to</c><00:35:43.329><c> God.</c><00:35:44.269><c> They</c><00:35:44.570><c> asked</c><00:35:44.889><c> for</c><00:35:45.090><c> forgiveness,</c><00:35:45.730><c> they</c><00:35:45.989><c> truly</c><00:35:46.250><c> repented,</c><00:35:47.389><c> and</c> 00:35:47.789 --> 00:35:48.289 they<00:35:48.130><c> will</c> 00:35:48.289 --> 00:36:00.409 be<00:35:48.489><c> in</c><00:35:48.590><c> the</c><00:35:48.710><c> kingdom</c><00:35:48.989><c> of</c><00:35:49.150><c> God,</c><00:35:50.510><c> but</c><00:35:50.750><c> they</c><00:35:50.949><c> paid</c><00:35:51.110><c> dearly</c><00:35:51.429><c> for</c><00:35:51.550><c> their</c><00:35:51.730><c> mistakes.</c><00:35:59.969><c> Now</c><00:36:00.210><c> in</c> 00:36:00.409 --> 00:36:01.989 this<00:36:00.590><c> eighth</c><00:36:00.849><c> verse</c><00:36:01.530><c> of</c><00:36:01.889><c> the</c> 00:36:01.989 --> 00:36:07.829 thirty<00:36:02.170><c>-ninth</c><00:36:02.349><c> chapter,</c><00:36:05.230><c> we</c><00:36:05.250><c> have</c><00:36:05.429><c> words</c><00:36:05.730><c> that</c><00:36:05.869><c> have</c><00:36:06.030><c> given</c><00:36:06.190><c> Bible</c><00:36:06.610><c> students</c><00:36:07.190><c> quite</c><00:36:07.730><c> a</c> 00:36:07.829 --> 00:36:08.449 bit<00:36:07.969><c> of</c><00:36:08.130><c> problem</c><00:36:08.309><c> in</c> 00:36:08.449 --> 00:36:12.150 the<00:36:08.630><c> past,</c><00:36:10.070><c> as</c><00:36:10.269><c> they</c><00:36:10.449><c> don't</c><00:36:10.710><c> seem</c><00:36:11.010><c> to</c><00:36:11.130><c> go</c><00:36:11.369><c> along</c><00:36:11.610><c> again</c><00:36:11.969><c> with</c> 00:36:12.150 --> 00:36:15.409 the<00:36:12.230><c> character</c><00:36:12.570><c> of</c><00:36:12.769><c> Hezekiah.</c><00:36:14.650><c> Let's</c><00:36:14.969><c> read</c><00:36:15.210><c> those,</c> 00:36:15.409 --> 00:36:19.769 the<00:36:15.510><c> eighth</c><00:36:15.690><c> verse.</c><00:36:17.150><c> Then</c><00:36:17.269><c> Hezekiah</c><00:36:17.989><c> said</c><00:36:18.389><c> to</c><00:36:18.610><c> Isaiah,</c><00:36:19.670><c> Good</c> 00:36:19.769 --> 00:36:21.550 is<00:36:19.989><c> the</c><00:36:20.090><c> word</c><00:36:20.250><c> of</c><00:36:20.369><c> the</c><00:36:20.510><c> Lord</c><00:36:20.630><c> which</c><00:36:20.869><c> thou</c><00:36:21.010><c> hast</c><00:36:21.210><c> spoken.</c> 00:36:21.670 --> 00:36:24.070 He<00:36:21.829><c> said,</c><00:36:22.329><c> Moreover,</c><00:36:22.929><c> for</c><00:36:23.070><c> there</c><00:36:23.230><c> shall</c><00:36:23.329><c> be</c><00:36:23.489><c> peace</c><00:36:23.690><c> and</c><00:36:23.909><c> truth</c> 00:36:24.070 --> 00:36:28.050 in<00:36:24.210><c> my</c><00:36:24.510><c> days.</c><00:36:25.730><c> He</c><00:36:26.130><c> almost</c><00:36:26.550><c> seems</c><00:36:26.829><c> to</c><00:36:26.969><c> be</c><00:36:27.130><c> saying</c><00:36:27.349><c> that,</c> 00:36:28.610 --> 00:36:31.869 so<00:36:28.769><c> you'll</c><00:36:28.969><c> take</c><00:36:29.110><c> my</c><00:36:29.349><c> children</c><00:36:29.650><c> captive</c><00:36:30.050><c> into</c><00:36:30.289><c> Babylon.</c><00:36:31.389><c> Well,</c><00:36:31.550><c> that's</c><00:36:31.710><c> not</c> 00:36:31.869 --> 00:36:32.909 all<00:36:32.030><c> that</c><00:36:32.230><c> bad,</c><00:36:32.369><c> because</c><00:36:32.590><c> at</c><00:36:32.730><c> least</c> 00:36:32.909 --> 00:36:37.590 I'll<00:36:33.150><c> have</c><00:36:33.289><c> peace</c><00:36:33.530><c> in</c><00:36:33.750><c> my</c><00:36:33.929><c> days.</c><00:36:35.909><c> But</c><00:36:36.309><c> this</c><00:36:36.510><c> is</c><00:36:36.670><c> not</c><00:36:36.849><c> the</c><00:36:37.030><c> Hezekiah</c><00:36:37.489><c> that</c> 00:36:37.590 --> 00:36:38.869 we've<00:36:37.730><c> been</c><00:36:37.849><c> looking</c><00:36:38.090><c> at</c><00:36:38.309><c> all</c><00:36:38.489><c> this</c><00:36:38.690><c> week,</c> 00:36:38.869 --> 00:36:46.409 is<00:36:38.989><c> it?</c><00:36:40.750><c> When</c><00:36:41.050><c> he</c><00:36:41.230><c> says</c><00:36:41.489><c> good</c><00:36:41.750><c> here,</c><00:36:43.690><c> good</c><00:36:43.909><c> is</c><00:36:44.110><c> the</c><00:36:44.190><c> word</c><00:36:44.329><c> of</c><00:36:44.469><c> the</c><00:36:44.630><c> Lord,</c><00:36:46.269><c> we</c> 00:36:46.409 --> 00:36:47.650 believe<00:36:46.610><c> the</c><00:36:46.789><c> word</c><00:36:46.949><c> good</c><00:36:47.170><c> there</c><00:36:47.449><c> is</c> 00:36:47.650 --> 00:36:53.909 better<00:36:48.030><c> rendered</c><00:36:48.670><c> right</c><00:36:49.489><c> or</c><00:36:50.250><c> just.</c><00:36:53.030><c> That's</c><00:36:53.210><c> not</c><00:36:53.389><c> to</c><00:36:53.570><c> say</c><00:36:53.730><c> that</c> 00:36:53.909 --> 00:36:55.909 it<00:36:54.010><c> is</c><00:36:54.309><c> good</c><00:36:54.630><c> that</c><00:36:54.789><c> God's</c><00:36:55.070><c> going</c><00:36:55.230><c> to</c><00:36:55.389><c> carry</c><00:36:55.530><c> off</c><00:36:55.710><c> my</c> 00:36:55.909 --> 00:36:59.630 children<00:36:56.130><c> to</c><00:36:56.369><c> Babylon.</c><00:36:57.230><c> No,</c><00:36:57.550><c> the</c><00:36:57.670><c> word</c><00:36:57.869><c> of</c><00:36:58.130><c> God</c><00:36:58.349><c> has</c><00:36:58.889><c> more</c><00:36:59.329><c> the</c> 00:36:59.630 --> 00:37:03.989 idea<00:36:59.949><c> of</c><00:37:00.489><c> right</c><00:37:00.889><c> or</c><00:37:01.489><c> just</c><00:37:02.210><c> is</c><00:37:02.710><c> the</c><00:37:02.829><c> way</c><00:37:02.949><c> of</c><00:37:03.090><c> the</c><00:37:03.210><c> Lord.</c> 00:37:04.650 --> 00:37:06.829 We<00:37:04.869><c> believe</c><00:37:05.090><c> that</c><00:37:05.230><c> he's</c><00:37:05.369><c> saying</c><00:37:05.610><c> that</c><00:37:05.869><c> whereas</c><00:37:06.130><c> he</c><00:37:06.369><c> might</c><00:37:06.590><c> not</c> 00:37:06.829 --> 00:37:09.349 like<00:37:07.010><c> what</c><00:37:07.150><c> God</c><00:37:07.389><c> has</c><00:37:07.650><c> chosen</c><00:37:07.889><c> to</c><00:37:08.150><c> do</c><00:37:08.269><c> to</c><00:37:08.469><c> his</c><00:37:08.650><c> family,</c> 00:37:09.369 --> 00:37:14.889 because<00:37:09.809><c> of</c><00:37:10.090><c> his</c><00:37:10.329><c> error,</c><00:37:11.630><c> because</c><00:37:11.829><c> of</c><00:37:12.030><c> his</c><00:37:12.170><c> mistake,</c><00:37:13.849><c> he's</c><00:37:14.050><c> saying</c><00:37:14.289><c> that</c><00:37:14.449><c> the</c><00:37:14.590><c> God</c><00:37:14.730><c> of</c> 00:37:14.889 --> 00:37:16.489 heaven<00:37:15.070><c> is</c><00:37:15.329><c> really</c><00:37:15.909><c> just</c><00:37:16.349><c> in</c> 00:37:16.489 --> 00:37:19.989 what<00:37:16.630><c> he</c><00:37:16.730><c> does</c><00:37:17.309><c> and</c><00:37:17.849><c> that</c><00:37:17.969><c> he</c><00:37:18.090><c> understands</c><00:37:18.969><c> what's</c><00:37:19.650><c> going</c><00:37:19.809><c> to</c> 00:37:19.989 --> 00:37:23.530 happen<00:37:20.150><c> to</c><00:37:20.269><c> him.</c><00:37:21.750><c> So</c><00:37:21.889><c> he</c><00:37:22.010><c> says,</c><00:37:22.929><c> just</c><00:37:22.989><c> is</c><00:37:23.210><c> the</c><00:37:23.289><c> word</c><00:37:23.429><c> of</c> 00:37:23.530 --> 00:37:28.610 the<00:37:23.670><c> Lord.</c><00:37:24.670><c> He's</c><00:37:24.949><c> right</c><00:37:25.489><c> in</c><00:37:26.110><c> doing</c><00:37:26.309><c> what</c><00:37:26.469><c> he'll</c><00:37:26.690><c> do.</c><00:37:28.349><c> And</c><00:37:28.489><c> the</c> 00:37:28.610 --> 00:37:30.670 last<00:37:28.889><c> phrase</c><00:37:29.150><c> of</c><00:37:29.309><c> this</c><00:37:29.550><c> verse,</c><00:37:29.849><c> according</c><00:37:30.110><c> to</c><00:37:30.349><c> Bollinger</c> 00:37:30.670 --> 00:37:34.570 and<00:37:30.929><c> others,</c><00:37:31.829><c> should</c><00:37:31.929><c> be</c><00:37:32.110><c> started</c><00:37:32.289><c> with</c><00:37:32.489><c> the</c><00:37:32.630><c> word</c><00:37:32.969><c> nevertheless</c><00:37:33.710><c> in</c><00:37:34.369><c> place</c> 00:37:34.570 --> 00:37:38.829 of<00:37:34.730><c> the</c><00:37:34.829><c> word</c><00:37:34.949><c> moreover.</c><00:37:38.389><c> We</c> 00:37:38.829 --> 00:37:43.750 believe<00:37:39.170><c> that</c><00:37:39.170><c> right</c><00:37:39.170><c> or</c><00:37:39.530><c> just</c><00:37:39.789><c> is</c><00:37:40.010><c> the</c><00:37:40.050><c> word</c><00:37:40.190><c> of</c><00:37:40.289><c> the</c><00:37:40.409><c> Lord</c><00:37:40.969><c> that</c><00:37:41.369><c> you</c><00:37:41.510><c> have</c><00:37:41.670><c> spoken,</c><00:37:42.510><c> Isaiah.</c><00:37:43.269><c> God</c><00:37:43.489><c> is</c> 00:37:43.750 --> 00:37:44.889 just<00:37:44.210><c> in</c> 00:37:44.889 --> 00:37:50.409 doing<00:37:45.090><c> what</c><00:37:45.230><c> he</c><00:37:45.349><c> will</c><00:37:45.489><c> do</c><00:37:45.670><c> to</c><00:37:45.809><c> my</c><00:37:46.070><c> children</c><00:37:46.610><c> because</c><00:37:47.269><c> of</c><00:37:47.449><c> my</c><00:37:47.570><c> mistake.</c><00:37:49.349><c> Nevertheless,</c><00:37:50.289><c> he</c> 00:37:50.409 --> 00:37:51.789 has<00:37:50.769><c> proven</c><00:37:51.070><c> that</c><00:37:51.349><c> he</c><00:37:51.510><c> is</c> 00:37:51.789 --> 00:37:56.429 also<00:37:52.289><c> gracious</c><00:37:53.010><c> in</c><00:37:53.949><c> that</c><00:37:54.110><c> he</c><00:37:54.309><c> has</c><00:37:54.610><c> not</c><00:37:54.909><c> brought</c><00:37:55.030><c> this</c><00:37:55.250><c> punishment</c><00:37:55.690><c> upon</c><00:37:56.050><c> me</c> 00:37:56.429 --> 00:37:58.710 in<00:37:56.570><c> this</c><00:37:56.750><c> life.</c><00:37:58.130><c> There</c><00:37:58.349><c> shall</c><00:37:58.530><c> be</c> 00:37:58.710 --> 00:38:02.090 peace<00:37:58.949><c> in</c><00:37:59.110><c> my</c><00:37:59.389><c> lifetime</c><00:37:59.730><c> because</c><00:38:00.050><c> of</c><00:38:00.210><c> the</c><00:38:00.309><c> mercy</c><00:38:00.510><c> and</c><00:38:00.650><c> the</c><00:38:00.789><c> grace</c><00:38:01.590><c> of</c> 00:38:02.090 --> 00:38:04.750 the<00:38:02.190><c> God</c><00:38:02.329><c> of</c><00:38:02.449><c> Israel.</c><00:38:03.670><c> So</c><00:38:03.889><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:04.289><c> not</c><00:38:04.449><c> only</c> 00:38:04.750 --> 00:38:06.989 admits<00:38:04.989><c> that</c><00:38:05.170><c> God</c><00:38:05.389><c> is</c><00:38:05.670><c> just</c><00:38:05.969><c> in</c><00:38:06.230><c> sending</c><00:38:06.369><c> this</c><00:38:06.630><c> punishment</c><00:38:06.869><c> on</c> 00:38:06.989 --> 00:38:10.110 his<00:38:07.190><c> family,</c><00:38:08.230><c> but</c><00:38:08.309><c> he's</c><00:38:08.510><c> also</c><00:38:08.929><c> gracious</c><00:38:09.329><c> and</c><00:38:09.670><c> forgiving</c> 00:38:10.110 --> 00:38:14.469 to<00:38:10.869><c> him</c><00:38:11.090><c> personally.</c><00:38:12.550><c> And</c><00:38:12.809><c> he</c><00:38:12.989><c> may</c><00:38:13.230><c> be</c><00:38:13.510><c> in</c><00:38:13.570><c> fact</c><00:38:13.889><c> indicating</c> 00:38:14.469 --> 00:38:17.530 that<00:38:14.730><c> perhaps</c><00:38:15.309><c> this</c><00:38:16.030><c> punishment</c><00:38:16.449><c> will</c><00:38:16.750><c> never</c><00:38:17.030><c> come</c> 00:38:17.530 --> 00:38:21.949 because<00:38:18.289><c> God</c><00:38:18.610><c> is</c><00:38:18.829><c> just</c><00:38:19.369><c> and</c><00:38:20.010><c> gracious.</c><00:38:21.010><c> And</c><00:38:21.329><c> ultimately</c><00:38:21.710><c> he</c> 00:38:21.949 --> 00:38:25.670 may<00:38:22.230><c> have</c><00:38:22.449><c> felt</c><00:38:22.690><c> that</c><00:38:22.869><c> God</c><00:38:23.489><c> would</c><00:38:24.289><c> not</c><00:38:25.150><c> carry</c><00:38:25.469><c> through</c> 00:38:25.670 --> 00:38:30.150 with<00:38:25.869><c> those</c><00:38:26.130><c> things</c><00:38:26.389><c> if</c><00:38:26.730><c> he</c><00:38:28.190><c> truly</c><00:38:28.409><c> got</c><00:38:28.829><c> God's</c><00:38:29.289><c> forgiveness.</c> 00:38:31.429 --> 00:38:34.190 This<00:38:31.670><c> rendering</c><00:38:32.010><c> of</c><00:38:32.210><c> these</c><00:38:32.389><c> verses</c><00:38:32.690><c> is</c><00:38:33.230><c> much</c><00:38:33.510><c> more</c><00:38:33.750><c> in</c><00:38:33.929><c> line</c> 00:38:34.190 --> 00:38:37.329 with<00:38:34.389><c> the</c><00:38:34.429><c> character</c><00:38:34.769><c> of</c><00:38:34.969><c> Hezekiah</c><00:38:35.550><c> and</c><00:38:36.170><c> the</c><00:38:36.389><c> context</c><00:38:36.769><c> of</c><00:38:36.969><c> the</c> 00:38:37.329 --> 00:38:39.289 events<00:38:37.469><c> that</c><00:38:37.630><c> we've</c><00:38:37.769><c> seen</c><00:38:37.949><c> so</c><00:38:38.190><c> far</c><00:38:38.289><c> to</c><00:38:38.469><c> date,</c> 00:38:39.630 --> 00:38:43.929 as<00:38:39.889><c> well</c><00:38:40.289><c> as</c><00:38:40.530><c> being</c><00:38:40.710><c> quite</c><00:38:40.989><c> acceptable</c><00:38:41.510><c> as</c><00:38:41.769><c> far</c><00:38:41.989><c> as</c><00:38:42.170><c> the</c><00:38:42.349><c> translators</c><00:38:42.730><c> are</c><00:38:42.929><c> concerned.</c> 00:38:45.690 --> 00:38:47.909 But<00:38:45.849><c> now</c><00:38:46.070><c> there</c><00:38:46.150><c> are</c><00:38:46.309><c> those</c><00:38:46.550><c> who</c><00:38:46.690><c> would</c><00:38:46.829><c> go</c><00:38:46.949><c> even</c><00:38:47.309><c> further</c><00:38:47.630><c> and</c> 00:38:47.909 --> 00:38:49.230 claim<00:38:48.090><c> that</c><00:38:48.289><c> these</c><00:38:48.489><c> problems</c><00:38:48.989><c> that</c> 00:38:49.230 --> 00:38:53.590 came<00:38:49.389><c> upon</c><00:38:49.670><c> Judah</c><00:38:49.969><c> in</c><00:38:50.250><c> later</c><00:38:50.469><c> years</c><00:38:51.090><c> were</c><00:38:51.829><c> not</c><00:38:52.210><c> at</c><00:38:52.530><c> all</c><00:38:53.210><c> having</c> 00:38:53.590 --> 00:38:55.650 anything<00:38:53.949><c> to</c><00:38:54.170><c> do</c><00:38:54.250><c> with</c><00:38:54.409><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:38:55.909 --> 00:38:59.769 but<00:38:56.130><c> they</c><00:38:56.409><c> came</c><00:38:56.690><c> because</c><00:38:57.170><c> 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Why</c><00:40:43.719><c> this?</c><00:40:44.239><c> Why</c><00:40:44.480><c> that?</c><00:40:45.280><c> A</c><00:40:45.440><c> little</c> 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:47.099 more<00:40:45.820><c> often</c><00:40:46.019><c> and</c><00:40:46.239><c> then</c><00:40:46.460><c> follow</c><00:40:46.599><c> it</c><00:40:46.739><c> up</c><00:40:46.860><c> with</c><00:40:47.059><c> a</c> 00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:52.760 little<00:40:47.320><c> bit</c><00:40:47.480><c> of</c><00:40:47.699><c> common</c><00:40:47.960><c> sense</c><00:40:48.239><c> and</c><00:40:48.460><c> logic</c><00:40:48.760><c> and</c><00:40:49.500><c> Bible</c><00:40:49.780><c> digging.</c><00:40:52.460><c> What</c><00:40:52.539><c> a</c> 00:40:52.760 --> 00:40:55.519 wonderful,<00:40:53.539><c> beautiful</c><00:40:54.840><c> companion</c> 00:40:55.519 --> 00:41:00.980 we<00:40:55.860><c> have</c><00:40:56.019><c> in</c><00:40:56.260><c> life,</c><00:40:57.059><c> the</c><00:40:57.179><c> Word</c><00:40:57.320><c> 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