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of</c><00:11:06.279><c> Giba</c><00:11:06.539><c> gather</c><00:11:06.860><c> themselves</c><00:11:07.340><c> to</c><00:11:07.659><c> flee.</c> 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:10.679 And<00:11:08.620><c> yet</c><00:11:08.840><c> shall</c><00:11:08.980><c> he</c><00:11:09.139><c> remain</c><00:11:09.440><c> at</c><00:11:09.720><c> Nob</c><00:11:09.840><c> that</c><00:11:10.120><c> day.</c> 00:11:11.019 --> 00:11:13.679 And<00:11:11.240><c> Nob,</c><00:11:11.600><c> brethren</c><00:11:11.759><c> and</c><00:11:12.000><c> sisters,</c><00:11:12.620><c> is</c><00:11:12.840><c> immediately</c><00:11:13.340><c> north</c> 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:14.440 of<00:11:13.879><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:17.259 And<00:11:14.840><c> it</c><00:11:14.960><c> looks</c><00:11:15.159><c> across</c><00:11:15.500><c> a</c><00:11:15.679><c> little</c><00:11:15.879><c> valley,</c><00:11:16.519><c> straight</c><00:11:16.659><c> at</c><00:11:16.820><c> the</c><00:11:16.980><c> city.</c> 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:20.139 And<00:11:17.679><c> he</c><00:11:17.879><c> came</c><00:11:18.139><c> to</c><00:11:18.320><c> Nob</c><00:11:18.879><c> in</c><00:11:19.159><c> their</c><00:11:19.419><c> imagination,</c> 00:11:20.139 --> 00:11:23.700 and<00:11:20.779><c> stood</c><00:11:20.779><c> up</c><00:11:21.120><c> there,</c><00:11:21.600><c> an</c><00:11:21.720><c> amazing,</c><00:11:22.879><c> brutal</c><00:11:22.879><c> Assyrian,</c> 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:28.440 looked<00:11:24.279><c> at</c><00:11:24.519><c> the</c><00:11:24.620><c> little</c><00:11:25.059><c> daughter</c><00:11:25.539><c> of</c><00:11:26.000><c> Zion,</c><00:11:26.879><c> as</c><00:11:27.039><c> she</c><00:11:27.220><c> was</c><00:11:27.460><c> called,</c> 00:11:28.779 --> 00:11:35.039 the<00:11:29.000><c> delicate,</c><00:11:31.080><c> feeble,</c><00:11:32.960><c> defenseless</c><00:11:33.559><c> little</c><00:11:33.919><c> virgin,</c> 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.799 and<00:11:35.639><c> shook</c><00:11:35.820><c> his</c><00:11:36.080><c> great</c><00:11:36.500><c> male</c><00:11:36.840><c> fist</c><00:11:37.279><c> under</c><00:11:37.600><c> her</c><00:11:37.779><c> nose,</c> 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:43.340 and<00:11:40.100><c> threatened</c><00:11:40.360><c> her</c><00:11:41.200><c> with</c><00:11:41.600><c> brutality</c><00:11:42.120><c> and</c><00:11:42.480><c> rape.</c> 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:45.039 That's<00:11:43.980><c> what</c><00:11:44.120><c> he</c><00:11:44.299><c> threatened</c><00:11:44.519><c> her</c><00:11:44.759><c> with,</c> 00:11:45.200 --> 00:11:47.799 as<00:11:45.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:11:45.799><c> was</c><00:11:45.980><c> going</c><00:11:46.200><c> to</c><00:11:46.340><c> tell</c><00:11:46.419><c> us</c><00:11:46.740><c> next</c><00:11:47.080><c> time</c><00:11:47.340><c> we</c><00:11:47.480><c> come</c><00:11:47.620><c> and</c> 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:48.279 see<00:11:47.899><c> him.</c> 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:51.879 He<00:11:49.039><c> threatened</c><00:11:49.399><c> to</c><00:11:49.659><c> rape</c><00:11:49.940><c> her</c><00:11:50.139><c> and</c><00:11:50.519><c> brutalise</c><00:11:51.080><c> her</c><00:11:51.200><c> to</c><00:11:51.320><c> the</c><00:11:51.519><c> ground,</c> 00:11:52.299 --> 00:11:54.519 and<00:11:52.600><c> shook</c><00:11:52.799><c> his</c><00:11:53.120><c> fist</c><00:11:53.399><c> at</c><00:11:53.519><c> her.</c> 00:11:55.159 --> 00:11:56.899 And<00:11:55.259><c> he</c><00:11:55.460><c> defied</c><00:11:56.019><c> the</c><00:11:56.220><c> God</c><00:11:56.320><c> of</c><00:11:56.500><c> Heaven.</c> 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:59.100 And<00:11:57.500><c> the</c><00:11:57.639><c> people</c><00:11:57.980><c> saw</c><00:11:58.460><c> this.</c> 00:11:59.460 --> 00:12:01.940 And<00:11:59.559><c> in</c><00:11:59.639><c> the</c><00:11:59.899><c> imagination</c><00:12:00.480><c> of</c><00:12:00.700><c> all</c><00:12:00.840><c> the</c><00:12:01.179><c> rumours</c><00:12:01.559><c> that</c><00:12:01.700><c> were</c> 00:12:01.940 --> 00:12:03.460 going<00:12:02.220><c> through</c><00:12:02.539><c> Judah,</c> 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:05.639 these<00:12:04.139><c> rumours</c><00:12:04.600><c> were</c><00:12:04.759><c> going</c><00:12:04.980><c> through</c><00:12:05.240><c> Judah,</c> 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:08.879 and<00:12:06.059><c> there</c><00:12:06.120><c> was</c><00:12:06.600><c> terror</c><00:12:06.960><c> everywhere,</c><00:12:07.720><c> brethren</c><00:12:07.879><c> and</c><00:12:08.120><c> sisters.</c> 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:12.000 And<00:12:09.360><c> yet</c><00:12:09.519><c> the</c><00:12:09.860><c> prophets</c><00:12:10.100><c> kept</c><00:12:10.460><c> putting</c><00:12:10.720><c> at</c><00:12:10.960><c> them,</c> 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:14.620 not<00:12:12.259><c> only</c><00:12:12.519><c> the</c><00:12:12.899><c> frightful</c><00:12:13.360><c> scenes</c><00:12:13.620><c> that</c><00:12:13.860><c> the</c><00:12:13.940><c> robot</c><00:12:14.080><c> was</c><00:12:14.360><c> coming,</c> 00:12:14.899 --> 00:12:17.220 but<00:12:15.039><c> he</c><00:12:15.259><c> tried</c><00:12:15.440><c> to</c><00:12:15.679><c> instil</c><00:12:15.919><c> in</c><00:12:15.980><c> them</c><00:12:16.220><c> the</c><00:12:16.340><c> hope</c><00:12:16.519><c> of</c><00:12:16.700><c> the</c><00:12:16.820><c> future,</c> 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:19.159 the<00:12:17.879><c> hope</c><00:12:18.159><c> of</c><00:12:18.399><c> deliverance.</c> 00:12:19.299 --> 00:12:21.080 And<00:12:19.379><c> he</c><00:12:19.539><c> says</c><00:12:19.799><c> in</c><00:12:20.019><c> verse</c><00:12:20.320><c> 33,</c> 00:12:21.419 --> 00:12:25.299 Behold<00:12:21.820><c> Adon,</c><00:12:22.980><c> the</c><00:12:23.139><c> ruler,</c><00:12:24.080><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:24.440><c> of</c><00:12:24.700><c> armies,</c> 00:12:25.700 --> 00:12:28.179 shall<00:12:25.899><c> lock</c><00:12:26.240><c> the</c><00:12:26.659><c> bow</c><00:12:26.899><c> with</c><00:12:27.120><c> terror.</c> 00:12:29.279 --> 00:12:31.519 And<00:12:29.460><c> he</c><00:12:29.679><c> saw</c><00:12:29.840><c> the</c><00:12:30.340><c> Assyrian,</c> 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:34.659 as<00:12:31.919><c> the</c><00:12:32.059><c> Assyrian</c><00:12:32.440><c> himself</c><00:12:32.940><c> posted</c><00:12:33.220><c> in</c><00:12:33.399><c> his</c><00:12:33.639><c> inscription,</c> 00:12:34.779 --> 00:12:37.279 that<00:12:34.820><c> he</c><00:12:34.919><c> could</c><00:12:35.139><c> drive</c><00:12:35.360><c> his</c><00:12:35.740><c> chariot</c><00:12:36.059><c> up</c><00:12:36.320><c> Lebanon.</c> 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:41.179 And<00:12:38.059><c> he</c><00:12:38.240><c> saw</c><00:12:38.419><c> the</c><00:12:38.620><c> Assyrian</c><00:12:39.000><c> coming</c><00:12:39.279><c> down</c><00:12:39.500><c> like</c><00:12:39.799><c> a</c><00:12:39.919><c> stately</c><00:12:40.259><c> seeder.</c> 00:12:41.580 --> 00:12:44.860 And<00:12:41.759><c> as</c><00:12:41.940><c> Yahweh</c><00:12:42.279><c> says,</c><00:12:43.039><c> as</c><00:12:43.200><c> he</c><00:12:43.500><c> perched</c><00:12:43.759><c> himself</c><00:12:44.179><c> virtually</c> 00:12:44.860 --> 00:12:46.320 overlooking<00:12:45.559><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:47.779 towards<00:12:46.980><c> the</c><00:12:47.259><c> seeder,</c> 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:50.740 Yahweh<00:12:48.340><c> says,</c><00:12:48.960><c> I'll</c><00:12:49.200><c> take</c><00:12:49.559><c> the</c><00:12:50.000><c> top</c><00:12:50.220><c> off</c><00:12:50.399><c> of</c><00:12:50.559><c> him.</c> 00:12:50.840 --> 00:12:52.299 And<00:12:51.019><c> he</c><00:12:51.159><c> did,</c><00:12:51.500><c> you</c><00:12:51.500><c> know.</c> 00:12:52.980 --> 00:12:56.539 Because<00:12:53.259><c> the</c><00:12:53.419><c> 185</c><00:12:54.399><c>,000</c><00:12:54.740><c> that</c><00:12:54.940><c> died,</c><00:12:55.200><c> and</c><00:12:55.360><c> we'll</c><00:12:55.539><c> learn</c><00:12:55.799><c> later</c><00:12:56.120><c> on,</c> 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:58.440 from<00:12:56.840><c> 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to</c><00:13:43.740><c> believe</c><00:13:43.919><c> in</c><00:13:44.120><c> the</c><00:13:44.279><c> shadow</c><00:13:44.500><c> of</c><00:13:44.679><c> his</c><00:13:44.940><c> power.</c> 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:47.019 It's<00:13:46.179><c> a</c><00:13:46.240><c> very</c><00:13:46.460><c> difficult</c><00:13:46.820><c> thing.</c> 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:48.860 And<00:13:47.159><c> we'll</c><00:13:47.279><c> be</c><00:13:47.480><c> thinking</c><00:13:47.639><c> about</c><00:13:47.879><c> ringing</c><00:13:48.139><c> up</c><00:13:48.379><c> Ronald</c><00:13:48.559><c> Reagan</c> 00:13:48.860 --> 00:13:49.379 for<00:13:49.100><c> help</c> 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:52.559 to<00:13:49.720><c> go</c><00:13:49.899><c> down</c><00:13:50.039><c> to</c><00:13:50.220><c> Egypt</c><00:13:50.399><c> and</c><00:13:50.580><c> see</c><00:13:50.659><c> what</c><00:13:50.779><c> he</c><00:13:50.899><c> can</c><00:13:51.059><c> do</c><00:13:51.259><c> for</c><00:13:51.519><c> us.</c> 00:13:52.600 --> 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we<00:14:04.039><c> have</c><00:14:04.200><c> a</c><00:14:04.360><c> picture</c><00:14:04.519><c> of</c><00:14:04.659><c> what</c><00:14:04.779><c> was</c><00:14:04.980><c> going</c><00:14:05.120><c> on</c><00:14:05.240><c> in</c><00:14:05.360><c> the</c><00:14:05.500><c> city.</c> 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.720 And<00:14:07.519><c> we</c><00:14:07.779><c> know</c><00:14:08.080><c> this</c><00:14:08.320><c> relates</c><00:14:08.639><c> to</c><00:14:08.799><c> the</c><00:14:08.940><c> time</c><00:14:09.039><c> of</c><00:14:09.240><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:12.200 because<00:14:10.259><c> two</c><00:14:10.539><c> of</c><00:14:10.659><c> his</c><00:14:10.879><c> officers</c><00:14:11.200><c> are</c><00:14:11.460><c> named</c><00:14:11.700><c> in</c><00:14:11.919><c> here,</c> 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:14.960 which<00:14:12.539><c> we</c><00:14:12.799><c> meet</c><00:14:12.940><c> again</c><00:14:13.139><c> in</c><00:14:13.379><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:13.700><c> 36.</c> 00:14:15.320 --> 00:14:19.120 So<00:14:15.519><c> we</c><00:14:15.740><c> know</c><00:14:16.080><c> the</c><00:14:16.240><c> setting</c><00:14:16.399><c> of</c><00:14:16.600><c> this</c><00:14:16.779><c> chapter</c><00:14:17.080><c> very</c><00:14:17.700><c> clearly</c><00:14:18.059><c> indeed.</c> 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:21.500 And<00:14:19.799><c> Isaiah</c><00:14:20.259><c> sees</c><00:14:20.600><c> them,</c><00:14:20.899><c> brothers</c><00:14:21.019><c> and</c><00:14:21.200><c> sisters,</c> 00:14:21.759 --> 00:14:25.440 preparing<00:14:22.159><c> for</c><00:14:22.740><c> a</c><00:14:22.960><c> fateful</c><00:14:23.320><c> resistance</c><00:14:23.899><c> against</c><00:14:24.220><c> the</c><00:14:24.480><c> Assyrians.</c> 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:26.980 And<00:14:25.759><c> what</c><00:14:25.960><c> was</c><00:14:26.159><c> going</c><00:14:26.440><c> on</c><00:14:26.639><c> in</c><00:14:26.840><c> Judah?</c> 00:14:27.019 --> 00:14:29.000 What<00:14:27.200><c> was</c><00:14:27.379><c> the</c><00:14:27.559><c> attitude</c><00:14:27.779><c> of</c><00:14:27.940><c> the</c><00:14:28.159><c> people?</c> 00:14:29.600 --> 00:14:33.200 The<00:14:29.879><c> burden</c><00:14:30.179><c> of</c><00:14:30.399><c> the</c><00:14:30.559><c> Valley</c><00:14:30.840><c> of</c><00:14:31.019><c> Vigils.</c> 00:14:33.419 --> 00:14:36.200 Jeremiah<00:14:33.960><c> called</c><00:14:34.360><c> it</c><00:14:34.559><c> the</c><00:14:34.679><c> Valley</c><00:14:34.940><c> of</c><00:14:35.159><c> Slaughter.</c> 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:39.840 And<00:14:37.759><c> they</c><00:14:38.000><c> saw</c><00:14:38.139><c> Jerusalem</c><00:14:38.639><c> ring</c><00:14:38.980><c> by</c><00:14:39.320><c> its</c><00:14:39.519><c> valleys</c> 00:14:39.840 --> 00:14:42.460 as<00:14:40.460><c> being</c><00:14:40.659><c> the</c><00:14:40.879><c> scene</c><00:14:41.039><c> of</c><00:14:41.179><c> the</c><00:14:41.320><c> next</c><00:14:41.620><c> slaughter.</c> 00:14:43.299 --> 00:14:45.860 What's<00:14:43.840><c> wrong</c><00:14:44.100><c> with</c><00:14:44.360><c> you?</c><00:14:44.740><c> says</c><00:14:44.860><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:48.000 And<00:14:46.759><c> he</c><00:14:46.879><c> looked</c><00:14:47.039><c> around</c><00:14:47.379><c> the</c><00:14:47.620><c> city.</c> 00:14:48.279 --> 00:14:49.659 What<00:14:48.460><c> did</c><00:14:48.539><c> he</c><00:14:48.740><c> see?</c> 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:52.559 And<00:14:50.440><c> everywhere</c><00:14:50.779><c> he</c><00:14:50.960><c> could</c><00:14:51.120><c> look</c><00:14:51.320><c> upon</c><00:14:51.600><c> the</c><00:14:51.919><c> house</c><00:14:52.179><c> of</c><00:14:52.299><c> there</c> 00:14:52.559 --> 00:14:53.659 were<00:14:52.740><c> parties.</c> 00:14:53.980 --> 00:14:56.159 Everyone<00:14:54.340><c> was</c><00:14:54.580><c> having</c><00:14:54.740><c> a</c><00:14:55.039><c> party.</c> 00:14:56.879 --> 00:14:59.759 Yahweh<00:14:57.059><c> had</c><00:14:57.399><c> called</c><00:14:57.639><c> for</c><00:14:58.000><c> boldness,</c><00:14:59.259><c> mourning,</c> 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:01.440 girthing<00:15:00.559><c> with</c><00:15:00.840><c> sackcloth.</c> 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.940 And<00:15:01.879><c> behold,</c><00:15:03.539><c> joy</c><00:15:03.820><c> and</c><00:15:04.139><c> gladness,</c> 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:08.720 for<00:15:05.399><c> let</c><00:15:05.559><c> us</c><00:15:05.779><c> eat</c><00:15:06.139><c> and</c><00:15:06.379><c> drink,</c><00:15:07.120><c> for</c><00:15:07.159><c> tomorrow</c><00:15:07.500><c> we</c><00:15:07.840><c> die.</c> 00:15:09.360 --> 00:15:11.360 And<00:15:09.620><c> they</c><00:15:09.840><c> had</c><00:15:09.980><c> given</c><00:15:10.100><c> up</c><00:15:10.379><c> the</c><00:15:10.539><c> goat.</c> 00:15:11.700 --> 00:15:13.519 They<00:15:11.899><c> had</c><00:15:12.019><c> given</c><00:15:12.139><c> up</c><00:15:12.379><c> the</c><00:15:12.600><c> fight.</c> 00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:14.299 It<00:15:13.700><c> was</c><00:15:13.799><c> all</c><00:15:14.120><c> over.</c> 00:15:14.379 --> 00:15:16.460 And<00:15:14.460><c> they</c><00:15:14.679><c> thought,</c><00:15:14.899><c> well,</c><00:15:15.100><c> that's</c><00:15:15.360><c> it,</c><00:15:15.740><c> we've</c><00:15:16.059><c> had</c><00:15:16.200><c> it.</c> 00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:18.399 And<00:15:16.879><c> so</c><00:15:16.980><c> they</c><00:15:17.120><c> ran</c><00:15:17.279><c> up</c><00:15:17.440><c> to</c><00:15:17.580><c> the</c><00:15:17.679><c> top</c><00:15:17.779><c> of</c><00:15:17.919><c> their</c><00:15:18.100><c> houses</c> 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:21.000 and<00:15:18.820><c> there</c><00:15:18.960><c> they</c><00:15:19.200><c> were</c><00:15:19.299><c> having</c><00:15:19.559><c> a</c><00:15:19.899><c> riotous</c><00:15:20.480><c> time</c><00:15:20.600><c> on</c><00:15:20.799><c> top</c><00:15:20.860><c> of</c> 00:15:21.000 --> 00:15:21.340 their<00:15:21.139><c> houses.</c> 00:15:21.639 --> 00:15:24.720 A<00:15:21.799><c> tumultuous</c><00:15:22.600><c> city,</c><00:15:23.179><c> a</c><00:15:23.379><c> joyous</c><00:15:23.840><c> city.</c> 00:15:25.340 --> 00:15:28.919 Isaiah<00:15:25.639><c> said,</c><00:15:25.919><c> Your</c><00:15:26.120><c> men</c><00:15:26.379><c> are</c><00:15:26.700><c> slain,</c><00:15:27.120><c> not</c><00:15:27.259><c> with</c><00:15:27.500><c> a</c><00:15:27.659><c> sword,</c><00:15:27.919><c> nor</c><00:15:28.120><c> dead</c><00:15:28.320><c> in</c><00:15:28.580><c> battle.</c> 00:15:28.919 --> 00:15:31.460 They<00:15:29.519><c> had</c><00:15:29.759><c> a</c><00:15:29.919><c> defeatist</c><00:15:30.440><c> attitude.</c> 00:15:31.779 --> 00:15:34.000 They<00:15:31.899><c> were</c><00:15:32.100><c> not</c><00:15:32.340><c> slain</c><00:15:32.639><c> with</c><00:15:32.840><c> a</c><00:15:33.019><c> sword</c><00:15:33.159><c> or</c><00:15:33.399><c> dead</c><00:15:33.500><c> in</c><00:15:33.740><c> battle.</c> 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:35.600 They<00:15:34.320><c> gave</c><00:15:34.600><c> up.</c> 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:38.019 And<00:15:35.799><c> they</c><00:15:35.980><c> just</c><00:15:36.159><c> said,</c><00:15:36.340><c> well,</c><00:15:36.419><c> let's</c><00:15:36.919><c> booze</c><00:15:37.179><c> our</c><00:15:37.379><c> way</c><00:15:37.539><c> out</c><00:15:37.700><c> alive</c> 00:15:38.019 --> 00:15:39.019 and<00:15:38.240><c> forget</c><00:15:38.519><c> about</c><00:15:38.720><c> it</c><00:15:38.899><c> all.</c> 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:41.279 And<00:15:39.159><c> when</c><00:15:39.259><c> the</c><00:15:39.440><c> Assyrian</c><00:15:39.779><c> comes,</c><00:15:40.399><c> we'll</c><00:15:40.539><c> be</c><00:15:40.679><c> so</c><00:15:41.039><c> drunk</c> 00:15:41.279 --> 00:15:42.860 we<00:15:41.419><c> don't</c><00:15:41.740><c> feel</c><00:15:41.919><c> the</c><00:15:42.159><c> pain</c><00:15:42.320><c> of</c><00:15:42.480><c> it</c><00:15:42.600><c> all.</c> 00:15:43.120 --> 00:15:45.600 Let<00:15:43.200><c> us</c><00:15:43.340><c> eat</c><00:15:43.519><c> and</c><00:15:43.639><c> drink,</c><00:15:43.940><c> for</c><00:15:44.000><c> tomorrow</c><00:15:44.379><c> we</c><00:15:44.559><c> shall</c><00:15:44.700><c> die.</c> 00:15:45.899 --> 00:15:48.419 What<00:15:46.139><c> a</c><00:15:46.379><c> dreadful</c><00:15:46.659><c> way</c><00:15:46.879><c> that</c><00:15:47.080><c> was</c><00:15:47.279><c> to</c><00:15:47.480><c> go,</c><00:15:47.779><c> brothers</c><00:15:47.899><c> and</c><00:15:48.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:54.100 You<00:15:48.899><c> know,</c><00:15:49.120><c> the</c><00:15:49.360><c> apostle</c><00:15:49.740><c> Paul</c><00:15:50.899><c> quoted</c><00:15:51.600><c> those</c><00:15:52.039><c> words</c><00:15:52.360><c> of</c><00:15:52.639><c> those</c><00:15:52.960><c> men</c> 00:15:54.440 --> 00:15:58.019 in<00:15:54.960><c> the</c><00:15:55.240><c> 1st</c><00:15:55.659><c> of</c><00:15:55.820><c> Corinthians</c><00:15:56.279><c> 15.</c> 00:15:59.340 --> 00:16:00.960 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sureness</c><00:16:24.220><c> of</c><00:16:24.320><c> those</c><00:16:24.639><c> who</c><00:16:24.860><c> live</c><00:16:25.000><c> in</c><00:16:25.200><c> him.</c> 00:16:26.299 --> 00:16:28.860 What<00:16:26.500><c> a</c><00:16:26.740><c> wonderful</c><00:16:27.059><c> thing</c><00:16:27.519><c> to</c><00:16:28.000><c> believe</c><00:16:28.259><c> in</c><00:16:28.559><c> God.</c> 00:16:29.100 --> 00:16:32.299 But<00:16:29.200><c> even</c><00:16:29.340><c> if</c><00:16:29.460><c> we</c><00:16:29.659><c> lose</c><00:16:29.960><c> the</c><00:16:30.159><c> fight</c><00:16:30.299><c> today,</c><00:16:30.720><c> we</c><00:16:30.899><c> can</c><00:16:31.179><c> never</c><00:16:31.379><c> lose</c><00:16:31.659><c> it</c><00:16:31.879><c> ultimately.</c> 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:34.740 And<00:16:32.659><c> yet</c><00:16:32.820><c> these</c><00:16:33.039><c> people</c><00:16:33.200><c> have</c><00:16:33.480><c> lost</c><00:16:33.639><c> it</c><00:16:33.879><c> forever.</c> 00:16:34.940 --> 00:16:37.500 And<00:16:35.059><c> they've</c><00:16:35.379><c> forgotten</c><00:16:35.700><c> about</c><00:16:36.100><c> the</c><00:16:36.340><c> exhortation</c><00:16:36.879><c> of</c><00:16:37.039><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:16:37.740 --> 00:16:39.320 And<00:16:37.899><c> they've</c><00:16:38.200><c> gone</c><00:16:38.320><c> under</c><00:16:38.519><c> their</c><00:16:38.799><c> housecock.</c> 00:16:39.620 --> 00:16:43.720 You<00:16:39.840><c> see,</c><00:16:40.460><c> the</c><00:16:40.600><c> law</c><00:16:40.799><c> of</c><00:16:41.080><c> Moses</c><00:16:41.700><c> had</c><00:16:42.279><c> specified</c><00:16:42.759><c> for</c><00:16:43.019><c> them</c><00:16:43.399><c> the</c> 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.100 way<00:16:43.860><c> to</c><00:16:44.039><c> build</c><00:16:44.179><c> houses.</c> 00:16:45.940 --> 00:16:48.539 It<00:16:46.139><c> said</c><00:16:46.220><c> they</c><00:16:46.419><c> built</c><00:16:46.700><c> their</c><00:16:46.960><c> houses</c><00:16:47.100><c> with</c><00:16:47.360><c> flat</c><00:16:47.639><c> roofs.</c> 00:16:48.919 --> 00:16:51.639 They<00:16:49.360><c> had</c><00:16:49.539><c> an</c><00:16:49.759><c> outside</c><00:16:50.139><c> staircase</c><00:16:50.659><c> which</c><00:16:50.960><c> led</c><00:16:51.120><c> to</c><00:16:51.320><c> the</c><00:16:51.480><c> roof</c> 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:54.240 so<00:16:52.059><c> that</c><00:16:52.200><c> a</c><00:16:52.259><c> man</c><00:16:52.419><c> could</c><00:16:52.600><c> come</c><00:16:52.840><c> home,</c><00:16:53.320><c> go</c><00:16:53.360><c> up</c><00:16:53.460><c> the</c><00:16:53.659><c> outside</c><00:16:54.019><c> staircase</c> 00:16:54.620 --> 00:16:57.580 and<00:16:54.960><c> get</c><00:16:55.120><c> on</c><00:16:55.320><c> the</c><00:16:55.480><c> roof</c><00:16:55.620><c> without</c><00:16:55.899><c> actually</c><00:16:56.200><c> going</c><00:16:56.480><c> inside.</c> 00:16:58.340 --> 00:17:00.019 There<00:16:58.399><c> was</c><00:16:58.580><c> a</c><00:16:58.720><c> reason</c><00:16:58.940><c> for</c><00:16:59.159><c> that.</c> 00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:02.840 We<00:17:00.879><c> find</c><00:17:01.100><c> several</c><00:17:01.519><c> instances</c><00:17:01.960><c> in</c><00:17:02.200><c> the</c><00:17:02.340><c> Scripture,</c><00:17:02.759><c> brothers</c> 00:17:02.840 --> 00:17:03.340 and<00:17:03.019><c> sisters,</c> 00:17:03.580 --> 00:17:06.339 that<00:17:03.720><c> that</c><00:17:03.899><c> was</c><00:17:04.119><c> the</c><00:17:04.200><c> way</c><00:17:04.359><c> which</c><00:17:04.619><c> men</c><00:17:04.819><c> used</c><00:17:05.059><c> to</c><00:17:05.180><c> come</c><00:17:05.339><c> home</c><00:17:05.579><c> in</c><00:17:05.700><c> privacy</c> 00:17:06.339 --> 00:17:09.160 before<00:17:07.000><c> they</c><00:17:07.299><c> mingled</c><00:17:07.480><c> in</c><00:17:07.619><c> the</c><00:17:07.799><c> domestic</c><00:17:08.160><c> circle.</c> 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:13.240 Coming<00:17:09.579><c> out</c><00:17:09.759><c> of</c><00:17:09.839><c> the</c><00:17:10.059><c> field</c><00:17:10.500><c> with</c><00:17:10.819><c> thankfulness</c><00:17:11.299><c> for</c><00:17:11.460><c> the</c><00:17:11.640><c> daily</c><00:17:11.980><c> task</c><00:17:12.500><c> for</c><00:17:12.839><c> Paul,</c> 00:17:13.680 --> 00:17:15.319 they<00:17:13.759><c> could</c><00:17:13.880><c> go</c><00:17:14.000><c> up</c><00:17:14.079><c> the</c><00:17:14.299><c> outside</c><00:17:14.700><c> staircase</c> 00:17:15.319 --> 00:17:18.400 and<00:17:15.660><c> pray</c><00:17:15.940><c> to</c><00:17:16.059><c> the</c><00:17:16.200><c> God</c><00:17:16.319><c> of</c><00:17:16.539><c> heaven</c><00:17:16.859><c> on</c><00:17:17.359><c> the</c><00:17:17.519><c> rooftop.</c> 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.480 That's<00:17:18.799><c> where</c><00:17:19.000><c> Peter</c><00:17:19.359><c> was</c><00:17:19.720><c> praying</c><00:17:20.480><c> when</c><00:17:20.819><c> he</c><00:17:21.000><c> saw</c><00:17:21.099><c> the</c><00:17:21.339><c> sheep</c> 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:23.000 led<00:17:21.700><c> down</c><00:17:21.920><c> from</c><00:17:22.160><c> heaven.</c> 00:17:23.579 --> 00:17:25.900 That's<00:17:23.819><c> what</c><00:17:23.880><c> they</c><00:17:24.220><c> were</c><00:17:24.319><c> supposed</c><00:17:24.680><c> to</c><00:17:24.900><c> use</c><00:17:25.099><c> it.</c> 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.440 Unfortunately,<00:17:26.859><c> David</c><00:17:27.220><c> was</c><00:17:27.480><c> up</c><00:17:27.779><c> there</c><00:17:28.059><c> when</c><00:17:28.240><c> he</c><00:17:28.440><c> saw</c><00:17:28.599><c> Bathsheba</c><00:17:29.140><c> in</c><00:17:29.279><c> the</c> 00:17:29.440 --> 00:17:30.880 yard<00:17:29.599><c> next</c><00:17:29.960><c> door.</c> 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:32.880 And<00:17:31.039><c> his</c><00:17:31.220><c> mind</c><00:17:31.460><c> was</c><00:17:31.819><c> distracted</c><00:17:32.160><c> from</c><00:17:32.339><c> what</c><00:17:32.500><c> he</c><00:17:32.660><c> should</c><00:17:32.759><c> have</c> 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:33.859 been<00:17:33.059><c> doing.</c> 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:36.900 And<00:17:34.380><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:34.700><c> looked</c><00:17:34.980><c> around</c><00:17:35.359><c> at</c><00:17:35.480><c> all</c><00:17:35.680><c> those</c><00:17:36.000><c> places.</c> 00:17:37.779 --> 00:17:40.660 And<00:17:37.920><c> do</c><00:17:38.059><c> you</c><00:17:38.059><c> know</c><00:17:38.220><c> why</c><00:17:38.480><c> they</c><00:17:38.660><c> had</c><00:17:38.799><c> the</c><00:17:39.019><c> houses</c><00:17:39.299><c> built</c><00:17:39.500><c> like</c><00:17:39.819><c> that?</c> 00:17:41.720 --> 00:17:44.019 Here's<00:17:42.220><c> a</c><00:17:42.559><c> marvelous</c><00:17:43.099><c> thought.</c> 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:48.799 You<00:17:44.980><c> read</c><00:17:45.440><c> in</c><00:17:45.559><c> your</c><00:17:45.900><c> ledger</c><00:17:46.519><c> the</c><00:17:46.900><c> 30th</c><00:17:47.420><c> chapter</c><00:17:47.720><c> of</c><00:17:48.299><c> Exodus</c> 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:52.119 about<00:17:49.440><c> the</c><00:17:49.599><c> construction</c><00:17:50.180><c> of</c><00:17:50.380><c> the</c><00:17:50.660><c> altar</c><00:17:50.839><c> of</c><00:17:51.299><c> insects.</c> 00:17:53.680 --> 00:17:56.660 And<00:17:53.819><c> it</c><00:17:54.000><c> speaks</c><00:17:54.339><c> about</c><00:17:54.599><c> the</c><00:17:54.819><c> altar</c><00:17:55.000><c> of</c><00:17:55.299><c> insects</c><00:17:55.559><c> having</c><00:17:56.000><c> walls</c> 00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:58.039 and<00:17:57.059><c> a</c><00:17:57.259><c> roof.</c> 00:17:58.579 --> 00:17:59.859 Look<00:17:58.799><c> at</c><00:17:58.920><c> the</c><00:17:59.079><c> margin</c><00:17:59.339><c> of</c><00:17:59.480><c> your</c><00:17:59.660><c> Bible.</c> 00:17:59.900 --> 00:18:02.339 Your<00:18:00.140><c> Bible</c><00:18:00.359><c> says</c><00:18:00.680><c> a</c><00:18:00.960><c> roof</c><00:18:01.200><c> and</c><00:18:01.500><c> walls.</c> 00:18:03.339 --> 00:18:05.980 And<00:18:03.519><c> when</c><00:18:03.640><c> you</c><00:18:03.819><c> walk</c><00:18:03.980><c> into</c><00:18:04.160><c> the</c><00:18:04.339><c> holy</c><00:18:04.579><c> place,</c><00:18:05.039><c> you</c><00:18:05.099><c> saw</c><00:18:05.240><c> the</c><00:18:05.460><c> altar</c><00:18:05.619><c> of</c> 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:06.519 insects<00:18:06.140><c> there.</c> 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:09.180 It<00:18:06.759><c> had</c><00:18:06.880><c> a</c><00:18:07.059><c> flat</c><00:18:07.259><c> roof</c><00:18:07.539><c> and</c><00:18:07.740><c> an</c><00:18:07.960><c> embankment</c><00:18:08.400><c> built</c><00:18:08.640><c> around</c><00:18:08.960><c> it.</c> 00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:11.579 That's<00:18:09.619><c> exactly</c><00:18:10.000><c> how</c><00:18:10.200><c> they</c><00:18:10.279><c> had</c><00:18:10.339><c> to</c><00:18:10.480><c> build</c><00:18:10.599><c> their</c><00:18:10.819><c> houses.</c> 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:15.339 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an</c><00:18:23.640><c> embankment</c><00:18:24.019><c> around</c><00:18:24.319><c> the</c> 00:18:24.579 --> 00:18:26.119 roof<00:18:24.839><c> for</c><00:18:25.200><c> safety</c><00:18:25.680><c> reasons</c> 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:29.059 as<00:18:26.559><c> the</c><00:18:26.819><c> altar</c><00:18:27.059><c> of</c><00:18:27.319><c> insects</c><00:18:27.519><c> had</c><00:18:27.779><c> its</c><00:18:28.099><c> pot,</c><00:18:28.480><c> the</c><00:18:28.559><c> flat</c><00:18:28.779><c> roof,</c> 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:32.000 and<00:18:29.380><c> had</c><00:18:29.579><c> the</c><00:18:29.680><c> embankment</c><00:18:30.160><c> around</c><00:18:30.380><c> it</c><00:18:30.500><c> in</c><00:18:30.640><c> the</c><00:18:30.799><c> crown</c><00:18:30.980><c> of</c><00:18:31.240><c> gold.</c> 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:37.119 And<00:18:32.500><c> your</c><00:18:32.799><c> house</c><00:18:33.000><c> and</c><00:18:33.160><c> my</c><00:18:33.420><c> house</c><00:18:33.799><c> was</c><00:18:34.180><c> a</c><00:18:34.599><c> replica</c><00:18:35.039><c> of</c><00:18:35.440><c> the</c><00:18:35.720><c> altar</c><00:18:35.940><c> of</c><00:18:36.259><c> insects.</c> 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.900 And<00:18:38.000><c> our</c><00:18:38.279><c> houses,</c><00:18:38.799><c> brothers</c><00:18:39.019><c> and</c><00:18:39.259><c> sisters,</c><00:18:40.000><c> should</c><00:18:40.180><c> be</c><00:18:40.640><c> full</c> 00:18:40.900 --> 00:18:42.180 of<00:18:41.119><c> the</c><00:18:41.319><c> incense</c><00:18:41.599><c> of</c><00:18:41.980><c> prayer.</c> 00:18:42.380 --> 00:18:46.359 And<00:18:42.680><c> there</c><00:18:42.920><c> they</c><00:18:43.180><c> were</c><00:18:43.700><c> on</c><00:18:44.119><c> top</c><00:18:44.319><c> of</c><00:18:44.420><c> those</c><00:18:44.700><c> houses</c><00:18:45.220><c> having</c><00:18:45.759><c> a</c> 00:18:46.359 --> 00:18:47.259 riotous<00:18:46.960><c> time,</c> 00:18:47.539 --> 00:18:51.019 eating<00:18:47.900><c> and</c><00:18:48.180><c> drinking</c><00:18:48.559><c> and</c><00:18:48.940><c> saying,</c><00:18:49.259><c> tomorrow</c><00:18:49.680><c> we</c><00:18:49.960><c> shall</c><00:18:50.180><c> die.</c> 00:18:51.359 --> 00:18:54.259 And<00:18:51.519><c> that's</c><00:18:51.839><c> the</c><00:18:52.140><c> spirit</c><00:18:52.380><c> that</c><00:18:52.579><c> had</c><00:18:52.960><c> gripped</c><00:18:53.160><c> that</c><00:18:53.420><c> nation.</c> 00:18:55.339 --> 00:18:58.779 You<00:18:55.500><c> know,</c><00:18:55.619><c> they</c><00:18:55.880><c> made</c><00:18:56.079><c> some</c><00:18:56.559><c> feeble</c><00:18:56.940><c> attempts</c><00:18:57.279><c> to</c><00:18:57.579><c> protect</c><00:18:57.900><c> themselves.</c> 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:01.299 And<00:18:59.480><c> how</c><00:18:59.880><c> feeble</c><00:19:00.259><c> were</c><00:19:00.559><c> they?</c> 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:05.140 And<00:19:01.839><c> as</c><00:19:02.000><c> the</c><00:19:02.259><c> prophet</c><00:19:02.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:02.839><c> went</c><00:19:03.079><c> around,</c><00:19:03.839><c> he</c><00:19:04.319><c> wept,</c><00:19:04.680><c> wept</c> 00:19:05.140 --> 00:19:05.779 his<00:19:05.380><c> heart</c><00:19:05.539><c> out</c> 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:09.660 because<00:19:06.200><c> the</c><00:19:06.500><c> very</c><00:19:06.799><c> things,</c><00:19:08.000><c> the</c><00:19:08.200><c> very</c><00:19:08.539><c> things</c><00:19:08.799><c> they</c><00:19:09.000><c> were</c><00:19:09.240><c> doing</c><00:19:09.440><c> to</c> 00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.400 protect<00:19:09.940><c> themselves,</c> 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:13.900 brothers<00:19:10.680><c> and</c><00:19:10.880><c> sisters,</c><00:19:11.720><c> were</c><00:19:11.880><c> in</c><00:19:11.980><c> themselves</c><00:19:12.680><c> magnificent</c> 00:19:13.900 --> 00:19:15.200 exhortations<00:19:14.680><c> to</c><00:19:14.920><c> them.</c> 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:18.779 Look<00:19:15.740><c> what</c><00:19:15.779><c> they</c><00:19:15.960><c> were</c><00:19:16.140><c> doing.</c><00:19:17.019><c> Verses</c><00:19:17.319><c> 8.</c> 00:19:19.220 --> 00:19:21.660 And<00:19:19.299><c> he</c><00:19:19.500><c> discovered</c><00:19:19.960><c> the</c><00:19:20.259><c> covering</c><00:19:20.460><c> of</c><00:19:20.759><c> Judah.</c> 00:19:22.299 --> 00:19:26.400 And<00:19:22.460><c> now</c><00:19:22.640><c> let's</c><00:19:22.859><c> look</c><00:19:23.240><c> in</c><00:19:23.519><c> that</c><00:19:23.839><c> day</c><00:19:24.099><c> to</c><00:19:24.339><c> the</c><00:19:24.680><c> armor</c><00:19:25.079><c> of</c><00:19:25.500><c> the</c><00:19:25.720><c> house</c><00:19:26.079><c> of</c> 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:27.480 the<00:19:26.640><c> forest.</c> 00:19:28.019 --> 00:19:29.339 What<00:19:28.220><c> was</c><00:19:28.460><c> that?</c> 00:19:30.019 --> 00:19:33.240 As<00:19:30.240><c> I</c><00:19:30.400><c> said,</c><00:19:30.660><c> we</c><00:19:30.740><c> haven't</c><00:19:30.920><c> got</c><00:19:31.160><c> time</c><00:19:31.359><c> to</c><00:19:31.619><c> turn</c><00:19:31.799><c> up</c><00:19:31.940><c> all</c><00:19:32.119><c> these</c><00:19:32.299><c> passages.</c> 00:19:33.819 --> 00:19:36.859 But<00:19:34.259><c> you</c><00:19:34.480><c> see,</c><00:19:34.599><c> what</c><00:19:34.900><c> Solomon</c><00:19:35.240><c> did</c><00:19:35.440><c> was</c><00:19:35.700><c> this.</c> 00:19:36.900 --> 00:19:39.539 When<00:19:37.099><c> he</c><00:19:37.279><c> built</c><00:19:37.400><c> the</c><00:19:37.680><c> temple,</c><00:19:37.980><c> he</c><00:19:38.160><c> built</c><00:19:38.359><c> other</c><00:19:38.740><c> important</c><00:19:39.220><c> buildings</c> 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:42.500 which<00:19:39.819><c> surrounded</c><00:19:40.160><c> the</c><00:19:40.460><c> temple</c><00:19:40.640><c> and</c><00:19:40.839><c> went</c><00:19:41.039><c> before</c><00:19:41.440><c> the</c><00:19:41.759><c> temple.</c> 00:19:42.920 --> 00:19:46.180 And<00:19:43.240><c> there</c><00:19:43.359><c> was</c><00:19:43.519><c> one</c><00:19:43.779><c> building</c><00:19:44.099><c> which</c><00:19:44.339><c> was</c><00:19:44.559><c> in</c><00:19:44.740><c> the</c><00:19:44.980><c> procession</c><00:19:45.720><c> towards</c> 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:46.680 the<00:19:46.440><c> temple</c> 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:48.960 which<00:19:46.940><c> a</c><00:19:47.079><c> person</c><00:19:47.279><c> had</c><00:19:47.579><c> to</c><00:19:47.759><c> pass</c><00:19:48.059><c> through</c><00:19:48.200><c> before</c><00:19:48.480><c> he</c><00:19:48.700><c> got</c><00:19:48.799><c> to</c> 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:49.400 the<00:19:49.119><c> temple.</c> 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:52.619 And<00:19:49.880><c> he</c><00:19:50.099><c> called</c><00:19:50.259><c> it</c><00:19:50.420><c> the</c><00:19:50.619><c> house</c><00:19:50.940><c> of</c><00:19:51.160><c> the</c><00:19:51.359><c> forest</c><00:19:51.640><c> of</c><00:19:51.859><c> Lebanon.</c> 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:56.359 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of</c><00:20:23.160><c> the</c><00:20:23.400><c> forest.</c> 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:27.839 And<00:20:24.680><c> when</c><00:20:24.759><c> a</c><00:20:24.880><c> man</c><00:20:25.019><c> walked</c><00:20:25.339><c> in</c><00:20:25.640><c> there</c><00:20:26.359><c> towards</c><00:20:26.940><c> God's</c><00:20:27.480><c> temple,</c> 00:20:27.839 --> 00:20:31.299 and<00:20:28.480><c> the</c><00:20:28.619><c> light</c><00:20:28.839><c> of</c><00:20:29.039><c> the</c><00:20:29.240><c> sun</c><00:20:29.819><c> fluttered</c><00:20:30.579><c> through</c><00:20:30.940><c> those</c> 00:20:31.299 --> 00:20:32.619 narrow<00:20:31.599><c> windows,</c> 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:34.680 it<00:20:33.640><c> flashed</c><00:20:33.920><c> on</c><00:20:34.099><c> the</c><00:20:34.319><c> shields,</c> 00:20:34.980 --> 00:20:38.380 and<00:20:35.059><c> they</c><00:20:35.259><c> were</c><00:20:35.420><c> all</c><00:20:35.920><c> beautifully</c><00:20:36.519><c> mirrored</c><00:20:36.880><c> in</c><00:20:37.079><c> the</c><00:20:37.339><c> glorious</c><00:20:38.000><c> grain</c> 00:20:38.380 --> 00:20:40.299 timber<00:20:38.680><c> of</c><00:20:38.880><c> the</c><00:20:39.039><c> cedar</c><00:20:39.299><c> woods.</c> 00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:44.940 Faith<00:20:41.960><c> is</c><00:20:42.599><c> an</c><00:20:42.900><c> incorruptible</c><00:20:43.819><c> power,</c> 00:20:45.039 --> 00:20:47.000 is<00:20:45.180><c> what</c><00:20:45.319><c> they</c><00:20:45.519><c> were</c><00:20:45.640><c> learning</c><00:20:45.940><c> as</c><00:20:46.119><c> they</c><00:20:46.359><c> moved</c><00:20:46.539><c> towards</c> 00:20:47.000 --> 00:20:48.259 God's<00:20:47.440><c> temple.</c> 00:20:48.380 --> 00:20:53.079 And<00:20:49.019><c> they</c><00:20:49.279><c> took</c><00:20:49.559><c> them</c><00:20:49.940><c> down</c><00:20:50.539><c> to</c><00:20:51.579><c> face</c><00:20:51.859><c> the</c><00:20:52.119><c> Assyrians.</c> 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:56.579 They<00:20:54.579><c> 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covered</c><00:21:14.700><c> by</c><00:21:15.039><c> men</c><00:21:15.299><c> of</c><00:21:15.599><c> faith.</c> 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:21.259 You<00:21:19.259><c> know,</c><00:21:19.500><c> by</c><00:21:19.579><c> the</c><00:21:19.759><c> time</c><00:21:20.000><c> of</c><00:21:20.240><c> Rehoboam,</c> 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:24.440 when<00:21:21.940><c> the</c><00:21:22.160><c> kingdom</c><00:21:22.359><c> was</c><00:21:22.640><c> already</c><00:21:22.980><c> in</c><00:21:23.220><c> decline,</c> 00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:28.220 Shishak<00:21:24.980><c> king</c><00:21:25.220><c> of</c><00:21:25.400><c> Egypt</c><00:21:25.660><c> came</c><00:21:25.980><c> up</c><00:21:26.460><c> and</c><00:21:26.640><c> took</c><00:21:26.880><c> away</c><00:21:27.200><c> those</c><00:21:27.500><c> shields</c><00:21:27.839><c> as</c> 00:21:28.220 --> 00:21:30.359 part<00:21:28.420><c> of</c><00:21:28.559><c> the</c><00:21:28.779><c> spoil</c><00:21:29.059><c> for</c><00:21:29.380><c> war.</c> 00:21:31.039 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pool.</c> 00:22:29.740 --> 00:22:30.920 Verse<00:22:30.059><c> 11,</c><00:22:30.700><c> he</c><00:22:30.819><c> says,</c> 00:22:31.039 --> 00:22:34.900 you<00:22:31.079><c> made</c><00:22:31.319><c> also</c><00:22:31.720><c> a</c><00:22:31.920><c> ditch</c><00:22:32.059><c> between</c><00:22:32.519><c> the</c><00:22:32.759><c> walls</c><00:22:33.359><c> for</c><00:22:34.559><c> the</c><00:22:34.740><c> water</c> 00:22:34.900 --> 00:22:36.319 of<00:22:35.079><c> the</c><00:22:35.220><c> old</c><00:22:35.460><c> pool.</c> 00:22:36.779 --> 00:22:39.980 But<00:22:36.980><c> he</c><00:22:37.119><c> says,</c><00:22:37.759><c> you</c><00:22:37.839><c> haven't</c><00:22:38.240><c> looked</c><00:22:38.539><c> under</c><00:22:38.819><c> the</c><00:22:39.059><c> maker</c><00:22:39.279><c> thereof.</c> 00:22:40.400 --> 00:22:43.140 Neither<00:22:40.660><c> had</c><00:22:40.920><c> respect</c><00:22:41.400><c> under</c><00:22:41.640><c> him</c><00:22:41.799><c> that</c><00:22:42.079><c> fashioned</c><00:22:42.380><c> it</c><00:22:42.619><c> long</c><00:22:42.799><c> ago.</c> 00:22:43.420 --> 00:22:46.200 They<00:22:43.700><c> had</c><00:22:43.859><c> already</c><00:22:44.319><c> commenced</c><00:22:44.700><c> that</c><00:22:45.119><c> conduit</c><00:22:45.500><c> with</c><00:22:45.720><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:22:46.200 --> 00:22:47.660 later<00:22:46.500><c> on</c><00:22:46.819><c> finished.</c> 00:22:48.039 --> 00:22:51.440 They<00:22:48.519><c> were</c><00:22:48.740><c> starting</c><00:22:49.000><c> to</c><00:22:49.240><c> bring</c><00:22:49.380><c> the</c><00:22:49.599><c> water</c><00:22:49.759><c> supply</c><00:22:50.079><c> into</c><00:22:50.259><c> the</c><00:22:50.420><c> city.</c> 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.319 And<00:22:51.960><c> again,</c><00:22:52.559><c> brothers</c><00:22:52.720><c> and</c><00:22:52.940><c> sisters,</c> 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:55.960 the<00:22:53.819><c> prophet</c><00:22:54.000><c> looking</c><00:22:54.299><c> at</c><00:22:54.559><c> that</c><00:22:54.779><c> wept</c><00:22:55.259><c> bitterly</c> 00:22:55.960 --> 00:22:58.480 because<00:22:56.220><c> he</c><00:22:56.359><c> could</c><00:22:56.599><c> see</c><00:22:56.779><c> the</c><00:22:57.099><c> frantic</c><00:22:57.420><c> endeavors</c><00:22:57.859><c> by</c><00:22:58.160><c> these</c> 00:22:58.480 --> 00:22:59.720 men<00:22:58.680><c> who</c><00:22:58.920><c> had</c><00:22:59.099><c> no</c><00:22:59.500><c> faith,</c> 00:22:59.779 --> 00:23:03.000 who<00:22:59.960><c> had</c><00:23:00.059><c> now</c><00:23:00.299><c> lost</c><00:23:00.559><c> all</c><00:23:00.779><c> their</c><00:23:00.980><c> faith</c><00:23:01.180><c> that</c><00:23:01.380><c> Hezekiah</c><00:23:01.779><c> had</c><00:23:02.000><c> instilled</c><00:23:02.380><c> in</c><00:23:02.460><c> them.</c> 00:23:03.420 --> 00:23:04.500 Terror<00:23:03.500><c> had</c><00:23:03.779><c> bit</c><00:23:03.880><c> their</c><00:23:04.200><c> hearts,</c> 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:06.920 and<00:23:05.000><c> 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with</c><00:23:36.299><c> his</c><00:23:36.480><c> own</c><00:23:36.759><c> boy</c> 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:39.720 and<00:23:37.680><c> told</c><00:23:37.940><c> him</c><00:23:38.180><c> that</c><00:23:38.500><c> Yahweh</c><00:23:38.779><c> would</c><00:23:39.000><c> give</c><00:23:39.119><c> him</c><00:23:39.359><c> a</c><00:23:39.519><c> sign?</c> 00:23:40.059 --> 00:23:40.759 Of<00:23:40.059><c> course</c><00:23:40.240><c> he</c><00:23:40.500><c> had.</c> 00:23:41.180 --> 00:23:44.079 And<00:23:41.380><c> there</c><00:23:41.539><c> they</c><00:23:41.799><c> were</c><00:23:42.200><c> pitifully</c><00:23:42.819><c> trying</c><00:23:43.099><c> to</c><00:23:43.200><c> bring</c><00:23:43.319><c> that</c><00:23:43.619><c> water</c><00:23:43.859><c> in</c> 00:23:44.079 --> 00:23:46.440 and<00:23:44.359><c> not</c><00:23:44.599><c> understanding,</c><00:23:45.160><c> as</c><00:23:45.359><c> they</c><00:23:45.660><c> should</c><00:23:45.819><c> have</c><00:23:46.000><c> understood,</c> 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few,</c><00:24:11.539><c> true,</c> 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:14.660 but<00:24:12.180><c> that</c><00:24:12.500><c> confidence</c><00:24:12.880><c> was</c><00:24:13.220><c> born</c><00:24:13.680><c> of</c><00:24:14.000><c> a</c><00:24:14.279><c> courage,</c> 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:17.420 born<00:24:15.099><c> of</c><00:24:15.339><c> a</c><00:24:15.480><c> flesh,</c><00:24:16.099><c> of</c><00:24:16.380><c> arrogance</c><00:24:16.720><c> and</c><00:24:17.119><c> pride.</c> 00:24:17.720 --> 00:24:21.559 And<00:24:17.900><c> such</c><00:24:18.099><c> a</c><00:24:18.240><c> one</c><00:24:18.319><c> is</c><00:24:18.619><c> named</c><00:24:18.880><c> here</c><00:24:19.279><c> in</c><00:24:19.640><c> verse</c><00:24:19.940><c> 15.</c> 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:25.099 Thus<00:24:22.839><c> said</c><00:24:23.059><c> the</c><00:24:23.240><c> Lord</c><00:24:23.460><c> Yahweh</c><00:24:23.980><c> of</c><00:24:24.259><c> armies,</c> 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:28.559 go<00:24:25.779><c> 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the</c><00:24:43.039><c> house</c><00:24:43.279><c> of</c><00:24:43.660><c> David.</c> 00:24:45.420 --> 00:24:47.039 And<00:24:45.599><c> as</c><00:24:45.759><c> I've</c><00:24:46.000><c> just</c><00:24:46.200><c> mentioned</c><00:24:46.420><c> to</c><00:24:46.660><c> you,</c> 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:49.319 Solomon<00:24:47.519><c> had</c><00:24:47.779><c> several</c><00:24:48.220><c> buildings.</c> 00:24:50.319 --> 00:24:53.660 When<00:24:50.539><c> the</c><00:24:50.799><c> ceremonial</c><00:24:51.400><c> occasions</c><00:24:51.839><c> came</c><00:24:52.180><c> around</c><00:24:52.500><c> for</c><00:24:52.759><c> worship,</c> 00:24:53.900 --> 00:24:56.400 and<00:24:54.059><c> those</c><00:24:54.299><c> buildings</c><00:24:54.599><c> were</c><00:24:54.900><c> traversed</c><00:24:55.400><c> in</c><00:24:55.619><c> order,</c> 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:58.420 they<00:24:56.940><c> opened</c><00:24:57.099><c> them</c><00:24:57.259><c> with</c><00:24:57.440><c> a</c><00:24:57.640><c> key.</c> 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the</c><00:25:09.059><c> man</c><00:25:09.339><c> who</c><00:25:09.480><c> was</c><00:25:09.920><c> over</c><00:25:10.200><c> the</c><00:25:10.480><c> house,</c><00:25:10.839><c> the</c><00:25:11.140><c> treasurer,</c> 00:25:11.859 --> 00:25:13.660 was<00:25:11.980><c> the</c><00:25:12.079><c> man</c><00:25:12.339><c> who</c><00:25:12.480><c> unlocked</c><00:25:12.660><c> all</c><00:25:12.960><c> the</c><00:25:13.180><c> doors</c> 00:25:13.660 --> 00:25:15.299 and<00:25:14.240><c> had</c><00:25:14.500><c> closed</c><00:25:14.720><c> them</c><00:25:14.940><c> again.</c> 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.460 He<00:25:15.960><c> unlocked</c><00:25:16.299><c> them,</c><00:25:16.640><c> he</c><00:25:16.880><c> locked</c><00:25:17.119><c> them,</c> 00:25:17.539 --> 00:25:18.779 because<00:25:17.700><c> he</c><00:25:17.880><c> was</c><00:25:18.059><c> the</c><00:25:18.319><c> treasurer.</c> 00:25:18.900 --> 00:25:21.700 And<00:25:19.039><c> he</c><00:25:19.160><c> was</c><00:25:19.420><c> a</c><00:25:19.579><c> man</c><00:25:19.740><c> of</c><00:25:20.000><c> great</c><00:25:20.299><c> notoriety</c><00:25:21.000><c> and</c><00:25:21.240><c> dignity,</c> 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:23.359 and<00:25:22.079><c> they</c><00:25:22.279><c> accompanied</c><00:25:22.579><c> him</c><00:25:22.740><c> on</c><00:25:22.880><c> his</c><00:25:23.099><c> journey.</c> 00:25:23.440 --> 00:25:25.660 And<00:25:23.599><c> there</c><00:25:23.720><c> he</c><00:25:23.819><c> would</c><00:25:24.019><c> take</c><00:25:24.119><c> his</c><00:25:24.359><c> big</c><00:25:24.660><c> ceremonial</c><00:25:25.359><c> key,</c> 00:25:25.960 --> 00:25:27.940 and<00:25:26.079><c> the</c><00:25:26.200><c> key</c><00:25:26.440><c> of</c><00:25:26.720><c> David</c><00:25:26.880><c> was</c><00:25:27.079><c> upon</c><00:25:27.339><c> his</c><00:25:27.660><c> shoulder,</c> 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:30.500 and<00:25:28.200><c> he</c><00:25:28.299><c> would</c><00:25:28.440><c> come</c><00:25:28.599><c> to</c><00:25:28.740><c> the</c><00:25:28.900><c> doors,</c><00:25:29.339><c> insert</c><00:25:29.619><c> this</c><00:25:29.900><c> great</c><00:25:30.200><c> key,</c> 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.500 and<00:25:31.140><c> turn</c><00:25:31.460><c> the</c><00:25:31.740><c> key</c><00:25:31.880><c> and</c><00:25:32.039><c> open</c><00:25:32.299><c> up</c><00:25:32.539><c> the</c><00:25:32.680><c> doors</c><00:25:32.920><c> of</c><00:25:33.099><c> the</c><00:25:33.259><c> houses</c> 00:25:33.500 --> 00:25:34.079 of<00:25:33.880><c> God</c> 00:25:34.079 --> 00:25:36.839 and<00:25:34.299><c> all</c><00:25:34.440><c> the</c><00:25:34.720><c> other</c><00:25:34.960><c> glorious</c><00:25:35.519><c> houses</c><00:25:35.819><c> that</c><00:25:36.119><c> Solomon</c><00:25:36.299><c> had</c><00:25:36.599><c> built.</c> 00:25:37.160 --> 00:25:40.740 It<00:25:37.319><c> was</c><00:25:37.559><c> an</c><00:25:37.740><c> honorable</c><00:25:38.039><c> position,</c><00:25:38.720><c> and</c><00:25:38.859><c> they</c><00:25:39.160><c> clothed</c><00:25:39.460><c> him</c><00:25:39.680><c> in</c><00:25:39.900><c> purple.</c> 00:25:41.220 --> 00:25:42.660 He<00:25:41.359><c> was</c><00:25:41.559><c> a</c><00:25:41.700><c> man</c><00:25:41.839><c> who</c><00:25:41.980><c> was</c><00:25:42.140><c> looked</c><00:25:42.359><c> up</c><00:25:42.579><c> to,</c> 00:25:42.819 --> 00:25:45.440 and<00:25:43.039><c> Shedner</c><00:25:43.319><c> had</c><00:25:43.819><c> that</c><00:25:44.000><c> occupation,</c><00:25:44.799><c> brothers</c><00:25:44.839><c> and</c><00:25:44.940><c> sisters.</c> 00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:48.400 He<00:25:46.039><c> was</c><00:25:46.279><c> one</c><00:25:46.480><c> of</c><00:25:46.579><c> the</c><00:25:46.740><c> officers</c><00:25:47.019><c> of</c><00:25:47.220><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:25:48.579 --> 00:25:51.359 but<00:25:48.819><c> he</c><00:25:48.960><c> was</c><00:25:49.359><c> proud,</c><00:25:49.960><c> he</c><00:25:50.119><c> was</c><00:25:50.420><c> arrogant.</c> 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.019 He<00:25:51.799><c> had</c><00:25:52.039><c> a</c><00:25:52.259><c> fortress,</c><00:25:53.119><c> he</c><00:25:53.200><c> had</c><00:25:53.799><c> a</c><00:25:53.880><c> defense</c><00:25:54.220><c> against</c><00:25:54.559><c> the</c><00:25:54.759><c> Syria,</c> 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:58.980 he<00:25:55.559><c> owned</c><00:25:55.880><c> a</c><00:25:56.200><c> fleet</c><00:25:56.319><c> of</c><00:25:56.720><c> chariots.</c> 00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:01.259 He<00:25:59.819><c> had</c><00:26:00.000><c> a</c><00:26:00.160><c> fleet</c><00:26:00.319><c> of</c><00:26:00.619><c> chariots.</c> 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:03.180 We<00:26:01.779><c> learn</c><00:26:02.000><c> that</c><00:26:02.160><c> in</c><00:26:02.299><c> verse</c><00:26:02.559><c> 19.</c> 00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:04.859 The<00:26:03.779><c> end</c><00:26:03.960><c> of</c><00:26:04.140><c> the</c><00:26:04.220><c> verse</c><00:26:04.400><c> says,</c> 00:26:05.160 --> 00:26:09.420 and<00:26:05.160><c> there</c><00:26:05.640><c> the</c><00:26:06.200><c> chariots</c><00:26:06.480><c> of</c><00:26:06.680><c> thy</c><00:26:06.819><c> glory</c><00:26:07.480><c> shall</c><00:26:08.839><c> be</c><00:26:09.119><c> taken,</c> 00:26:09.700 --> 00:26:13.539 you<00:26:10.039><c> shame</c><00:26:10.420><c> of</c><00:26:10.599><c> your</c><00:26:10.740><c> Lord's</c><00:26:11.180><c> house,</c><00:26:12.660><c> as</c><00:26:12.859><c> that</c><00:26:13.119><c> verse</c><00:26:13.299><c> should</c> 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:14.039 be<00:26:13.779><c> read.</c> 00:26:14.339 --> 00:26:17.400 It's<00:26:14.500><c> not</c><00:26:14.640><c> the</c><00:26:14.900><c> chariots,</c><00:26:15.859><c> not</c><00:26:16.200><c> the</c><00:26:16.480><c> chariots</c><00:26:16.740><c> of</c><00:26:16.920><c> thy</c><00:26:17.059><c> glory,</c> 00:26:17.579 --> 00:26:19.079 the<00:26:17.839><c> shame</c><00:26:18.079><c> of</c><00:26:18.279><c> thy</c><00:26:18.420><c> Lord's</c><00:26:18.839><c> house.</c> 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:22.880 It's<00:26:19.579><c> the</c><00:26:19.759><c> chariots</c><00:26:20.119><c> of</c><00:26:20.400><c> glory,</c><00:26:21.140><c> you</c><00:26:21.380><c> shame</c><00:26:21.839><c> of</c><00:26:22.059><c> thy</c><00:26:22.220><c> Lord's</c><00:26:22.680><c> house.</c> 00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:25.759 Why<00:26:23.400><c> was</c><00:26:23.619><c> he</c><00:26:23.819><c> ashamed</c><00:26:24.160><c> of</c><00:26:24.319><c> his</c><00:26:24.539><c> Lord's</c><00:26:24.940><c> house?</c> 00:26:26.420 --> 00:26:27.980 Who<00:26:26.619><c> was</c><00:26:26.799><c> his</c><00:26:27.079><c> Lord?</c> 00:26:28.680 --> 00:26:31.299 His<00:26:29.000><c> Lord</c><00:26:29.180><c> was</c><00:26:29.440><c> David,</c><00:26:29.880><c> because</c><00:26:30.079><c> it</c><00:26:30.220><c> was</c><00:26:30.460><c> David's</c><00:26:31.000><c> house</c><00:26:31.140><c> that</c> 00:26:31.299 --> 00:26:32.279 he<00:26:31.480><c> kept.</c> 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:35.220 And<00:26:32.839><c> even</c><00:26:33.099><c> though</c><00:26:33.319><c> David</c><00:26:33.599><c> was</c><00:26:33.940><c> dead,</c><00:26:34.160><c> it</c><00:26:34.160><c> was</c><00:26:34.380><c> David's</c><00:26:34.900><c> house.</c> 00:26:35.500 --> 00:26:38.640 David,<00:26:36.019><c> brothers</c><00:26:36.160><c> and</c><00:26:36.319><c> sisters,</c><00:26:36.700><c> is</c><00:26:36.920><c> immortal</c><00:26:37.539><c> in</c><00:26:37.759><c> God's</c><00:26:38.220><c> memory,</c> 00:26:38.920 --> 00:26:40.660 and<00:26:39.059><c> he</c><00:26:39.180><c> was</c><00:26:39.339><c> ashamed</c><00:26:39.740><c> of</c><00:26:39.940><c> his</c><00:26:40.119><c> Lord's</c><00:26:40.519><c> house.</c> 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:41.420 Why? 00:26:41.579 --> 00:26:43.859 Because<00:26:42.000><c> David</c><00:26:42.420><c> was</c><00:26:42.660><c> the</c><00:26:42.819><c> one</c><00:26:43.000><c> who</c><00:26:43.259><c> owned</c><00:26:43.480><c> the</c><00:26:43.680><c> house</c> 00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:48.519 who<00:26:44.119><c> said,</c><00:26:45.119><c> some</c><00:26:45.400><c> trust</c><00:26:45.880><c> in</c><00:26:46.339><c> chariots.</c> 00:26:48.619 --> 00:26:50.960 But<00:26:48.920><c> we</c><00:26:49.339><c> will</c><00:26:49.579><c> trust</c><00:26:49.880><c> in</c><00:26:50.059><c> the</c><00:26:50.220><c> Lord</c><00:26:50.400><c> our</c><00:26:50.680><c> God.</c> 00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:54.119 And<00:26:51.319><c> he</c><00:26:51.460><c> was</c><00:26:51.720><c> ashamed</c><00:26:52.440><c> of</c><00:26:52.619><c> his</c><00:26:52.859><c> Lord's</c><00:26:53.279><c> house,</c> 00:26:54.480 --> 00:26:57.359 because<00:26:54.880><c> his</c><00:26:55.220><c> Lord</c><00:26:55.480><c> had</c><00:26:55.799><c> told</c><00:26:55.940><c> him</c><00:26:56.359><c> never</c><00:26:56.619><c> to</c><00:26:56.799><c> put</c><00:26:56.980><c> his</c><00:26:57.220><c> trust</c> 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:59.160 in<00:26:57.700><c> chariots.</c> 00:26:59.259 --> 00:27:02.019 And<00:26:59.740><c> he</c><00:26:59.940><c> put</c><00:27:00.099><c> his</c><00:27:00.339><c> trust</c><00:27:00.599><c> in</c><00:27:00.880><c> chariots.</c> 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:04.700 And<00:27:02.359><c> a</c><00:27:02.619><c> fat</c><00:27:02.799><c> lot</c><00:27:02.940><c> of</c><00:27:03.140><c> good,</c><00:27:03.420><c> they're</c><00:27:03.599><c> going</c><00:27:03.680><c> to</c><00:27:03.839><c> do</c><00:27:03.940><c> him.</c> 00:27:04.980 --> 00:27:07.460 When<00:27:05.079><c> the</c><00:27:05.299><c> Assyrian</c><00:27:05.660><c> rolls</c><00:27:05.940><c> the</c><00:27:06.200><c> walls</c><00:27:06.380><c> over,</c><00:27:06.700><c> if</c><00:27:06.819><c> he</c><00:27:06.920><c> ever</c><00:27:07.079><c> could</c><00:27:07.220><c> do</c> 00:27:07.460 --> 00:27:09.119 that,<00:27:08.700><c> why?</c> 00:27:09.319 --> 00:27:12.140 He<00:27:09.440><c> would</c><00:27:09.660><c> take</c><00:27:09.960><c> away</c><00:27:10.339><c> shepherds,</c><00:27:10.960><c> chariots,</c><00:27:11.319><c> brothers</c><00:27:11.539><c> and</c><00:27:11.779><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:14.700 like<00:27:12.599><c> thistle</c><00:27:12.940><c> down</c><00:27:13.140><c> before</c><00:27:13.460><c> the</c><00:27:13.740><c> whirlwind.</c> 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:18.079 He<00:27:15.420><c> would</c><00:27:15.900><c> blast</c><00:27:16.400><c> him</c><00:27:16.619><c> out</c><00:27:16.759><c> of</c><00:27:17.079><c> existence.</c> 00:27:18.299 --> 00:27:21.799 And<00:27:18.460><c> yet</c><00:27:18.559><c> he</c><00:27:18.660><c> had</c><00:27:18.900><c> such</c><00:27:19.279><c> supreme</c><00:27:20.099><c> confidence,</c><00:27:20.900><c> this</c><00:27:20.980><c> man.</c> 00:27:22.099 --> 00:27:24.000 And<00:27:22.259><c> not</c><00:27:22.400><c> only</c><00:27:22.539><c> did</c><00:27:22.640><c> he</c><00:27:22.680><c> have</c><00:27:23.000><c> confidence</c><00:27:23.319><c> in</c><00:27:23.500><c> the</c><00:27:23.740><c> present,</c> 00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:25.819 he<00:27:24.440><c> had</c><00:27:24.779><c> confidence</c><00:27:24.980><c> in</c><00:27:25.180><c> the</c><00:27:25.359><c> future.</c> 00:27:25.819 --> 00:27:28.960 As<00:27:26.220><c> the</c><00:27:26.500><c> prophet</c><00:27:26.700><c> says</c><00:27:27.039><c> in</c><00:27:27.240><c> verse</c><00:27:27.480><c> 16,</c><00:27:28.019><c> what</c><00:27:28.180><c> have</c><00:27:28.299><c> you</c><00:27:28.380><c> got</c><00:27:28.619><c> here?</c> 00:27:29.180 --> 00:27:32.019 He<00:27:29.319><c> had</c><00:27:29.599><c> hewn</c><00:27:29.740><c> himself</c><00:27:30.140><c> out</c><00:27:30.339><c> of</c><00:27:30.480><c> settlement</c><00:27:30.740><c> on</c><00:27:31.019><c> a</c><00:27:31.160><c> rock.</c> 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.440 That's<00:27:33.220><c> my</c><00:27:33.559><c> tomb.</c> 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:36.059 What<00:27:34.759><c> was</c><00:27:34.920><c> he</c><00:27:35.200><c> saying?</c> 00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:41.539 He<00:27:36.779><c> was</c><00:27:37.039><c> saying</c><00:27:37.599><c> that</c><00:27:38.079><c> Jerusalem</c><00:27:38.579><c> was</c><00:27:38.839><c> going</c><00:27:38.980><c> to</c><00:27:39.220><c> stand</c><00:27:39.640><c> by</c><00:27:40.259><c> my</c><00:27:40.700><c> might.</c> 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:45.619 This<00:27:42.880><c> fellow</c><00:27:43.180><c> was</c><00:27:43.380><c> going</c><00:27:43.500><c> to</c><00:27:43.640><c> beat</c><00:27:43.779><c> the</c><00:27:43.980><c> Assyrian</c><00:27:44.200><c> on</c><00:27:44.339><c> his</c><00:27:44.680><c> own.</c> 00:27:45.839 --> 00:27:50.099 And<00:27:45.980><c> if</c><00:27:46.099><c> when</c><00:27:46.299><c> he</c><00:27:46.539><c> died,</c><00:27:46.779><c> he</c><00:27:47.039><c> says,</c><00:27:47.539><c> he</c><00:27:47.660><c> was</c><00:27:47.839><c> going</c><00:27:47.960><c> to</c><00:27:48.019><c> be</c><00:27:48.160><c> a</c><00:27:48.460><c> monument</c><00:27:48.819><c> in</c><00:27:49.119><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:53.359 You<00:27:51.240><c> know,</c><00:27:51.660><c> God</c><00:27:51.920><c> wanted</c><00:27:52.220><c> confidence,</c><00:27:52.880><c> brothers</c><00:27:52.960><c> and</c><00:27:53.119><c> sisters,</c> 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:55.339 but<00:27:53.359><c> he</c><00:27:53.500><c> didn't</c><00:27:53.720><c> want</c><00:27:53.839><c> that</c><00:27:54.119><c> sort</c><00:27:54.279><c> of</c><00:27:54.500><c> confidence.</c> 00:27:55.779 --> 00:27:58.240 You<00:27:55.859><c> know,</c><00:27:56.000><c> there</c><00:27:56.240><c> are</c><00:27:56.420><c> men</c><00:27:56.599><c> with</c><00:27:56.799><c> that</c><00:27:56.960><c> sort</c><00:27:57.119><c> of</c><00:27:57.299><c> confidence.</c> 00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:01.059 Not<00:27:58.819><c> born</c><00:27:59.000><c> of</c><00:27:59.319><c> faith,</c><00:28:00.039><c> Joab</c><00:28:00.240><c> was</c><00:28:00.420><c> like</c><00:28:00.680><c> that.</c> 00:28:01.400 --> 00:28:04.619 He<00:28:01.480><c> didn't</c><00:28:01.559><c> have</c><00:28:01.720><c> a</c><00:28:01.880><c> nerve</c><00:28:02.079><c> in</c><00:28:02.180><c> his</c><00:28:02.440><c> body,</c><00:28:02.880><c> but</c><00:28:02.960><c> it</c><00:28:03.099><c> wasn't</c><00:28:03.279><c> born</c><00:28:03.519><c> of</c><00:28:03.799><c> God.</c> 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:09.059 Men<00:28:05.819><c> who</c><00:28:06.019><c> were</c><00:28:06.240><c> timid</c><00:28:06.500><c> in</c><00:28:06.779><c> their</c><00:28:07.359><c> natural</c><00:28:07.839><c> instincts,</c><00:28:08.420><c> brothers</c><00:28:08.539><c> and</c><00:28:08.759><c> sisters,</c> 00:28:09.339 --> 00:28:11.460 men<00:28:09.539><c> who</c><00:28:09.720><c> were</c><00:28:09.859><c> sometimes</c><00:28:10.339><c> downright</c><00:28:10.839><c> cowardly,</c> 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:13.539 were<00:28:11.759><c> inspired</c><00:28:12.279><c> to</c><00:28:12.480><c> great</c><00:28:12.680><c> heights</c><00:28:12.920><c> by</c><00:28:13.259><c> faith.</c> 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:15.759 These<00:28:14.019><c> people</c><00:28:14.160><c> were</c><00:28:14.500><c> born</c><00:28:14.880><c> confident.</c> 00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:18.859 And<00:28:16.480><c> this</c><00:28:16.700><c> fellow</c><00:28:16.920><c> was</c><00:28:17.220><c> there,</c><00:28:17.519><c> and</c><00:28:17.680><c> he</c><00:28:17.779><c> had</c><00:28:17.940><c> these</c><00:28:18.259><c> chariots,</c> 00:28:19.119 --> 00:28:20.599 and<00:28:19.359><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:19.759><c> threatened</c><00:28:20.200><c> him.</c> 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:24.079 And<00:28:21.339><c> he</c><00:28:21.500><c> told</c><00:28:21.779><c> him</c><00:28:22.019><c> this</c><00:28:22.279><c> in</c><00:28:22.420><c> verse</c><00:28:22.779><c> 18.</c> 00:28:24.380 --> 00:28:27.980 He<00:28:24.720><c> said,</c><00:28:25.480><c> He</c><00:28:25.480><c> will</c><00:28:25.740><c> surely</c><00:28:26.319><c> violently</c><00:28:26.839><c> turn</c><00:28:27.339><c> and</c><00:28:27.599><c> toss</c><00:28:27.839><c> thee</c> 00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:30.359 like<00:28:28.279><c> a</c><00:28:28.519><c> ball</c><00:28:28.700><c> into</c><00:28:28.920><c> a</c><00:28:29.140><c> large</c><00:28:29.380><c> country.</c> 00:28:30.880 --> 00:28:34.240 Now,<00:28:31.359><c> you</c><00:28:31.740><c> take</c><00:28:32.019><c> the</c><00:28:32.220><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:32.500><c> of</c><00:28:32.700><c> that,</c><00:28:33.480><c> which</c><00:28:33.640><c> isn't</c><00:28:33.900><c> a</c><00:28:34.039><c> bad</c> 00:28:34.240 --> 00:28:35.160 translation<00:28:34.740><c> there,</c> 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.500 but<00:28:35.519><c> take</c><00:28:35.700><c> the</c><00:28:35.859><c> more</c><00:28:36.099><c> graphic</c><00:28:36.420><c> description</c><00:28:36.819><c> of</c><00:28:37.000><c> the</c><00:28:37.140><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:40.819 You<00:28:37.900><c> see,</c><00:28:38.059><c> he</c><00:28:38.079><c> had</c><00:28:38.240><c> these</c><00:28:38.440><c> wonderful</c><00:28:38.920><c> gowns</c><00:28:39.819><c> and</c><00:28:40.019><c> garments,</c> 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:43.460 which<00:28:40.980><c> went</c><00:28:41.099><c> like</c><00:28:41.400><c> a</c><00:28:41.660><c> train</c><00:28:41.839><c> behind</c><00:28:42.319><c> him</c><00:28:42.700><c> with</c><00:28:42.920><c> a</c><00:28:43.079><c> key</c><00:28:43.200><c> over</c> 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.079 his<00:28:43.700><c> shoulder,</c> 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.359 and<00:28:44.500><c> all</c><00:28:44.640><c> his</c><00:28:44.859><c> attendants</c><00:28:45.259><c> coming</c><00:28:45.539><c> along</c><00:28:45.859><c> the</c><00:28:46.039><c> way.</c> 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:50.759 And<00:28:47.220><c> these</c><00:28:47.440><c> glorious</c><00:28:48.180><c> garments</c><00:28:48.619><c> sweeping</c><00:28:49.460><c> through</c><00:28:50.180><c> the</c><00:28:50.460><c> house</c><00:28:50.619><c> of</c> 00:28:50.759 --> 00:28:51.619 the<00:28:50.980><c> forest</c><00:28:51.180><c> of</c><00:28:51.380><c> Lebanon.</c> 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:54.700 And<00:28:52.220><c> Yahweh</c><00:28:52.500><c> threatened</c><00:28:53.019><c> to</c><00:28:53.559><c> run</c><00:28:53.700><c> him</c><00:28:53.880><c> up</c><00:28:54.079><c> like</c><00:28:54.279><c> a</c><00:28:54.519><c> ball.</c> 00:28:54.859 --> 00:28:57.519 The<00:28:54.980><c> Hebrew</c><00:28:55.299><c> word</c><00:28:55.539><c> means</c><00:28:55.819><c> to</c><00:28:56.059><c> turn</c><00:28:56.420><c> around</c><00:28:56.799><c> and</c><00:28:56.980><c> wrap</c><00:28:57.140><c> up</c><00:28:57.400><c> and</c> 00:28:57.519 --> 00:28:58.059 up<00:28:57.680><c> and</c><00:28:57.819><c> up.</c> 00:28:58.299 --> 00:29:02.140 And<00:28:58.420><c> then</c><00:28:58.539><c> he</c><00:28:58.640><c> got</c><00:28:58.779><c> a</c><00:28:58.980><c> large</c><00:28:59.259><c> country,</c><00:29:00.480><c> no</c><00:29:00.779><c> obstruction,</c><00:29:02.000><c> like</c> 00:29:02.140 --> 00:29:03.220 a<00:29:02.359><c> big</c><00:29:02.559><c> open</c><00:29:02.859><c> desert.</c> 00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:08.059 And<00:29:03.740><c> Yahweh's</c><00:29:04.380><c> arm</c><00:29:04.619><c> went</c><00:29:04.940><c> whoosh,</c><00:29:05.819><c> wow,</c><00:29:06.259><c> and</c><00:29:06.380><c> away</c><00:29:06.599><c> went</c><00:29:06.880><c> Shedda</c><00:29:07.180><c> forever</c><00:29:07.599><c> and</c><00:29:07.839><c> ever,</c> 00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.440 rolling<00:29:08.640><c> off</c><00:29:08.920><c> with</c><00:29:09.119><c> no</c><00:29:09.380><c> obstruction.</c> 00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:14.400 In<00:29:11.460><c> an</c><00:29:11.599><c> endless</c><00:29:11.920><c> country,</c><00:29:13.579><c> there</c><00:29:13.700><c> was</c><00:29:13.799><c> going</c><00:29:13.920><c> to</c><00:29:14.019><c> be</c><00:29:14.119><c> the</c><00:29:14.240><c> end</c> 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.859 of<00:29:14.599><c> Shedda.</c> 00:29:14.859 --> 00:29:17.559 And<00:29:15.779><c> you'd</c><00:29:16.099><c> come</c><00:29:16.200><c> to</c><00:29:16.339><c> that</c><00:29:16.559><c> settlement</c><00:29:16.799><c> in</c><00:29:17.079><c> Jerusalem,</c><00:29:17.319><c> it</c> 00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:18.460 was<00:29:17.640><c> empty,</c> 00:29:18.720 --> 00:29:21.480 and<00:29:18.839><c> he's</c><00:29:19.099><c> still</c><00:29:19.319><c> rolling,</c><00:29:19.940><c> I</c><00:29:20.119><c> believe</c><00:29:20.240><c> he's</c><00:29:20.420><c> still</c><00:29:20.660><c> going.</c> 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.859 And<00:29:22.339><c> he</c><00:29:22.539><c> rolled</c><00:29:22.720><c> him</c><00:29:22.980><c> away.</c> 00:29:24.799 --> 00:29:27.200 You<00:29:24.920><c> get</c><00:29:25.099><c> thrown</c><00:29:25.400><c> by</c><00:29:25.720><c> Yahweh's</c><00:29:26.319><c> arm</c><00:29:26.420><c> into</c><00:29:26.640><c> a</c><00:29:26.839><c> country</c><00:29:27.039><c> where</c> 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:28.039 there's<00:29:27.339><c> no</c><00:29:27.519><c> obstruction.</c> 00:29:28.220 --> 00:29:30.240 You<00:29:28.299><c> see</c><00:29:28.420><c> how</c><00:29:28.599><c> far</c><00:29:28.720><c> you</c><00:29:28.940><c> go,</c><00:29:29.400><c> perpetual</c><00:29:29.740><c> motion.</c> 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:34.140 And<00:29:30.720><c> away</c><00:29:31.119><c> he</c><00:29:31.400><c> went,</c><00:29:31.680><c> and</c><00:29:31.819><c> his</c><00:29:32.039><c> name</c><00:29:32.180><c> means</c><00:29:32.500><c> to</c><00:29:32.819><c> leave</c><00:29:33.160><c> captive.</c> 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:38.339 I<00:29:35.259><c> will</c><00:29:35.619><c> surely,</c><00:29:36.059><c> says</c><00:29:36.640><c> God,</c><00:29:37.079><c> drive</c><00:29:37.440><c> you</c><00:29:37.599><c> from</c><00:29:37.759><c> your</c><00:29:38.059><c> station.</c> 00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:41.700 And<00:29:38.839><c> he</c><00:29:38.900><c> says</c><00:29:39.079><c> in</c><00:29:39.259><c> verse</c><00:29:39.480><c> 17,</c><00:29:40.099><c> with</c><00:29:40.099><c> a</c><00:29:40.259><c> mighty</c><00:29:40.640><c> captivity.</c> 00:29:42.059 --> 00:29:45.099 And<00:29:42.579><c> his</c><00:29:42.779><c> very</c><00:29:43.099><c> name</c><00:29:43.339><c> means</c><00:29:43.819><c> to</c><00:29:44.339><c> leave</c><00:29:44.640><c> captive.</c> 00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:47.079 And<00:29:45.500><c> you</c><00:29:45.680><c> see</c><00:29:45.759><c> what</c><00:29:45.920><c> was</c><00:29:46.140><c> going</c><00:29:46.359><c> on</c><00:29:46.460><c> in</c><00:29:46.660><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:29:47.460 --> 00:29:50.539 Picture<00:29:47.599><c> the</c><00:29:47.920><c> scene,</c><00:29:48.640><c> all</c><00:29:48.859><c> the</c><00:29:49.119><c> drunken</c><00:29:49.380><c> orbeez,</c><00:29:49.839><c> the</c><00:29:49.900><c> people</c><00:29:50.180><c> saying,</c> 00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:53.819 we've<00:29:51.059><c> had</c><00:29:51.119><c> it,</c><00:29:51.400><c> mate,</c><00:29:51.660><c> she's</c><00:29:52.000><c> all</c><00:29:52.259><c> over,</c><00:29:52.660><c> who</c><00:29:53.000><c> cares</c><00:29:53.380><c> if</c><00:29:53.619><c> it</c> 00:29:53.819 --> 00:29:55.380 will<00:29:54.039><c> raise,</c><00:29:54.559><c> rule</c><00:29:54.700><c> Britannia,</c> 00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:57.579 and<00:29:55.759><c> down</c><00:29:55.980><c> she</c><00:29:56.259><c> goes</c><00:29:56.500><c> with</c><00:29:56.839><c> God</c><00:29:57.099><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:29:57.960 --> 00:29:59.500 And<00:29:58.099><c> there's</c><00:29:58.460><c> Shedda</c><00:29:58.539><c> strolling</c><00:29:59.000><c> around</c><00:29:59.240><c> saying,</c> 00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:03.819 don't<00:29:59.920><c> worry</c><00:30:00.279><c> about</c><00:30:00.599><c> the</c><00:30:00.859><c> Assyrian</c><00:30:01.339><c> fellows,</c><00:30:02.039><c> I've</c><00:30:02.500><c> got</c><00:30:02.599><c> him</c><00:30:02.940><c> covered.</c> 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:07.299 There's<00:30:04.440><c> a</c><00:30:04.599><c> settlement</c><00:30:04.779><c> for</c><00:30:05.039><c> me,</c><00:30:05.480><c> when</c><00:30:05.640><c> I</c><00:30:05.960><c> die</c><00:30:06.099><c> I'll</c><00:30:06.299><c> be</c><00:30:06.400><c> a</c><00:30:06.700><c> monument</c><00:30:07.019><c> of</c> 00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:08.039 power<00:30:07.440><c> in</c><00:30:07.619><c> this</c><00:30:07.779><c> city.</c> 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:11.299 And<00:30:08.480><c> you</c><00:30:08.660><c> know,</c><00:30:08.859><c> there</c><00:30:08.859><c> was</c><00:30:09.220><c> extremes</c><00:30:09.859><c> in</c><00:30:10.059><c> that</c><00:30:10.200><c> place.</c> 00:30:11.500 --> 00:30:14.059 And<00:30:11.680><c> there</c><00:30:11.799><c> they</c><00:30:12.019><c> were,</c><00:30:12.500><c> frantically</c><00:30:12.960><c> getting</c><00:30:13.240><c> out</c><00:30:13.500><c> these</c><00:30:13.779><c> shields,</c> 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.500 as<00:30:14.240><c> if</c><00:30:14.380><c> these</c><00:30:14.599><c> little</c><00:30:14.859><c> golden</c><00:30:15.180><c> shields</c><00:30:15.559><c> could</c><00:30:15.779><c> ever</c><00:30:16.059><c> stop</c><00:30:16.339><c> the</c> 00:30:16.500 --> 00:30:17.900 might<00:30:16.619><c> of</c><00:30:16.779><c> Assyrians.</c> 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:22.440 Not<00:30:18.440><c> understanding</c><00:30:19.579><c> the</c><00:30:20.039><c> mighty</c><00:30:20.339><c> power</c><00:30:20.680><c> of</c><00:30:20.940><c> God</c><00:30:21.180><c> to</c><00:30:21.640><c> save</c><00:30:21.900><c> them</c><00:30:22.019><c> from</c><00:30:22.259><c> all</c> 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.500 these<00:30:22.680><c> things.</c> 00:30:23.920 --> 00:30:25.779 And<00:30:24.079><c> where</c><00:30:24.220><c> was</c><00:30:24.400><c> poor</c><00:30:24.660><c> Hezekiah?</c> 00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:30.059 Oh,<00:30:27.259><c> brethren</c><00:30:27.420><c> and</c><00:30:27.660><c> sisters,</c><00:30:27.839><c> he's</c><00:30:28.119><c> under</c><00:30:28.400><c> enormous</c><00:30:29.039><c> pressure.</c> 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:32.500 Try<00:30:30.440><c> and</c><00:30:30.660><c> appreciate</c><00:30:31.220><c> his</c><00:30:31.380><c> situation.</c> 00:30:32.640 --> 00:30:35.539 He<00:30:32.859><c> sees</c><00:30:33.000><c> all</c><00:30:33.299><c> his</c><00:30:33.559><c> work</c><00:30:33.839><c> becoming</c><00:30:34.880><c> undone.</c> 00:30:35.539 --> 00:30:38.039 He<00:30:36.039><c> sees</c><00:30:36.259><c> his</c><00:30:36.519><c> people</c><00:30:36.799><c> panicking.</c> 00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:41.140 He's<00:30:38.539><c> trying</c><00:30:38.700><c> to</c><00:30:38.960><c> gather</c><00:30:39.039><c> some</c><00:30:39.319><c> strength</c><00:30:39.700><c> in</c><00:30:39.880><c> the</c><00:30:40.000><c> situation.</c> 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:44.279 And<00:30:41.420><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:42.039><c> rises</c><00:30:42.819><c> to</c><00:30:43.119><c> the</c><00:30:43.299><c> occasion.</c> 00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:47.180 And<00:30:44.480><c> this</c><00:30:44.660><c> is</c><00:30:44.880><c> where</c><00:30:44.980><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:45.599><c> shines</c><00:30:46.339><c> in</c><00:30:46.500><c> this</c><00:30:46.779><c> record,</c> 00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:50.460 as<00:30:47.700><c> Isaiah</c><00:30:48.220><c> strode</c><00:30:48.720><c> into</c><00:30:48.940><c> the</c><00:30:49.180><c> scene,</c><00:30:49.359><c> the</c><00:30:49.619><c> eloquent</c><00:30:50.019><c> prophet</c> 00:30:50.460 --> 00:30:51.880 from<00:30:50.819><c> Jerusalem.</c> 00:30:51.960 --> 00:30:55.859 The<00:30:52.079><c> man</c><00:30:52.259><c> with</c><00:30:52.440><c> the</c><00:30:52.619><c> golden</c><00:30:52.900><c> voice</c><00:30:53.220><c> and</c><00:30:53.380><c> the</c><00:30:53.700><c> glorious</c><00:30:54.220><c> prophecies</c><00:30:54.619><c> of</c><00:30:54.839><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:59.759 And<00:30:56.180><c> he</c><00:30:56.500><c> saw</c><00:30:56.720><c> the</c><00:30:56.920><c> situation,</c><00:30:58.039><c> and</c><00:30:58.200><c> he</c><00:30:58.559><c> instilled</c><00:30:58.920><c> into</c><00:30:59.180><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:30:59.759 --> 00:31:01.859 words<00:31:00.299><c> of</c><00:31:00.680><c> eloquence,</c><00:31:01.299><c> brethren</c><00:31:01.400><c> and</c><00:31:01.680><c> sisters,</c> 00:31:01.859 --> 00:31:04.940 that<00:31:02.079><c> surpass</c><00:31:02.500><c> all</c><00:31:02.779><c> the</c><00:31:03.000><c> literary</c><00:31:03.460><c> works</c><00:31:03.759><c> of</c><00:31:04.059><c> mankind</c><00:31:04.460><c> ever</c> 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.480 been<00:31:05.240><c> written.</c> 00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:08.900 And<00:31:05.940><c> he</c><00:31:06.200><c> inspired</c><00:31:06.700><c> him</c><00:31:06.839><c> with</c><00:31:07.059><c> the</c><00:31:07.400><c> golden</c><00:31:07.839><c> themes</c><00:31:08.240><c> of</c><00:31:08.660><c> Zion.</c> 00:31:09.359 --> 00:31:12.079 Oh,<00:31:09.940><c> I</c><00:31:10.079><c> wonder</c><00:31:10.240><c> what</c><00:31:10.460><c> Hezekiah</c><00:31:10.839><c> would</c><00:31:11.019><c> ever</c><00:31:11.279><c> have</c><00:31:11.440><c> done</c><00:31:11.579><c> without</c><00:31:11.880><c> him.</c> 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:15.039 They<00:31:12.579><c> prayed</c><00:31:12.940><c> together.</c><00:31:13.579><c> They</c><00:31:13.839><c> went</c><00:31:14.140><c> to</c><00:31:14.400><c> God</c><00:31:14.539><c> together.</c> 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:16.640 They<00:31:15.599><c> excited</c><00:31:16.019><c> each</c><00:31:16.339><c> other.</c> 00:31:16.819 --> 00:31:18.859 And<00:31:16.960><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:17.480><c> thrilled</c><00:31:17.940><c> him</c><00:31:18.140><c> with</c><00:31:18.420><c> messages.</c> 00:31:19.220 --> 00:31:21.900 And<00:31:19.400><c> he</c><00:31:19.660><c> strode</c><00:31:19.880><c> into</c><00:31:20.099><c> the</c><00:31:20.259><c> nation</c><00:31:20.619><c> and</c><00:31:21.220><c> warned</c><00:31:21.460><c> them</c><00:31:21.680><c> about</c> 00:31:21.900 --> 00:31:23.259 what<00:31:22.099><c> was</c><00:31:22.359><c> going</c><00:31:22.599><c> on.</c> 00:31:23.720 --> 00:31:25.559 And<00:31:23.940><c> there</c><00:31:24.039><c> the</c><00:31:24.319><c> cabinet</c><00:31:24.559><c> was</c><00:31:24.880><c> meeting.</c> 00:31:25.599 --> 00:31:29.220 There<00:31:25.799><c> was</c><00:31:26.079><c> urgent</c><00:31:26.539><c> meetings</c><00:31:26.819><c> at</c><00:31:27.019><c> the</c><00:31:27.240><c> cabinet,</c><00:31:27.539><c> as</c><00:31:27.700><c> there</c><00:31:27.960><c> are</c><00:31:28.140><c> in</c><00:31:28.359><c> warfare.</c> 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:30.380 What<00:31:29.559><c> are</c><00:31:29.700><c> we</c><00:31:29.799><c> going</c><00:31:29.900><c> to</c><00:31:30.099><c> do?</c> 00:31:30.380 --> 00:31:35.200 And<00:31:31.220><c> there</c><00:31:31.339><c> was</c><00:31:31.559><c> a</c><00:31:31.859><c> big</c><00:31:32.220><c> movement</c><00:31:32.680><c> in</c><00:31:33.039><c> cabinet</c><00:31:33.279><c> to</c><00:31:33.599><c> go</c><00:31:33.779><c> to</c><00:31:33.980><c> Egypt</c><00:31:34.160><c> for</c><00:31:34.440><c> help.</c> 00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:39.140 And<00:31:35.740><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:36.079><c> in</c><00:31:36.240><c> his</c><00:31:36.400><c> 31st</c><00:31:36.900><c> chapter</c><00:31:37.220><c> warned</c><00:31:37.619><c> them</c><00:31:37.819><c> about</c><00:31:38.079><c> that.</c> 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:42.579 You<00:31:40.380><c> know,</c><00:31:40.500><c> these</c><00:31:40.619><c> are</c><00:31:40.980><c> exciting</c><00:31:41.420><c> times,</c><00:31:42.099><c> brethren</c><00:31:42.200><c> and</c><00:31:42.420><c> sisters.</c> 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:48.059 You<00:31:42.799><c> see</c><00:31:42.940><c> the</c><00:31:43.099><c> work</c><00:31:43.240><c> of</c><00:31:43.460><c> the</c><00:31:43.619><c> prophet</c><00:31:43.779><c> now,</c><00:31:44.019><c> which</c><00:31:44.180><c> was</c><00:31:44.440><c> so</c><00:31:44.819><c> dearly</c><00:31:45.640><c> appreciated</c><00:31:46.140><c> by</c><00:31:46.880><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:31:49.299 --> 00:31:53.019 And<00:31:49.759><c> he</c><00:31:49.940><c> says</c><00:31:50.059><c> in</c><00:31:50.220><c> his</c><00:31:50.380><c> 31st</c><00:31:51.000><c> chapter,</c><00:31:51.259><c> the</c><00:31:51.400><c> first</c><00:31:51.700><c> three</c><00:31:51.980><c> verses,</c> 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:56.339 Woe<00:31:53.660><c> to</c><00:31:53.680><c> them</c><00:31:53.940><c> that</c><00:31:54.119><c> go</c><00:31:54.380><c> down</c><00:31:54.740><c> to</c><00:31:54.900><c> Egypt</c><00:31:55.259><c> for</c><00:31:55.500><c> help,</c> 00:31:57.079 --> 00:32:00.380 and<00:31:57.140><c> stay</c><00:31:57.480><c> on</c><00:31:57.759><c> horses</c><00:31:58.059><c> and</c><00:31:58.279><c> put</c><00:31:58.500><c> their</c><00:31:58.839><c> trust</c><00:31:59.099><c> in</c><00:31:59.420><c> chariots,</c> 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.539 because<00:32:01.019><c> they</c><00:32:01.259><c> are</c><00:32:01.559><c> many,</c> 00:32:02.619 --> 00:32:05.099 and<00:32:02.880><c> in</c><00:32:03.140><c> horsemen</c><00:32:03.519><c> because</c><00:32:03.859><c> they</c><00:32:04.039><c> are</c><00:32:04.160><c> very</c><00:32:04.640><c> strong,</c> 00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:08.099 but<00:32:05.500><c> they</c><00:32:05.759><c> look</c><00:32:05.960><c> not</c><00:32:06.259><c> unto</c><00:32:06.480><c> the</c><00:32:06.640><c> Holy</c><00:32:07.000><c> One</c><00:32:07.200><c> of</c><00:32:07.440><c> Israel,</c> 00:32:08.359 --> 00:32:10.119 neither<00:32:08.640><c> seek</c><00:32:08.980><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:13.920 Yet<00:32:11.019><c> he</c><00:32:11.259><c> also</c><00:32:11.640><c> is</c><00:32:11.980><c> wise,</c><00:32:12.920><c> and</c><00:32:13.200><c> will</c><00:32:13.380><c> bring</c><00:32:13.640><c> evil,</c> 00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:16.200 and<00:32:14.119><c> will</c><00:32:14.279><c> not</c><00:32:14.519><c> call</c><00:32:14.720><c> back</c><00:32:14.960><c> his</c><00:32:15.220><c> words,</c> 00:32:16.339 --> 00:32:18.880 but<00:32:16.519><c> will</c><00:32:16.799><c> arise</c><00:32:17.220><c> against</c><00:32:17.559><c> the</c><00:32:17.839><c> house</c><00:32:18.059><c> of</c><00:32:18.299><c> evildoers,</c> 00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:21.319 and<00:32:19.220><c> against</c><00:32:19.460><c> the</c><00:32:19.720><c> help</c><00:32:19.839><c> of</c><00:32:20.019><c> them</c><00:32:20.140><c> that</c><00:32:20.319><c> work</c><00:32:20.539><c> iniquity.</c> 00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:23.359 See,<00:32:21.759><c> there's</c><00:32:21.920><c> heavy</c><00:32:22.180><c> irony</c><00:32:22.619><c> in</c><00:32:22.839><c> those</c><00:32:23.059><c> words.</c> 00:32:23.640 --> 00:32:25.539 You're<00:32:23.900><c> running</c><00:32:23.980><c> to</c><00:32:24.200><c> Egypt</c><00:32:24.460><c> for</c><00:32:24.740><c> help,</c><00:32:25.039><c> says</c><00:32:25.220><c> Isaiah.</c> 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.460 Why<00:32:26.079><c> would</c><00:32:26.200><c> you</c><00:32:26.380><c> go</c><00:32:26.660><c> to</c><00:32:26.839><c> Egypt</c><00:32:27.079><c> for</c><00:32:27.319><c> help?</c> 00:32:27.700 --> 00:32:30.680 You<00:32:27.839><c> don't</c><00:32:28.039><c> put</c><00:32:28.220><c> your</c><00:32:28.440><c> trust</c><00:32:28.599><c> in</c><00:32:28.880><c> Yahweh,</c><00:32:29.359><c> but</c><00:32:29.500><c> you</c><00:32:29.619><c> know</c><00:32:29.779><c> something?</c> 00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:34.980 He<00:32:31.740><c> also</c><00:32:32.220><c> knows</c><00:32:32.759><c> a</c><00:32:32.920><c> little</c><00:32:33.099><c> bit</c><00:32:33.279><c> about</c><00:32:33.460><c> what</c><00:32:33.619><c> he's</c><00:32:33.799><c> talking</c><00:32:34.079><c> about.</c> 00:32:35.460 --> 00:32:38.160 And<00:32:35.619><c> you</c><00:32:35.759><c> see,</c><00:32:35.859><c> he's</c><00:32:36.160><c> addressing</c><00:32:36.480><c> his</c><00:32:36.799><c> words</c><00:32:36.940><c> to</c><00:32:37.119><c> the</c><00:32:37.380><c> cabinet.</c> 00:32:38.740 --> 00:32:40.960 The<00:32:39.019><c> cabinet</c><00:32:39.220><c> was</c><00:32:39.420><c> in</c><00:32:39.660><c> crucial</c><00:32:40.019><c> meeting,</c> 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:42.940 as<00:32:41.319><c> I'll</c><00:32:41.519><c> show</c><00:32:41.700><c> you</c><00:32:41.839><c> in</c><00:32:41.940><c> a</c><00:32:42.119><c> moment.</c> 00:32:43.019 --> 00:32:44.240 The<00:32:43.200><c> Isaiah</c><00:32:43.519><c> depicts</c><00:32:43.940><c> this.</c> 00:32:44.480 --> 00:32:46.859 The<00:32:44.680><c> cabinet</c><00:32:44.900><c> is</c><00:32:45.140><c> in</c><00:32:45.440><c> crucial</c><00:32:45.740><c> discussion,</c> 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:49.019 and<00:32:47.079><c> the</c><00:32:47.240><c> discussion</c><00:32:47.559><c> is</c><00:32:47.839><c> revolving</c><00:32:48.240><c> around</c><00:32:48.500><c> whether</c><00:32:48.700><c> to</c><00:32:48.859><c> go</c> 00:32:49.019 --> 00:32:49.839 to<00:32:49.220><c> Egypt</c><00:32:49.359><c> or</c><00:32:49.599><c> not.</c> 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:52.779 Hezekiah,<00:32:50.599><c> I</c><00:32:50.839><c> believe,</c><00:32:51.480><c> steadfastly</c><00:32:52.140><c> resisted</c><00:32:52.640><c> that.</c> 00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:55.019 But<00:32:53.059><c> he's</c><00:32:53.359><c> outnumbered</c><00:32:53.940><c> in</c><00:32:54.079><c> cabinet,</c><00:32:54.559><c> brothers</c><00:32:54.640><c> and</c><00:32:54.819><c> sisters,</c> 00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:57.880 because<00:32:55.460><c> the</c><00:32:55.740><c> urgency</c><00:32:56.079><c> of</c><00:32:56.259><c> the</c><00:32:56.400><c> situation</c><00:32:56.920><c> calls</c><00:32:57.319><c> for</c><00:32:57.640><c> help.</c> 00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:00.420 Help<00:32:58.339><c> tomorrow,</c><00:32:59.019><c> not</c><00:32:59.140><c> the</c><00:32:59.880><c> day</c><00:33:00.200><c> after.</c> 00:33:00.420 --> 00:33:02.059 They<00:33:00.559><c> need</c><00:33:00.759><c> it</c><00:33:00.960><c> now.</c> 00:33:02.400 --> 00:33:03.579 And<00:33:02.500><c> he</c><00:33:02.599><c> says,</c><00:33:02.819><c> woe</c><00:33:03.160><c> to</c><00:33:03.299><c> you.</c> 00:33:03.700 --> 00:33:05.480 And<00:33:03.920><c> he's</c><00:33:04.119><c> trying</c><00:33:04.359><c> to</c><00:33:04.500><c> tell</c><00:33:04.619><c> them</c><00:33:04.720><c> in</c><00:33:04.900><c> that</c><00:33:05.200><c> cabinet,</c> 00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:07.599 listen<00:33:05.859><c> to</c><00:33:06.200><c> Yahweh,</c><00:33:06.380><c> he</c><00:33:06.519><c> knows</c><00:33:06.880><c> something,</c><00:33:07.359><c> you</c><00:33:07.400><c> know.</c> 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:08.880 He's<00:33:07.960><c> wise.</c> 00:33:09.660 --> 00:33:12.619 Now<00:33:09.859><c> the</c><00:33:10.059><c> Egyptians</c><00:33:10.519><c> are</c><00:33:10.920><c> men</c><00:33:11.160><c> and</c><00:33:11.400><c> not</c><00:33:11.700><c> ale.</c> 00:33:13.720 --> 00:33:16.220 They're<00:33:14.180><c> horses</c><00:33:14.319><c> of</c><00:33:14.599><c> flesh</c><00:33:14.819><c> and</c><00:33:15.000><c> not</c><00:33:15.279><c> spirit.</c> 00:33:16.619 --> 00:33:19.579 When<00:33:17.140><c> Yahweh</c><00:33:17.500><c> shall</c><00:33:17.799><c> stretch</c><00:33:18.059><c> out</c><00:33:18.279><c> his</c><00:33:18.500><c> hand,</c> 00:33:19.819 --> 00:33:22.180 both<00:33:20.019><c> he</c><00:33:20.259><c> that</c><00:33:20.420><c> helpeth</c><00:33:20.859><c> shall</c><00:33:21.079><c> fall,</c> 00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:24.440 and<00:33:22.539><c> he</c><00:33:22.799><c> that</c><00:33:22.920><c> is</c><00:33:23.160><c> hopin</c><00:33:23.460><c> shall</c><00:33:23.680><c> fall</c><00:33:24.140><c> down,</c> 00:33:24.539 --> 00:33:25.859 and<00:33:24.660><c> they</c><00:33:24.859><c> shall</c><00:33:25.059><c> fail</c><00:33:25.299><c> together.</c> 00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:29.200 And<00:33:26.460><c> that's</c><00:33:26.759><c> the</c><00:33:26.859><c> message</c><00:33:27.160><c> that</c><00:33:27.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:33:27.799><c> sent</c><00:33:28.019><c> to</c><00:33:28.200><c> the</c><00:33:28.460><c> cabinet.</c> 00:33:30.180 --> 00:33:35.460 His<00:33:30.440><c> warning</c><00:33:30.740><c> was</c><00:33:31.480><c> that</c><00:33:32.880><c> the</c><00:33:33.140><c> Egyptians</c><00:33:33.500><c> are</c><00:33:33.740><c> no</c><00:33:33.960><c> match</c><00:33:34.180><c> for</c><00:33:34.480><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:33:36.119 --> 00:33:39.019 And<00:33:36.400><c> that</c><00:33:36.480><c> if</c><00:33:36.660><c> the</c><00:33:36.880><c> cabinet</c><00:33:37.039><c> decided</c><00:33:37.559><c> to</c><00:33:37.759><c> go</c><00:33:37.920><c> to</c><00:33:38.119><c> Egypt,</c> 00:33:39.640 --> 00:33:41.180 then<00:33:39.680><c> not</c><00:33:39.940><c> only</c><00:33:40.180><c> Egypt</c><00:33:40.539><c> would</c><00:33:40.880><c> fall,</c> 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:43.059 but<00:33:41.579><c> he</c><00:33:41.680><c> would</c><00:33:41.940><c> bring</c><00:33:42.259><c> down</c><00:33:42.539><c> with</c><00:33:42.700><c> him</c> 00:33:43.059 --> 00:33:47.039 everyone<00:33:43.859><c> that</c><00:33:44.299><c> was</c><00:33:44.640><c> hanging</c><00:33:44.900><c> on</c><00:33:45.119><c> to</c><00:33:45.220><c> the</c><00:33:45.420><c> tail</c><00:33:45.599><c> of</c><00:33:45.759><c> his</c><00:33:46.019><c> chariot.</c> 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.680 And<00:33:48.000><c> he</c><00:33:48.319><c> warned</c><00:33:48.559><c> that</c><00:33:48.900><c> cabinet.</c> 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:52.660 But<00:33:49.940><c> look,</c><00:33:50.640><c> they</c><00:33:50.819><c> were</c><00:33:50.980><c> getting</c><00:33:51.160><c> their</c><00:33:51.440><c> way,</c><00:33:51.819><c> brothers</c><00:33:51.920><c> and</c><00:33:52.019><c> sisters.</c> 00:33:53.140 --> 00:33:56.019 Chapter<00:33:53.460><c> 30</c><00:33:53.819><c> and</c><00:33:54.000><c> verse</c><00:33:54.240><c> 1.</c> 00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:59.180 There<00:33:57.380><c> was</c><00:33:57.539><c> political</c><00:33:58.039><c> intrigue,</c> 00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:02.779 and<00:33:59.500><c> it</c><00:33:59.579><c> was</c><00:33:59.779><c> being</c><00:34:00.119><c> fought</c><00:34:00.380><c> out</c><00:34:00.539><c> in</c><00:34:00.720><c> that</c><00:34:00.980><c> cabinet</c><00:34:01.140><c> as</c><00:34:01.359><c> to</c><00:34:01.460><c> what</c><00:34:01.619><c> to</c><00:34:01.819><c> do.</c> 00:34:03.299 --> 00:34:05.960 And<00:34:03.460><c> Isaiah</c><00:34:03.779><c> warned</c><00:34:04.119><c> them</c><00:34:04.299><c> in</c><00:34:04.440><c> chapter</c><00:34:04.700><c> 30</c><00:34:05.019><c> and</c><00:34:05.160><c> verse</c><00:34:05.420><c> 1.</c> 00:34:06.180 --> 00:34:08.320 Woe<00:34:06.460><c> to</c><00:34:06.559><c> the</c><00:34:06.720><c> rebellious</c><00:34:07.140><c> children,</c><00:34:07.759><c> says</c><00:34:07.880><c> Yahweh,</c> 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:11.840 that<00:34:08.559><c> take</c><00:34:08.940><c> counsel,</c><00:34:09.980><c> but</c><00:34:10.380><c> not</c><00:34:10.559><c> of</c><00:34:10.800><c> me,</c> 00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:14.739 and<00:34:12.599><c> that</c><00:34:13.000><c> cover</c><00:34:13.320><c> with</c><00:34:13.960><c> a</c><00:34:14.380><c> covering.</c> 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:18.280 Now<00:34:15.380><c> there's</c><00:34:15.920><c> the</c><00:34:16.559><c> authority</c><00:34:17.059><c> that</c><00:34:17.239><c> I'm</c><00:34:17.420><c> using</c><00:34:17.780><c> to</c><00:34:18.000><c> depict</c> 00:34:18.280 --> 00:34:19.360 the<00:34:18.579><c> cabinet</c><00:34:18.880><c> meeting</c> 00:34:19.360 --> 00:34:21.079 because<00:34:19.880><c> that</c><00:34:20.280><c> very</c><00:34:20.539><c> expression,</c> 00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:23.300 to<00:34:21.579><c> cover</c><00:34:21.800><c> with</c><00:34:22.039><c> a</c><00:34:22.260><c> covering,</c><00:34:22.679><c> brothers</c><00:34:22.780><c> and</c><00:34:23.000><c> sisters,</c> 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:26.840 means<00:34:23.820><c> to</c><00:34:24.239><c> weave</c><00:34:24.519><c> a</c><00:34:24.880><c> web</c><00:34:25.019><c> of</c><00:34:25.380><c> intrigue.</c> 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:30.260 And<00:34:27.300><c> they</c><00:34:27.440><c> were</c><00:34:27.639><c> weaving</c><00:34:27.980><c> a</c><00:34:28.260><c> web</c><00:34:28.400><c> of</c><00:34:28.739><c> intrigue</c><00:34:28.960><c> in</c><00:34:29.139><c> that</c><00:34:29.380><c> cabinet.</c> 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.599 But<00:34:30.840><c> they</c><00:34:31.039><c> were</c><00:34:31.179><c> doing</c><00:34:31.380><c> it</c><00:34:31.539><c> to</c><00:34:31.659><c> add</c><00:34:31.920><c> sin</c><00:34:32.179><c> to</c><00:34:32.400><c> sin,</c> 00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:34.000 to<00:34:32.840><c> walk</c><00:34:33.139><c> to</c><00:34:33.360><c> go</c><00:34:33.440><c> down</c><00:34:33.619><c> to</c><00:34:33.780><c> Egypt,</c> 00:34:34.139 --> 00:34:37.039 and<00:34:34.260><c> have</c><00:34:34.440><c> not</c><00:34:34.639><c> asked</c><00:34:34.860><c> counsel</c><00:34:35.179><c> at</c><00:34:35.400><c> my</c><00:34:35.659><c> mouth</c><00:34:35.940><c> to</c><00:34:36.300><c> straighten</c><00:34:36.519><c> themselves.</c> 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:40.619 And<00:34:37.619><c> there</c><00:34:37.719><c> was</c><00:34:37.960><c> poor</c><00:34:38.320><c> Hezekiah</c><00:34:39.099><c> under</c><00:34:39.539><c> enormous</c><00:34:40.159><c> pressure.</c> 00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:43.300 You<00:34:41.380><c> put</c><00:34:41.599><c> yourself</c><00:34:41.880><c> on</c><00:34:42.039><c> that</c><00:34:42.380><c> throne,</c> 00:34:43.780 --> 00:34:46.380 and<00:34:43.840><c> you're</c><00:34:44.039><c> talking</c><00:34:44.360><c> about</c><00:34:44.760><c> Yahweh</c><00:34:45.119><c> helping</c><00:34:45.400><c> you.</c> 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:49.420 And<00:34:46.619><c> the</c><00:34:46.880><c> thunder</c><00:34:47.159><c> of</c><00:34:47.539><c> war</c><00:34:47.860><c> is</c><00:34:48.440><c> cracking</c><00:34:48.739><c> in</c><00:34:48.980><c> your</c><00:34:49.159><c> ears,</c> 00:34:49.639 --> 00:34:51.079 and<00:34:49.780><c> the</c><00:34:50.219><c> rebels</c><00:34:50.480><c> are</c><00:34:50.739><c> coming</c><00:34:50.900><c> in,</c> 00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:54.679 of<00:34:51.500><c> screaming</c><00:34:51.860><c> men</c><00:34:52.179><c> and</c><00:34:52.300><c> women</c><00:34:52.539><c> being</c><00:34:52.900><c> impaled</c><00:34:53.340><c> upon</c><00:34:53.679><c> stakes,</c> 00:34:54.760 --> 00:34:57.380 of<00:34:54.980><c> men</c><00:34:55.239><c> being</c><00:34:55.559><c> taken</c><00:34:55.800><c> out</c><00:34:56.059><c> of</c><00:34:56.219><c> watching</c><00:34:56.480><c> as</c><00:34:56.719><c> their</c><00:34:56.900><c> wives</c><00:34:57.179><c> and</c> 00:34:57.380 --> 00:34:58.920 children<00:34:57.860><c> were</c><00:34:58.300><c> flayed</c><00:34:58.599><c> alive</c> 00:34:58.920 --> 00:35:01.940 and<00:34:59.079><c> the</c><00:34:59.300><c> skin</c><00:34:59.519><c> peeled</c><00:34:59.840><c> off</c><00:35:00.079><c> them</c><00:35:00.199><c> while</c><00:35:00.280><c> they</c><00:35:00.380><c> were</c><00:35:00.599><c> still</c><00:35:00.840><c> alive,</c> 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:05.179 and<00:35:02.800><c> left</c><00:35:02.960><c> there</c><00:35:03.119><c> with</c><00:35:03.300><c> no</c><00:35:03.639><c> skin</c><00:35:04.000><c> stretched</c><00:35:04.500><c> out</c><00:35:04.679><c> in</c><00:35:04.840><c> the</c><00:35:05.039><c> sun</c> 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:07.219 for<00:35:05.360><c> the</c><00:35:05.539><c> sun</c><00:35:05.679><c> to</c><00:35:05.960><c> burn</c><00:35:06.119><c> them</c><00:35:06.280><c> to</c><00:35:06.460><c> death.</c> 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:09.239 And<00:35:07.739><c> these</c><00:35:07.880><c> are</c><00:35:07.980><c> some</c><00:35:08.139><c> of</c><00:35:08.260><c> the</c><00:35:08.360><c> things</c><00:35:08.440><c> that</c><00:35:08.579><c> were</c><00:35:08.719><c> going</c><00:35:08.920><c> on.</c> 00:35:09.239 --> 00:35:10.940 Horrible<00:35:10.059><c> things.</c> 00:35:11.079 --> 00:35:12.500 And<00:35:11.099><c> they</c><00:35:11.199><c> were</c><00:35:11.460><c> screaming</c><00:35:11.980><c> for</c><00:35:12.360><c> help.</c> 00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:14.340 We've<00:35:12.840><c> got</c><00:35:12.940><c> to</c><00:35:13.159><c> get</c><00:35:13.159><c> some</c><00:35:13.460><c> help.</c> 00:35:14.519 --> 00:35:15.480 Where<00:35:14.739><c> are</c><00:35:14.860><c> we</c><00:35:14.960><c> going</c><00:35:15.039><c> to</c><00:35:15.239><c> go?</c> 00:35:15.980 --> 00:35:17.579 And<00:35:16.179><c> Hezekiah's</c><00:35:16.800><c> trying</c><00:35:17.019><c> to</c><00:35:17.199><c> tell</c><00:35:17.300><c> them.</c> 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.559 And<00:35:17.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:18.119><c> was</c><00:35:18.300><c> saying,</c> 00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:19.559 Don't<00:35:18.960><c> go</c><00:35:19.179><c> to</c><00:35:19.360><c> Egypt.</c> 00:35:19.719 --> 00:35:20.679 Don't<00:35:19.980><c> go</c><00:35:20.239><c> to</c><00:35:20.420><c> Egypt.</c> 00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.880 And<00:35:21.099><c> they're</c><00:35:21.340><c> getting</c><00:35:21.519><c> behind.</c> 00:35:21.980 --> 00:35:23.860 Look,<00:35:22.059><c> we've</c><00:35:22.320><c> got</c><00:35:22.400><c> to</c><00:35:22.539><c> get</c><00:35:22.599><c> a</c><00:35:22.840><c> party</c><00:35:23.059><c> against</c><00:35:23.380><c> Hezekiah.</c> 00:35:23.980 --> 00:35:26.059 We've<00:35:24.059><c> got</c><00:35:24.199><c> to</c><00:35:24.619><c> get</c><00:35:24.760><c> the</c><00:35:24.980><c> votes</c><00:35:25.219><c> swayed</c><00:35:25.519><c> against</c><00:35:25.780><c> him.</c> 00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:28.599 And<00:35:26.340><c> they</c><00:35:26.539><c> got</c><00:35:26.719><c> the</c><00:35:26.920><c> votes</c><00:35:27.079><c> swayed</c><00:35:27.420><c> against</c><00:35:27.639><c> him.</c> 00:35:29.079 --> 00:35:31.099 And<00:35:29.320><c> they</c><00:35:29.480><c> went</c><00:35:29.679><c> to</c><00:35:29.840><c> Egypt</c><00:35:30.099><c> for</c><00:35:30.320><c> help.</c> 00:35:32.280 --> 00:35:35.159 And<00:35:32.440><c> Isaiah</c><00:35:32.739><c> came</c><00:35:33.059><c> back,</c><00:35:33.440><c> brothers</c><00:35:33.599><c> and</c><00:35:33.739><c> sisters,</c><00:35:33.920><c> with</c><00:35:34.139><c> a</c><00:35:34.320><c> message.</c> 00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:37.539 And<00:35:35.920><c> it</c><00:35:36.000><c> was</c><00:35:36.179><c> full</c><00:35:36.420><c> of</c><00:35:36.679><c> irony.</c> 00:35:37.639 --> 00:35:41.739 And<00:35:38.159><c> verses</c><00:35:38.480><c> 6</c><00:35:38.800><c> and</c><00:35:38.900><c> 7</c><00:35:39.539><c> of</c><00:35:39.840><c> chapter</c><00:35:40.119><c> 30</c><00:35:40.420><c> is</c><00:35:40.619><c> that</c><00:35:40.800><c> message.</c> 00:35:42.619 --> 00:35:43.059 He<00:35:42.900><c> said,</c> 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:46.420 The<00:35:43.159><c> burden</c><00:35:43.559><c> of</c><00:35:43.760><c> the</c><00:35:43.960><c> beasts</c><00:35:44.280><c> of</c><00:35:44.599><c> the</c><00:35:44.860><c> south,</c><00:35:45.360><c> the</c><00:35:45.480><c> Negev,</c> 00:35:46.559 --> 00:35:49.159 into<00:35:46.800><c> the</c><00:35:47.059><c> land</c><00:35:47.320><c> of</c><00:35:47.619><c> trouble</c><00:35:47.960><c> and</c><00:35:48.219><c> anguish,</c> 00:35:49.420 --> 00:35:52.039 from<00:35:49.519><c> which</c><00:35:49.760><c> come</c><00:35:50.019><c> the</c><00:35:50.300><c> young</c><00:35:50.480><c> and</c><00:35:50.659><c> the</c><00:35:50.840><c> old</c><00:35:51.119><c> lion,</c> 00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:54.780 the<00:35:52.340><c> viper</c><00:35:52.559><c> and</c><00:35:52.719><c> the</c><00:35:52.940><c> flying</c><00:35:53.340><c> fiery</c><00:35:53.800><c> serpent.</c> 00:35:54.980 --> 00:35:57.360 They<00:35:55.260><c> will</c><00:35:55.539><c> carry</c><00:35:55.820><c> their</c><00:35:56.079><c> riches</c><00:35:56.300><c> upon</c><00:35:56.599><c> the</c><00:35:56.860><c> shoulders</c><00:35:57.099><c> of</c> 00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:57.739 young<00:35:57.519><c> houses</c> 00:35:57.739 --> 00:36:00.519 and<00:35:57.980><c> their</c><00:35:58.219><c> treasures</c><00:35:58.480><c> upon</c><00:35:58.780><c> the</c><00:35:59.000><c> bunches</c><00:35:59.380><c> of</c><00:35:59.579><c> camels,</c> 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.920 to<00:36:00.860><c> a</c><00:36:01.059><c> people</c><00:36:01.300><c> that</c><00:36:01.519><c> shall</c><00:36:01.679><c> not</c><00:36:02.039><c> profit</c><00:36:02.199><c> them,</c> 00:36:03.300 --> 00:36:05.360 for<00:36:03.500><c> the</c><00:36:03.699><c> Egyptians</c><00:36:03.940><c> shall</c><00:36:04.199><c> help</c><00:36:04.440><c> in</c><00:36:04.699><c> vain.</c> 00:36:05.360 --> 00:36:07.440 To<00:36:06.079><c> no</c><00:36:06.340><c> purpose.</c> 00:36:07.960 --> 00:36:10.880 Therefore<00:36:08.360><c> have</c><00:36:08.719><c> I</c><00:36:09.000><c> cried</c><00:36:09.300><c> concerning</c><00:36:09.860><c> this.</c> 00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:13.320 Their<00:36:11.400><c> strength</c><00:36:11.780><c> is</c><00:36:12.019><c> to</c><00:36:12.179><c> sit</c><00:36:12.360><c> still.</c> 00:36:14.260 --> 00:36:16.079 Now<00:36:14.460><c> I</c><00:36:14.539><c> want</c><00:36:14.719><c> to</c><00:36:14.840><c> interpret</c><00:36:15.159><c> those</c><00:36:15.440><c> words</c><00:36:15.679><c> for</c><00:36:15.980><c> you.</c> 00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.400 They<00:36:16.239><c> need</c><00:36:16.519><c> no</c><00:36:16.820><c> interpretation,</c> 00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:20.920 except<00:36:17.800><c> perhaps</c><00:36:18.059><c> to</c><00:36:18.219><c> put</c><00:36:18.280><c> them</c><00:36:18.460><c> in</c><00:36:18.800><c> more</c><00:36:19.179><c> understandable</c><00:36:19.780><c> language.</c> 00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:23.739 But<00:36:21.380><c> first</c><00:36:21.659><c> of</c><00:36:21.840><c> all,</c><00:36:21.960><c> when</c><00:36:22.079><c> he</c><00:36:22.300><c> talks</c><00:36:22.480><c> about</c><00:36:22.679><c> Egypt</c><00:36:23.059><c> and</c><00:36:23.239><c> their</c><00:36:23.440><c> strength,</c> 00:36:23.860 --> 00:36:25.900 the<00:36:23.920><c> word</c><00:36:24.139><c> is</c><00:36:24.440><c> Rahab</c><00:36:24.840><c> in</c><00:36:25.460><c> the</c><00:36:25.619><c> Hebrew.</c> 00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:29.780 Now<00:36:26.840><c> Rahab</c><00:36:27.300><c> was</c><00:36:27.539><c> an</c><00:36:27.760><c> epithet</c><00:36:28.159><c> applied</c><00:36:28.599><c> to</c><00:36:28.880><c> Egypt.</c> 00:36:30.260 --> 00:36:33.699 Psalm<00:36:30.480><c> 87</c><00:36:31.239><c> uses</c><00:36:31.719><c> the</c><00:36:32.019><c> title</c><00:36:32.260><c> of</c><00:36:32.519><c> Rahab</c><00:36:32.820><c> to</c><00:36:33.099><c> describe</c><00:36:33.380><c> Egypt.</c> 00:36:33.699 --> 00:36:35.440 Why<00:36:34.320><c> Rahab?</c> 00:36:35.800 --> 00:36:39.079 Because<00:36:36.300><c> Rahab</c><00:36:36.800><c> means</c><00:36:37.159><c> to</c><00:36:37.360><c> be</c><00:36:37.539><c> very</c><00:36:38.119><c> loud.</c> 00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:43.139 That's<00:36:40.699><c> why</c><00:36:40.960><c> Rahab</c><00:36:41.340><c> the</c><00:36:41.579><c> harlot</c><00:36:41.820><c> got</c><00:36:42.079><c> their</c><00:36:42.300><c> name.</c> 00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:45.500 She<00:36:43.500><c> was</c><00:36:43.780><c> a</c><00:36:44.000><c> coarse,</c><00:36:44.800><c> loud</c><00:36:45.039><c> woman,</c> 00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:48.420 before<00:36:46.079><c> God's</c><00:36:46.599><c> truth</c><00:36:46.780><c> changed</c><00:36:47.400><c> her.</c> 00:36:48.659 --> 00:36:50.760 And<00:36:48.860><c> Egypt</c><00:36:49.059><c> was</c><00:36:49.320><c> a</c><00:36:49.500><c> coarse,</c><00:36:50.139><c> loud</c><00:36:50.300><c> nation,</c> 00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.380 who<00:36:51.039><c> were</c><00:36:51.179><c> very</c><00:36:51.440><c> loud</c><00:36:51.679><c> in</c><00:36:51.800><c> their</c><00:36:52.019><c> promises.</c> 00:36:52.760 --> 00:36:54.579 And<00:36:52.900><c> Isaiah</c><00:36:53.239><c> describes</c><00:36:53.860><c> the</c><00:36:54.119><c> seeds,</c> 00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:57.019 although<00:36:55.139><c> the</c><00:36:55.440><c> camels</c><00:36:55.659><c> got</c><00:36:55.920><c> their</c><00:36:56.199><c> way.</c> 00:36:57.099 --> 00:37:00.639 So<00:36:57.400><c> down</c><00:36:57.659><c> goes</c><00:36:58.059><c> all</c><00:36:58.559><c> these</c><00:36:58.920><c> tributes,</c><00:36:59.460><c> or</c><00:36:59.619><c> rather</c><00:36:59.820><c> the</c><00:37:00.300><c> money</c> 00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.099 to<00:37:00.800><c> Egypt,</c> 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:02.659 to<00:37:01.400><c> buy</c><00:37:01.599><c> their</c><00:37:01.860><c> help.</c> 00:37:02.699 --> 00:37:05.460 And<00:37:03.099><c> he</c><00:37:03.300><c> sees</c><00:37:03.619><c> them</c><00:37:03.820><c> going</c><00:37:04.079><c> into</c><00:37:04.360><c> the</c><00:37:04.559><c> south,</c><00:37:04.880><c> the</c><00:37:05.019><c> Negev.</c> 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:06.940 Now<00:37:05.760><c> between</c><00:37:06.119><c> Israel</c><00:37:06.519><c> and</c><00:37:06.719><c> Egypt,</c> 00:37:07.099 --> 00:37:10.079 he's<00:37:07.599><c> got</c><00:37:07.760><c> to</c><00:37:07.940><c> travel</c><00:37:08.079><c> through</c><00:37:08.300><c> the</c><00:37:08.460><c> Negev.</c> 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:13.880 Australia<00:37:12.400><c> is</c><00:37:12.659><c> Israel</c><00:37:13.000><c> upside</c><00:37:13.500><c> down.</c> 00:37:14.239 --> 00:37:15.539 If<00:37:14.260><c> you</c><00:37:14.420><c> go</c><00:37:14.659><c> north</c><00:37:14.880><c> with</c><00:37:15.059><c> this</c><00:37:15.260><c> country,</c> 00:37:15.619 --> 00:37:16.699 you<00:37:15.639><c> get</c><00:37:15.780><c> into</c><00:37:15.960><c> the</c><00:37:16.139><c> dry</c><00:37:16.360><c> country.</c> 00:37:16.920 --> 00:37:19.019 If<00:37:17.019><c> you</c><00:37:17.159><c> go</c><00:37:17.340><c> south</c><00:37:17.619><c> with</c><00:37:17.739><c> Israel,</c><00:37:17.960><c> you</c><00:37:18.059><c> get</c><00:37:18.139><c> into</c><00:37:18.320><c> the</c><00:37:18.480><c> dry</c><00:37:18.699><c> country.</c> 00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.639 And<00:37:19.599><c> as</c><00:37:19.659><c> they</c><00:37:19.840><c> went</c><00:37:19.960><c> into</c><00:37:20.159><c> the</c><00:37:20.340><c> south,</c> 00:37:20.860 --> 00:37:22.820 there<00:37:21.000><c> they</c><00:37:21.179><c> met</c><00:37:21.380><c> the</c><00:37:21.699><c> lion</c><00:37:21.900><c> and</c><00:37:22.079><c> the</c><00:37:22.219><c> young</c><00:37:22.460><c> lion,</c> 00:37:23.300 --> 00:37:25.199 the<00:37:23.539><c> viper</c><00:37:23.760><c> and</c><00:37:23.900><c> the</c><00:37:24.119><c> flying,</c><00:37:24.539><c> fry</c><00:37:24.760><c> serpent.</c> 00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:27.300 And<00:37:25.519><c> you</c><00:37:25.579><c> can</c><00:37:25.780><c> see</c><00:37:25.880><c> the</c><00:37:26.079><c> ambassadors</c><00:37:26.619><c> of</c><00:37:26.840><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:28.300 the<00:37:27.420><c> king</c><00:37:27.619><c> in</c><00:37:27.780><c> his</c><00:37:27.960><c> casket,</c> 00:37:28.579 --> 00:37:30.260 struggling<00:37:28.860><c> down</c><00:37:29.199><c> through</c><00:37:29.400><c> the</c><00:37:29.519><c> Negev,</c> 00:37:30.260 --> 00:37:32.579 burdened<00:37:30.900><c> down</c><00:37:31.139><c> with</c><00:37:31.380><c> all</c><00:37:31.619><c> the</c><00:37:31.780><c> burdens</c><00:37:32.059><c> of</c><00:37:32.360><c> treasures</c> 00:37:32.579 --> 00:37:34.539 to<00:37:32.900><c> buy</c><00:37:33.019><c> the</c><00:37:33.219><c> help</c><00:37:33.360><c> of</c><00:37:33.579><c> Egypt,</c> 00:37:34.719 --> 00:37:35.739 struggling<00:37:35.099><c> down</c><00:37:35.460><c> there,</c> 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:38.519 and<00:37:36.039><c> getting</c><00:37:36.219><c> before</c><00:37:36.639><c> Pharaoh</c><00:37:36.940><c> in</c><00:37:37.079><c> a</c><00:37:37.159><c> very</c><00:37:37.400><c> difficult</c><00:37:37.780><c> situation.</c> 00:37:38.800 --> 00:37:40.000 And<00:37:38.920><c> Pharaoh</c><00:37:39.139><c> says,</c> 00:37:40.039 --> 00:37:42.219 yes,<00:37:40.420><c> yes,</c><00:37:40.860><c> yes,</c><00:37:41.300><c> yes,</c><00:37:41.559><c> we'll</c><00:37:41.900><c> help</c><00:37:42.119><c> you,</c> 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:43.340 we'll<00:37:42.400><c> do</c><00:37:42.619><c> what</c><00:37:42.840><c> we</c><00:37:43.079><c> can,</c> 00:37:43.699 --> 00:37:45.719 and<00:37:44.159><c> sat</c><00:37:44.460><c> still.</c> 00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:49.519 And<00:37:47.420><c> it's</c><00:37:47.639><c> a</c><00:37:47.820><c> picture</c><00:37:48.000><c> of</c><00:37:48.300><c> heavy</c><00:37:48.559><c> irony,</c> 00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:52.280 as<00:37:50.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:37:50.800><c> paints</c><00:37:51.139><c> that</c><00:37:51.440><c> picture,</c> 00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:54.360 the<00:37:52.880><c> prophet</c><00:37:53.099><c> of</c><00:37:53.539><c> nothing.</c> 00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:57.300 And<00:37:55.539><c> that</c><00:37:55.699><c> was</c><00:37:55.940><c> the</c><00:37:56.099><c> help</c><00:37:56.239><c> of</c><00:37:56.480><c> Egypt.</c> 00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:59.139 You<00:37:58.139><c> know,</c><00:37:58.460><c> brethren</c><00:37:58.599><c> and</c><00:37:58.820><c> sisters,</c> 00:37:59.139 --> 00:38:01.400 that's<00:37:59.619><c> the</c><00:37:59.900><c> world</c><00:38:00.079><c> today.</c> 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.880 They're<00:38:02.099><c> putting</c><00:38:02.300><c> their</c><00:38:02.639><c> trust,</c> 00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:05.039 the<00:38:03.099><c> Western</c><00:38:03.440><c> world,</c><00:38:03.860><c> the</c><00:38:04.000><c> Western</c><00:38:04.579><c> forces,</c> 00:38:05.380 --> 00:38:07.400 the<00:38:05.539><c> bastion</c><00:38:05.940><c> is</c><00:38:06.139><c> the</c><00:38:06.280><c> United</c><00:38:06.579><c> States</c><00:38:06.880><c> of</c><00:38:07.059><c> America.</c> 00:38:07.639 --> 00:38:08.619 What<00:38:07.820><c> are</c><00:38:07.940><c> they</c><00:38:08.119><c> going</c><00:38:08.320><c> to</c><00:38:08.480><c> do?</c> 00:38:08.980 --> 00:38:11.380 They<00:38:09.159><c> can</c><00:38:09.420><c> sling</c><00:38:09.699><c> a</c><00:38:09.760><c> little</c><00:38:10.000><c> aircraft</c><00:38:10.500><c> around</c><00:38:10.860><c> the</c><00:38:11.099><c> world</c> 00:38:11.380 --> 00:38:13.059 and<00:38:11.719><c> go</c><00:38:11.800><c> up</c><00:38:12.000><c> and</c><00:38:12.159><c> down</c><00:38:12.320><c> and</c><00:38:12.639><c> in</c><00:38:12.739><c> and</c><00:38:12.920><c> out</c> 00:38:13.059 --> 00:38:14.159 and<00:38:13.280><c> land</c><00:38:13.559><c> it</c><00:38:13.739><c> back</c><00:38:13.860><c> again.</c> 00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:16.179 What's<00:38:14.800><c> that</c><00:38:14.960><c> for</c><00:38:15.099><c> the</c><00:38:15.300><c> Russians?</c> 00:38:16.280 --> 00:38:18.139 You<00:38:16.440><c> can't</c><00:38:16.860><c> fight</c><00:38:17.139><c> wars</c><00:38:17.420><c> from</c><00:38:17.659><c> up</c><00:38:17.900><c> there.</c> 00:38:18.440 --> 00:38:20.579 You<00:38:18.440><c> may</c><00:38:18.679><c> be</c><00:38:18.800><c> the</c><00:38:18.980><c> Mauryak</c><00:38:19.400><c> here,</c><00:38:19.519><c> but</c><00:38:19.619><c> it's</c><00:38:19.760><c> too</c><00:38:20.000><c> late</c><00:38:20.179><c> tomorrow.</c> 00:38:20.699 --> 00:38:22.679 The<00:38:20.880><c> Russians</c><00:38:21.139><c> moving</c><00:38:21.559><c> now.</c> 00:38:23.219 --> 00:38:25.280 And<00:38:23.440><c> when</c><00:38:23.579><c> the</c><00:38:23.880><c> conventional</c><00:38:24.360><c> forces</c><00:38:24.760><c> of</c><00:38:24.940><c> Russia</c> 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:27.239 are<00:38:25.639><c> seen</c><00:38:25.820><c> from</c><00:38:26.079><c> behind</c><00:38:26.380><c> the</c><00:38:26.659><c> iron</c><00:38:26.860><c> curtain,</c> 00:38:27.239 --> 00:38:29.639 I<00:38:27.820><c> don't</c><00:38:28.159><c> believe</c><00:38:28.579><c> that</c><00:38:28.739><c> there</c><00:38:28.880><c> will</c><00:38:29.059><c> be</c><00:38:29.219><c> a</c><00:38:29.500><c> force</c> 00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:33.519 in<00:38:29.880><c> the</c><00:38:30.059><c> world</c><00:38:30.380><c> that</c><00:38:30.699><c> will</c><00:38:30.960><c> come</c><00:38:31.139><c> anywhere</c><00:38:31.579><c> near</c><00:38:31.960><c> them.</c> 00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:35.800 Yes,<00:38:33.920><c> they</c><00:38:34.119><c> may</c><00:38:34.340><c> have</c><00:38:34.619><c> expertise</c><00:38:35.139><c> in</c><00:38:35.400><c> rocketry</c> 00:38:35.800 --> 00:38:37.460 and<00:38:36.280><c> in</c><00:38:36.460><c> the</c><00:38:36.699><c> atomic</c><00:38:37.039><c> weapons,</c> 00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:39.400 but<00:38:37.760><c> they're</c><00:38:37.940><c> going</c><00:38:38.039><c> to</c><00:38:38.139><c> be</c><00:38:38.340><c> checkmated.</c> 00:38:39.940 --> 00:38:41.659 Who's<00:38:40.320><c> going</c><00:38:40.420><c> to</c><00:38:40.519><c> use</c><00:38:40.780><c> them?</c> 00:38:41.719 --> 00:38:43.139 It's<00:38:42.039><c> suicide.</c> 00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:45.460 Brethren<00:38:44.440><c> and</c><00:38:44.679><c> sisters,</c><00:38:44.800><c> it'll</c><00:38:45.059><c> be</c><00:38:45.320><c> fought</c> 00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.960 in<00:38:45.639><c> the</c><00:38:45.820><c> good</c><00:38:45.940><c> old</c><00:38:46.219><c> slinging</c><00:38:46.599><c> match</c> 00:38:46.960 --> 00:38:48.280 in<00:38:47.340><c> the</c><00:38:47.559><c> field</c><00:38:47.760><c> of</c><00:38:48.019><c> battle.</c> 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.400 And<00:38:48.659><c> in</c><00:38:48.800><c> the</c><00:38:49.039><c> field</c><00:38:49.260><c> of</c><00:38:49.500><c> battle,</c><00:38:49.800><c> the</c><00:38:50.079><c> Russian</c> 00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:53.420 is<00:38:51.039><c> absolutely</c><00:38:51.980><c> supreme.</c> 00:38:53.739 --> 00:38:55.360 And<00:38:54.079><c> the</c><00:38:54.260><c> world</c><00:38:54.519><c> knows</c><00:38:54.860><c> it.</c> 00:38:55.360 --> 00:38:57.559 And<00:38:55.780><c> the</c><00:38:55.940><c> time</c><00:38:56.239><c> is</c><00:38:56.480><c> coming</c><00:38:56.659><c> when</c><00:38:56.880><c> the</c><00:38:57.019><c> loud</c><00:38:57.260><c> voice</c> 00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:00.099 of<00:38:57.780><c> America</c><00:38:57.980><c> will</c><00:38:58.159><c> be</c><00:38:58.380><c> heard</c><00:38:58.639><c> to</c><00:38:58.960><c> do</c><00:38:59.219><c> nothing.</c> 00:39:00.920 --> 00:39:03.019 And<00:39:01.019><c> we,</c><00:39:01.519><c> if</c><00:39:01.659><c> we're</c><00:39:01.820><c> still</c><00:39:02.059><c> here,</c> 00:39:03.059 --> 00:39:04.599 when<00:39:03.159><c> the</c><00:39:03.360><c> Russian</c><00:39:03.559><c> makes</c><00:39:03.840><c> its</c><00:39:04.139><c> grand</c><00:39:04.380><c> move</c> 00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:06.099 to<00:39:04.800><c> the</c><00:39:04.920><c> building</c><00:39:05.119><c> of</c><00:39:05.320><c> the</c><00:39:05.420><c> Jewish</c><00:39:05.679><c> Empire,</c> 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:06.920 brethren<00:39:06.360><c> and</c><00:39:06.619><c> sisters,</c> 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.119 we'll<00:39:07.360><c> either</c><00:39:07.519><c> be</c><00:39:07.860><c> saying</c><00:39:08.039><c> tomorrow</c><00:39:08.500><c> we</c><00:39:08.820><c> die</c> 00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:12.119 or<00:39:09.500><c> we'll</c><00:39:09.659><c> be</c><00:39:09.820><c> putting</c><00:39:10.000><c> our</c><00:39:10.320><c> trust</c><00:39:10.480><c> in</c><00:39:10.659><c> the</c><00:39:10.780><c> coming</c><00:39:10.980><c> of</c><00:39:11.199><c> Christ.</c> 00:39:12.980 --> 00:39:13.860 Or<00:39:13.460><c> we'll</c><00:39:13.579><c> be</c><00:39:13.639><c> looking</c> 00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:15.179 to<00:39:14.000><c> the</c><00:39:14.119><c> United</c><00:39:14.400><c> States</c><00:39:14.679><c> of</c><00:39:14.820><c> America</c> 00:39:15.179 --> 00:39:16.760 for<00:39:15.420><c> helping</c><00:39:15.619><c> Australia.</c> 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:19.239 We're<00:39:17.639><c> living</c><00:39:17.820><c> in</c><00:39:18.159><c> dramatic</c><00:39:18.719><c> times.</c> 00:39:19.619 --> 00:39:21.699 This<00:39:20.019><c> history</c><00:39:20.739><c> is</c><00:39:21.400><c> taken</c> 00:39:21.699 --> 00:39:23.739 by<00:39:21.960><c> God</c><00:39:22.239><c> Almighty</c><00:39:22.659><c> who</c><00:39:22.900><c> wrote</c><00:39:23.159><c> the</c><00:39:23.360><c> Bible</c> 00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:26.800 for<00:39:24.300><c> us.</c><00:39:25.099><c> He</c><00:39:25.159><c> put</c><00:39:25.360><c> that</c><00:39:25.599><c> in</c><00:39:25.840><c> Ezekiel</c><00:39:26.260><c> 38.</c> 00:39:26.920 --> 00:39:27.739 I'll<00:39:27.099><c> show</c><00:39:27.320><c> you</c><00:39:27.480><c> that</c> 00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.739 at<00:39:27.960><c> the</c><00:39:27.980><c> end</c><00:39:28.159><c> of</c><00:39:28.280><c> our</c><00:39:28.480><c> study.</c> 00:39:29.219 --> 00:39:32.000 He<00:39:29.400><c> took</c><00:39:29.619><c> that</c><00:39:29.880><c> and</c><00:39:30.000><c> put</c><00:39:30.139><c> it</c><00:39:30.260><c> in</c><00:39:30.340><c> Ezekiel</c><00:39:30.780><c> 38.</c> 00:39:32.260 --> 00:39:33.679 We<00:39:32.539><c> use</c><00:39:32.820><c> that</c><00:39:33.139><c> brethren</c><00:39:33.380><c> and</c><00:39:33.599><c> sisters</c> 00:39:33.679 --> 00:39:35.300 to<00:39:34.000><c> warn</c><00:39:34.179><c> the</c><00:39:34.460><c> world.</c> 00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:38.119 This<00:39:36.559><c> history</c><00:39:37.199><c> was</c><00:39:37.599><c> a</c><00:39:37.820><c> threat</c> 00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:40.860 to<00:39:38.559><c> the</c><00:39:38.820><c> brotherhood,</c><00:39:39.380><c> not</c><00:39:39.619><c> to</c><00:39:39.800><c> the</c><00:39:39.980><c> world.</c> 00:39:41.340 --> 00:39:42.340 And<00:39:41.460><c> it</c><00:39:41.519><c> was</c><00:39:41.719><c> the</c><00:39:41.940><c> brotherhood</c> 00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:44.239 that<00:39:42.420><c> was</c><00:39:42.679><c> under</c><00:39:42.960><c> siege,</c><00:39:43.440><c> not</c><00:39:43.639><c> the</c><00:39:43.880><c> world.</c> 00:39:44.659 --> 00:39:46.199 The<00:39:44.860><c> world</c><00:39:45.039><c> is</c><00:39:45.280><c> gone.</c> 00:39:46.460 --> 00:39:47.900 And<00:39:46.719><c> they</c><00:39:46.920><c> were</c><00:39:47.179><c> under</c><00:39:47.559><c> siege</c> 00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:49.579 up<00:39:48.340><c> to</c><00:39:48.519><c> the</c><00:39:48.659><c> neck</c> 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:52.059 until<00:39:50.480><c> the</c><00:39:50.760><c> head</c><00:39:50.920><c> come</c><00:39:51.239><c> to</c><00:39:51.440><c> save</c><00:39:51.679><c> them.</c> 00:39:52.059 --> 00:39:54.760 And<00:39:52.719><c> that's</c><00:39:53.179><c> the</c><00:39:53.179><c> situation</c><00:39:53.739><c> that</c><00:39:54.039><c> placed</c><00:39:54.219><c> them</c><00:39:54.440><c> here.</c> 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:56.260 And<00:39:54.980><c> they</c><00:39:55.159><c> went</c><00:39:55.420><c> down</c><00:39:55.780><c> to</c><00:39:55.980><c> Egypt</c> 00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:57.519 for<00:39:56.519><c> help.</c> 00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:59.960 What<00:39:58.880><c> happened?</c> 00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:02.380 Sidon<00:40:00.260><c> did</c><00:40:00.599><c> meet</c><00:40:00.760><c> a</c><00:40:00.940><c> force</c><00:40:01.099><c> of</c><00:40:01.260><c> the</c><00:40:01.440><c> Egyptians</c> 00:40:02.579 --> 00:40:04.239 at<00:40:03.159><c> Rapier,</c> 00:40:04.320 --> 00:40:05.940 just<00:40:04.320><c> south</c><00:40:04.639><c> of</c><00:40:04.900><c> Gaza,</c> 00:40:06.000 --> 00:40:08.260 between<00:40:06.300><c> Gaza</c><00:40:06.719><c> and</c><00:40:06.920><c> El</c><00:40:07.139><c> Arish.</c> 00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:09.699 And<00:40:08.639><c> history</c><00:40:08.900><c> records</c><00:40:09.420><c> a</c> 00:40:09.699 --> 00:40:12.179 resounding<00:40:10.420><c> victory</c><00:40:10.880><c> for</c><00:40:11.059><c> the</c><00:40:11.199><c> Assyrians.</c> 00:40:12.800 --> 00:40:14.340 He<00:40:13.000><c> chose</c><00:40:13.320><c> at</c><00:40:13.480><c> that</c><00:40:13.719><c> time,</c><00:40:14.019><c> however,</c> 00:40:14.539 --> 00:40:16.159 not<00:40:14.780><c> to</c><00:40:15.039><c> carry</c><00:40:15.199><c> his</c><00:40:15.460><c> victory</c><00:40:15.719><c> across</c> 00:40:16.159 --> 00:40:18.679 the<00:40:16.820><c> burning</c><00:40:17.179><c> desert</c><00:40:17.500><c> into</c><00:40:17.739><c> Egypt.</c> 00:40:18.860 --> 00:40:19.860 Because<00:40:19.199><c> at</c><00:40:19.400><c> that</c><00:40:19.619><c> time,</c> 00:40:19.860 --> 00:40:21.639 just<00:40:20.059><c> as</c><00:40:20.280><c> that</c><00:40:20.539><c> happened,</c><00:40:20.940><c> brethren</c><00:40:21.059><c> and</c><00:40:21.360><c> sisters,</c> 00:40:21.920 --> 00:40:24.139 there<00:40:22.039><c> was</c><00:40:22.199><c> a</c><00:40:22.400><c> revolt</c><00:40:22.619><c> back</c><00:40:22.980><c> home.</c> 00:40:24.460 --> 00:40:25.659 And<00:40:24.639><c> Merodech</c><00:40:25.079><c> Baladar</c> 00:40:25.659 --> 00:40:27.179 of<00:40:26.079><c> Babylon,</c> 00:40:27.659 --> 00:40:29.619 who<00:40:27.760><c> had</c><00:40:27.900><c> been</c><00:40:28.159><c> suppressed</c><00:40:28.599><c> by</c><00:40:28.940><c> the</c><00:40:29.099><c> Assyrians,</c> 00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:31.280 had<00:40:30.219><c> broken</c><00:40:30.460><c> out</c><00:40:30.699><c> again</c> 00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:34.360 and<00:40:31.840><c> Sidon</c><00:40:32.179><c> went</c><00:40:32.400><c> home</c><00:40:32.739><c> and</c><00:40:32.900><c> the</c><00:40:33.059><c> Middle</c><00:40:33.280><c> East</c><00:40:33.559><c> breathed.</c> 00:40:37.219 --> 00:40:38.599 Back<00:40:37.460><c> he</c><00:40:37.659><c> went.</c> 00:40:39.880 --> 00:40:41.920 And<00:40:40.059><c> everybody</c><00:40:40.599><c> breathed.</c> 00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:46.460 And<00:40:43.960><c> then</c><00:40:44.019><c> we</c><00:40:44.199><c> come</c><00:40:44.360><c> to</c><00:40:44.500><c> the</c><00:40:44.619><c> Second</c><00:40:44.800><c> Chronicles</c><00:40:45.280><c> 32.</c> 00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:09.219 Everything<00:41:05.840><c> that</c><00:41:06.320><c> I've</c><00:41:06.559><c> told</c><00:41:06.800><c> you</c><00:41:07.099><c> thus</c><00:41:07.340><c> far,</c><00:41:07.780><c> brethren</c><00:41:07.960><c> and</c><00:41:08.579><c> sisters,</c> 00:41:10.219 --> 00:41:13.420 happened<00:41:10.780><c> in</c><00:41:11.340><c> that</c><00:41:11.579><c> little</c><00:41:11.920><c> white</c><00:41:12.119><c> gap</c><00:41:12.420><c> in</c><00:41:12.639><c> your</c><00:41:12.900><c> Bible</c> 00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:15.739 between<00:41:14.480><c> the</c><00:41:14.619><c> end</c><00:41:14.860><c> of</c><00:41:15.019><c> Chapter</c><00:41:15.280><c> 31</c> 00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:17.320 and<00:41:15.980><c> Chapter</c><00:41:16.400><c> 32.</c> 00:41:18.400 --> 00:41:20.159 That's<00:41:18.960><c> where</c><00:41:19.159><c> all</c><00:41:19.340><c> the</c><00:41:19.519><c> battles</c><00:41:19.719><c> were</c><00:41:20.039><c> fought,</c> 00:41:20.179 --> 00:41:22.260 in<00:41:20.320><c> that</c><00:41:20.480><c> little</c><00:41:20.719><c> white</c><00:41:21.019><c> spot</c><00:41:21.300><c> there.</c> 00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:24.599 That<00:41:22.860><c> history,</c><00:41:23.300><c> which</c><00:41:23.420><c> I've</c><00:41:23.539><c> just</c><00:41:23.800><c> related</c><00:41:24.079><c> to</c><00:41:24.320><c> you,</c> 00:41:24.739 --> 00:41:26.079 is<00:41:24.860><c> in</c><00:41:25.000><c> 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00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:39.699 of<00:41:38.059><c> his</c><00:41:38.260><c> Achaia.</c> 00:41:39.960 --> 00:41:42.300 And<00:41:40.239><c> the</c><00:41:40.400><c> Assyrian</c><00:41:40.960><c> is</c><00:41:41.820><c> again</c> 00:41:42.300 --> 00:41:43.199 on<00:41:42.719><c> the</c><00:41:42.920><c> march.</c> 00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:45.760 And<00:41:43.860><c> this</c><00:41:44.340><c> time,</c><00:41:45.000><c> he</c><00:41:45.340><c> really</c> 00:41:45.760 --> 00:41:47.019 means<00:41:46.000><c> business.</c> 00:41:47.699 --> 00:41:50.239 Morodak<00:41:48.039><c> Baladan</c><00:41:48.659><c> is</c><00:41:49.119><c> in</c><00:41:49.239><c> absolute</c><00:41:49.780><c> change.</c> 00:41:50.440 --> 00:41:51.539 He's<00:41:50.739><c> dead.</c><00:41:51.000><c> He's</c><00:41:51.360><c> gone.</c> 00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:53.599 They've<00:41:51.980><c> crushed</c><00:41:52.199><c> him</c><00:41:52.420><c> out</c><00:41:52.539><c> of</c><00:41:52.760><c> existence.</c> 00:41:54.099 --> 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why.</c> 00:42:32.460 --> 00:42:33.320 Listen. 00:42:33.719 --> 00:42:36.119 It<00:42:33.920><c> says,</c><00:42:34.920><c> after</c><00:42:35.239><c> these</c> 00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.400 things 00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:40.420 and<00:42:38.539><c> the</c><00:42:38.940><c> establishment</c><00:42:39.619><c> thereof.</c> 00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:43.400 Now<00:42:41.980><c> what</c><00:42:42.460><c> things?</c> 00:42:43.820 --> 00:42:45.400 Well,<00:42:43.960><c> the</c><00:42:44.099><c> history</c><00:42:44.280><c> is</c><00:42:44.460><c> missing.</c> 00:42:46.519 --> 00:42:47.940 The<00:42:46.619><c> things</c><00:42:46.820><c> which</c><00:42:47.019><c> were</c><00:42:47.360><c> immediately</c> 00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:50.280 before<00:42:48.400><c> it</c><00:42:48.539><c> were</c><00:42:48.739><c> all</c><00:42:48.960><c> Hezekiah's</c> 00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:51.739 righteous<00:42:50.699><c> reform.</c> 00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:53.860 And<00:42:53.340><c> you</c><00:42:53.519><c> see,</c> 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establishment</c><00:43:02.280><c> is</c><00:43:02.539><c> in</c><00:43:02.800><c> the</c><00:43:02.940><c> Hebrew?</c> 00:43:04.940 --> 00:43:07.179 It's<00:43:05.420><c> the</c><00:43:05.659><c> Hebrew</c><00:43:06.119><c> word</c> 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:09.119 emeth,<00:43:08.179><c> which</c><00:43:08.340><c> is</c><00:43:08.599><c> the</c><00:43:08.820><c> word</c> 00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:11.940 for<00:43:09.699><c> faithfulness.</c> 00:43:12.670 --> 00:43:15.039 After<00:43:13.159><c> these</c><00:43:13.719><c> things</c> 00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:17.280 faithfully<00:43:16.119><c> done</c> 00:43:18.929 --> 00:43:20.900 God<00:43:19.420><c> sends</c><00:43:20.039><c> the</c><00:43:20.460><c> Assyria</c> 00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:23.059 against<00:43:21.320><c> them.</c> 00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:24.699 Robbahan<00:43:23.619><c> puts</c><00:43:23.920><c> them</c> 00:43:24.699 --> 00:43:27.059 after<00:43:25.380><c> these</c><00:43:25.980><c> things</c><00:43:26.420><c> done</c> 00:43:27.059 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these</c><00:45:21.869><c> two</c><00:45:22.090><c> men</c><00:45:22.230><c> went</c><00:45:22.409><c> out</c> 00:45:22.630 --> 00:45:24.409 with<00:45:22.849><c> Shebna</c><00:45:23.269><c> taking</c><00:45:23.630><c> a</c><00:45:23.889><c> second</c><00:45:24.070><c> position</c> 00:45:24.409 --> 00:45:27.050 but<00:45:24.610><c> not</c><00:45:24.710><c> Eliakim,</c><00:45:25.690><c> there</c><00:45:25.929><c> was</c><00:45:26.170><c> the</c><00:45:26.349><c> manifestation</c> 00:45:27.050 --> 00:45:28.829 that<00:45:27.269><c> Hezekiah</c><00:45:27.889><c> had</c><00:45:28.210><c> gained</c><00:45:28.389><c> control</c> 00:45:28.829 --> 00:45:30.269 of<00:45:29.030><c> that</c><00:45:29.030><c> situation.</c> 00:45:30.630 --> 00:45:32.869 And<00:45:30.829><c> I</c><00:45:31.070><c> believe</c><00:45:31.489><c> that</c><00:45:31.710><c> the</c><00:45:31.849><c> man</c><00:45:32.130><c> behind</c><00:45:32.590><c> that</c> 00:45:32.869 --> 00:45:34.889 was<00:45:33.230><c> Isaiah,</c><00:45:33.909><c> that</c><00:45:34.349><c> glorious</c> 00:45:34.889 --> 00:45:36.829 prophet<00:45:35.230><c> of</c><00:45:35.489><c> Judah,</c><00:45:36.389><c> who</c><00:45:36.550><c> must</c> 00:45:36.829 --> 00:45:38.809 have<00:45:36.989><c> been</c><00:45:37.130><c> the</c><00:45:37.469><c> power</c><00:45:37.849><c> behind</c><00:45:38.230><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:45:38.809 --> 00:45:40.989 to<00:45:39.269><c> win</c><00:45:39.610><c> the</c><00:45:39.809><c> day</c><00:45:39.989><c> against</c><00:45:40.309><c> that</c><00:45:40.590><c> cabinet</c> 00:45:40.989 --> 00:45:42.750 and<00:45:41.489><c> to</c><00:45:41.710><c> put</c><00:45:41.809><c> an</c><00:45:42.110><c> iron</c><00:45:42.449><c> clamp</c> 00:45:42.750 --> 00:45:44.909 upon<00:45:42.989><c> the</c><00:45:43.210><c> Egyptian</c><00:45:43.630><c> party</c><00:45:44.210><c> and</c><00:45:44.550><c> to</c><00:45:44.769><c> put</c> 00:45:44.909 --> 00:45:46.909 their<00:45:45.250><c> trust</c><00:45:45.610><c> in</c><00:45:45.949><c> Yahweh.</c> 00:45:47.690 --> 00:45:48.710 And<00:45:47.869><c> so</c><00:45:48.070><c> Hezekiah,</c> 00:45:48.829 --> 00:45:51.050 brethren<00:45:48.969><c> and</c><00:45:49.289><c> sisters,</c><00:45:50.670><c> had</c><00:45:50.769><c> been</c> 00:45:51.050 --> 00:45:52.789 forced<00:45:51.309><c> to</c><00:45:51.489><c> pay</c><00:45:51.710><c> tribute</c><00:45:52.050><c> before</c><00:45:52.449><c> Sargon</c> 00:45:52.789 --> 00:45:54.750 went<00:45:52.969><c> home.</c><00:45:53.989><c> The</c><00:45:54.210><c> tribute</c><00:45:54.429><c> was</c> 00:45:54.750 --> 00:45:56.789 reimposed<00:45:55.389><c> on</c><00:45:55.550><c> him</c><00:45:55.909><c> and</c><00:45:56.170><c> he</c><00:45:56.510><c> accepted</c> 00:45:56.789 --> 00:45:58.909 that.<00:45:57.130><c> He</c><00:45:57.469><c> had</c><00:45:57.630><c> to</c><00:45:57.789><c> take</c><00:45:57.949><c> the</c><00:45:58.190><c> gold</c><00:45:58.409><c> off</c><00:45:58.590><c> the</c><00:45:58.750><c> doors</c> 00:45:58.909 --> 00:46:00.710 of<00:45:59.090><c> the</c><00:45:59.230><c> temple.</c><00:45:59.889><c> But</c><00:46:00.030><c> when</c><00:46:00.269><c> Sennacherib</c> 00:46:00.710 --> 00:46:03.630 came,<00:46:01.329><c> we</c><00:46:01.510><c> read</c><00:46:01.690><c> in</c><00:46:01.969><c> verse</c><00:46:02.329><c> 3</c> 00:46:04.269 --> 00:46:05.269 that<00:46:04.769><c> Hezekiah</c> 00:46:05.269 --> 00:46:06.769 took<00:46:05.630><c> counsel</c><00:46:06.010><c> with</c><00:46:06.190><c> his</c><00:46:06.389><c> princes</c> 00:46:06.769 --> 00:46:08.889 and<00:46:07.349><c> with</c><00:46:07.530><c> his</c><00:46:07.750><c> mighty</c><00:46:08.010><c> men</c><00:46:08.230><c> to</c><00:46:08.510><c> stop</c><00:46:08.670><c> the</c> 00:46:08.889 --> 00:46:10.650 war.<00:46:09.550><c> Sorry,</c><00:46:10.010><c> that's</c><00:46:10.130><c> not</c><00:46:10.250><c> the</c><00:46:10.349><c> word</c><00:46:10.449><c> I</c><00:46:10.570><c> want.</c> 00:46:10.730 --> 00:46:12.869 Verse<00:46:10.929><c> 2.</c><00:46:11.550><c> And</c><00:46:11.690><c> when</c><00:46:11.889><c> Hezekiah</c><00:46:12.429><c> saw</c><00:46:12.670><c> that</c> 00:46:12.869 --> 00:46:14.869 Sennacherib<00:46:13.289><c> was</c><00:46:13.570><c> come</c><00:46:13.849><c> and</c><00:46:14.269><c> that</c><00:46:14.389><c> he</c><00:46:14.530><c> was</c> 00:46:14.869 --> 00:46:17.030 purposed<00:46:15.170><c> to</c><00:46:15.429><c> fight</c><00:46:15.630><c> against</c><00:46:15.989><c> Jerusalem,</c> 00:46:17.510 --> 00:46:18.769 the<00:46:17.710><c> margin</c><00:46:18.050><c> says</c><00:46:18.309><c> he</c><00:46:18.429><c> was</c> 00:46:18.769 --> 00:46:19.949 for<00:46:18.909><c> war.</c> 00:46:20.789 --> 00:46:22.610 Hezekiah<00:46:21.289><c> realized,</c><00:46:21.969><c> brethren</c><00:46:22.090><c> and</c><00:46:22.349><c> sisters,</c> 00:46:22.929 --> 00:46:24.889 that<00:46:23.070><c> Sennacherib</c><00:46:23.570><c> was</c><00:46:23.869><c> not</c><00:46:24.170><c> going</c><00:46:24.429><c> to</c> 00:46:24.889 --> 00:46:26.329 honor<00:46:25.030><c> that</c><00:46:25.369><c> tribute.</c> 00:46:27.269 --> 00:46:28.889 That's<00:46:27.730><c> the</c><00:46:27.829><c> point</c><00:46:28.010><c> that's</c><00:46:28.250><c> being</c><00:46:28.489><c> made.</c> 00:46:29.110 --> 00:46:31.130 He<00:46:29.309><c> wasn't</c><00:46:29.650><c> going</c><00:46:29.989><c> to</c><00:46:30.289><c> honor</c><00:46:30.409><c> that</c><00:46:30.710><c> tribute.</c> 00:46:31.409 --> 00:46:32.949 So<00:46:31.469><c> what</c><00:46:31.590><c> did</c><00:46:31.710><c> Hezekiah</c><00:46:32.250><c> do?</c> 00:46:33.590 --> 00:46:35.050 It<00:46:33.849><c> says</c><00:46:34.210><c> in</c><00:46:34.429><c> verse</c><00:46:34.710><c> 4</c> 00:46:35.050 --> 00:46:36.929 that<00:46:35.250><c> he</c><00:46:35.510><c> took</c><00:46:35.769><c> the</c><00:46:36.050><c> waters</c><00:46:36.250><c> and</c><00:46:36.429><c> the</c><00:46:36.630><c> fountains</c> 00:46:36.929 --> 00:46:39.309 that<00:46:37.050><c> were</c><00:46:37.210><c> all</c><00:46:37.389><c> out</c><00:46:37.469><c> in</c><00:46:37.670><c> the</c><00:46:37.730><c> city</c><00:46:37.889><c> and</c><00:46:38.170><c> he</c><00:46:38.429><c> stopped</c><00:46:38.610><c> them</c> 00:46:39.309 --> 00:46:40.889 and<00:46:39.610><c> he</c><00:46:39.869><c> brought</c><00:46:40.030><c> that</c><00:46:40.269><c> water</c><00:46:40.510><c> inside</c> 00:46:40.889 --> 00:46:42.829 the<00:46:41.110><c> city.</c><00:46:41.510><c> He</c><00:46:41.550><c> completed</c><00:46:41.949><c> that</c><00:46:42.269><c> conduit</c> 00:46:42.829 --> 00:46:44.610 and<00:46:43.190><c> he</c><00:46:43.389><c> ran</c><00:46:43.510><c> the</c><00:46:43.789><c> pool</c><00:46:43.909><c> of</c><00:46:44.190><c> Giham</c> 00:46:44.610 --> 00:46:47.349 down<00:46:45.150><c> the</c><00:46:45.429><c> 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an</c><00:47:11.030><c> expedient</c> 00:47:11.389 --> 00:47:12.809 that<00:47:11.510><c> they</c><00:47:11.690><c> might</c><00:47:11.849><c> have</c><00:47:12.050><c> a</c><00:47:12.210><c> water</c><00:47:12.369><c> supply.</c> 00:47:13.010 --> 00:47:14.630 But<00:47:13.150><c> he</c><00:47:13.250><c> would</c><00:47:13.369><c> have</c><00:47:13.570><c> seen</c><00:47:13.710><c> in</c><00:47:13.809><c> that,</c><00:47:14.269><c> brethren</c><00:47:14.269><c> and</c><00:47:14.469><c> sisters,</c> 00:47:15.030 --> 00:47:17.329 some<00:47:15.030><c> spiritual</c><00:47:15.510><c> import,</c><00:47:15.949><c> no</c><00:47:16.130><c> doubt</c><00:47:16.329><c> whatever.</c> 00:47:17.449 --> 00:47:19.349 Because<00:47:17.809><c> verse</c><00:47:18.230><c> 5</c><00:47:18.630><c> tells</c><00:47:18.929><c> us</c> 00:47:19.349 --> 00:47:21.650 that<00:47:19.690><c> he</c><00:47:20.070><c> strengthened</c><00:47:20.469><c> himself</c> 00:47:23.210 --> 00:47:24.250 Now<00:47:23.690><c> 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