Still a bunch of "he said" "he said" between Jerusalem and Assyria. I for some reason am finding Isaiah really hard to get into. I just don't like the feel or the flow of this book. The king of Judah is on his deathbed. He has no sons so he begs for his life. God grants him 15 more yrs. In that 15 yrs he does have sons. The one that ultimately takes his thrown turns out to be supa horrid. So should we ask for what we don't have, or aren't getting?
Some of his sons also get taken away to become Eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.
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Here's one spot where I disagree with the notes. I feel pretty good about disagreeing with them here, too, because this is the publisher's opinion...it is not based on archeological evidence or other writings. God would never allow a request to be granted to "show" us, that is, to allow something bad to happen. Here in Isaiah it will tell us in a few short chapters that God's plans are to prosper us, not to harm us. And later that He uses all things together for our good. So, there's no way He would grant us our prayer, just to let bad things happen to us, so that we learn our lesson for "challenging" Him. That's absurd.
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