Leaving the bill for someone else to pay
This week's verses are 2 Kings 20:16-19 : Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Listen to the Lord ’s message, ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord . ‘Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.’” Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The Lord ’s message which you have announced is appropriate.” Then he added, “At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime.” King Hezekiah was a great king of Israel. He is remembered for fortifying Jerusalem, and resisting invasion by the Assyrians. But these verses describe a moment of weakness. Before these verses, God had cured him of a terminal illness. He was recovering when he received visitors from Babylon. He showed them all of his treasures, and then the prophet Isaiah showed up to tell him what wo...