In the reign of Hezekiah, Judah’s people were challenged,
The Assyrian King Sennacherib went up to face them.
He said the people could not be saved,
And the Assyrian kings, nobody could face.
The king said that in Hezekiah, they could not rely on,
Even being faithful to God, they would not have salvation.
Because the gods of all peoples were beaten,
And the people and God of Israel would fall before them.
The king’s envoys went to the prophet Isaiah,
They pleaded for God to help the people and Hezekiah.
They cried out for the Lord to save them,
And may God go forth in battle to help them.
Hezekiah trusted plainly in the Lord,
People did not doubt the mercy of God.
They knew the Lord was greater than everything,
God could beat any kingdom and its king.
Against the Assyrian army, a Lord’s angel went to fight,
And the angel exterminated all soldiers’ lives.
Sennacherib returned to his land and was murdered,
Because of his provocation to God, he was condemned.
This poem is part of the book Christian Poetry Volume V.
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