The King of Assyria

Prophet Isaiah tells of the Assyrians,
Besieging Jerusalem.
The Rabshakeh taunted,
“What God will save you?”

Then when God turned away the Assyrians
With a rumor,
The Rabshakeh taunted,
“This is not God’s salvation!”

Thus, I suppose, do we sometimes miss
God’s actions on our behalf,
Misinterpreting them
As the normal course of events.

King Hezekiah wondered.
He took the Rabshakeh’s taunts
And laid them before the LORD.
“The Assyrians have triumphed everywhere….”

Therefore thus saith the LORD
Concerning the king of Assyria,
“He shall not come into this city.”

And they didn’t.