The prediction of figure of the Immanuel in chapter 7 cannot be interpreted removed from the royal oracle of chapter 9. Using the name of Immanuel, the oracle depicts the ideal Davidic king to free and redeem Judah from her enslavement due to her sins against God. In connecting the two oracles, it is more likely that people understood King Hezekiah to be the one spoken of rather than a son of Isaiah for the Immanuel figure is of royalty. This king is described as having brought God’s people out of the darkness and into the light of prosperity and joy. “For a child has been born to us, a son has been given us” speaks as the child predicted by Isaiah having come (Isa. 9:5). Isaiah speaks in the past tense about the child, creating multiple interpretations.
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Ahaz was an unfaithful king who built altars to other gods and did not trust in the Lord. He did not seek out the Lord for when the kings of Aram and Ephraim were about to siege his city, but the Lord came to him. When faced with a similar military attack, King Hezekiah trusts in the Lord’s promise to deliver Jerusalem and does not invest his hope in military power. King Hezekiah immediately seeks out the Lord for His guidance by “sending Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna, the scribe, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah” (Isa. 37:2). He does not rely on himself to figure out what to do but wholeheartedly trusts in the Lord. In response to King Hezekiah’s obedience and dependence upon Him, the Lord send many signs of deliverance and blessings upon King Hezekiah and …show more content…
Upon being cured from dying in Chapter 38, King Hezekiah succumbs to the sin of pride through showing off his treasures to the king of Babylon. In his arrogance, he views the treasure as his possessions, not gifts from God. King Hezekiah’s display of wealth feeds the envy of the Babylonian king, who will attack and bring the treasure and the people of Judah into exile. Righteousness and fearful of the Lord do not deify King Hezekiah who is a finite human being. The Immanuel figure promised by God is more than a human being, but God
Ahaz was an unfaithful king who built altars to other gods and did not trust in the Lord. He did not seek out the Lord for when the kings of Aram and Ephraim were about to siege his city, but the Lord came to him. When faced with a similar military attack, King Hezekiah trusts in the Lord’s promise to deliver Jerusalem and does not invest his hope in military power. King Hezekiah immediately seeks out the Lord for His guidance by “sending Eliakim, who was in charge of the palace, Shebna, the scribe, and the senior priests, covered with sackcloth, to the prophet Isaiah” (Isa. 37:2). He does not rely on himself to figure out what to do but wholeheartedly trusts in the Lord. In response to King Hezekiah’s obedience and dependence upon Him, the Lord send many signs of deliverance and blessings upon King Hezekiah and …show more content…
Upon being cured from dying in Chapter 38, King Hezekiah succumbs to the sin of pride through showing off his treasures to the king of Babylon. In his arrogance, he views the treasure as his possessions, not gifts from God. King Hezekiah’s display of wealth feeds the envy of the Babylonian king, who will attack and bring the treasure and the people of Judah into exile. Righteousness and fearful of the Lord do not deify King Hezekiah who is a finite human being. The Immanuel figure promised by God is more than a human being, but God