2Ch 29:6-11, 32:20, 25-26, 34:21, Isa 37:1, 4, 15-20 | ESV | STEP | For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God . They have forsaken him and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backs .

2 Chronicles 29:6-11

6 For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God. They have forsaken him and ^ahave turned away their faces from the habitation of the Lord and turned their backs. 7 They also ^bshut the doors of the vestibule and put out the lamps and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the Holy Place to the God of Israel. 8 Therefore ^cthe wrath of the Lord came on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has made them ^dan object of horror, of astonishment, ^eand of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. 9 For behold, ^four fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. 10 Now ^git is in my heart ^hto make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, in order that his fierce anger may turn away from us. 11 My sons, do not now be negligent, ⁱfor the Lord has chosen you to stand in his presence, to minister to him and to be his ministers and make offerings to him.”

2 Chronicles 32:20

The Lord Delivers Jerusalem

20 Then Hezekiah the king and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed because of this and cried to heaven.

2 Chronicles 32:25-26

25 But Hezekiah ^jdid not make return according to the benefit done to him, for ^khis heart was proud. Therefore ^lwrath came upon him and Judah and Jerusalem. 26 But Hezekiah ^mhumbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord did not come upon them in the days of Hezekiah.

2 Chronicles 34:21

21 “Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that has been found. For great is ⁿthe wrath of the Lord that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book.”

Isaiah 37:1

Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah’s Help

1 ^oAs soon as King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord.

Isaiah 37:4

4 ^pIt may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke the words that the Lord your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for ^qthe remnant that is left.’”

Isaiah 37:15-20

15 And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: 16 “O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, ^renthroned above the cherubim, you are the God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; ^syou have made heaven and earth. 17 ^tIncline your ear, O Lord, and hear; open your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear ^uall the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to mock the living God. 18 Truly, O Lord, ^vthe kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands, 19 and have cast their gods into the fire. For they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone. Therefore they were destroyed. 20 So now, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord.”