Then
Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the Lord
Almighty: The time will surely come when everything in your palace, and all
that your predecessors have stored up until this day, will be carried off to
Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the Lord.
And some of your descendants, your own flesh and blood who will be born to you,
will be taken away, and they will become eunuchs in the palace of the king of
Babylon.” Isaiah 39:5-7
Yes,
but God used Babylon as judgment against Judah/Jerusalem for more reasons than
just that. The pride of Hezekiah
revealed the pride of the nation thinking they deserved riches and God’s
protection. After God defeated the
Assyrians and protected Jerusalem, the people and leaders developed an attitude
and forgot their humility when faced with danger. That pride developed into a love for idols
and other pleasures. This was just the
beginning.