He is the Truth, for His promises are faithful.
He is the Life, for there is no eternal life apart from Him.
How tenderly He says to us: "Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you Rest."
[XII. THE LETTER THAT WAS LAID BEFORE THE LORD,
AND THE LORD'S ANSWER]
HEZEKIAH, King of Judah, did that which was right in the sight of the Lord. He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the Kings of Judah, nor any that were before him.
Immediately after he came to the throne, he destroyed all the high places where the people had worshipped false gods, and he broke their images; and he followed the commandments of the Lord with all his heart.
And the Lord was with him, and he prospered in all he set his hand to.
He defeated the Philistines, and rebelled against the yoke of the King of Assyria, and refused to serve him.
Meanwhile, however, Hoshea, who was then King of Israel, was very much harassed by the Assyrians, and God permitted them to come into the land of Israel and besiege Samaria for three years. They took it, and carried numbers of captives into the land of Assyria, because His people had transgressed His commandments.