When a prophet speaks in the Lord’s name, and the message does not come true or is not fulfilled, that is a message the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously. Do not be afraid of him.
God saw their actions #– #that they had turned from their evil ways #– #so God relented from the disaster he had threatened them with. And he did not do it.
I will add fifteen years to your life. I will rescue you and this city from the grasp of the king of Assyria. I will defend this city for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.” ’
In those days Hezekiah became terminally ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Set your house in order, for you are about to die; you will not recover.” ’
The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching; and look #– #something greater than Jonah is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgement with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah’s preaching, and look #– #something greater than Jonah is here.
Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, for the Lord is a just God. All who wait patiently for him are happy.
“If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will rebuild and not demolish you, and I will plant and not uproot you, because I relent concerning the disaster that I have brought on you.