Hezekiah's ingratitude and arrogance, resulting from the benefits bestowed upon him, indicates a spiritual failure despite his earlier faithfulness. The description of his heart becoming proud despite the healing and the restoration of his position suggests that success bred complacency and spiritual decline. The Lord's wrath descending on him, Judah, and Jerusalem indicates that divine displeasure responds to ingratitude and pride. The explicit causal connection between Hezekiah's pride and the Lord's wrath demonstrates that spiritual failure brings consequences even to a king whose earlier faith was rewarded. The episode indicates that faithfulness is not a permanent achievement but requires sustained vigilance against pride and ingratitude.

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