It may be that the LORD your God heard the words of the Rab-shakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria sent to mock the living God, and will rebuke him for the words that the LORD your God has heard; therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left — the request explicitly appeals to Isaiah for prophetic intercession: 'lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.' The phrase 'to mock the living God' identifies the theological issue: the Rab-shakeh's speech constituted blasphemy against the LORD. The reference to 'the remnant that is left' suggests awareness that Judah, having lost the ten tribes of Israel, now constitutes merely a remnant. The appeal for prayer for 'the remnant' invokes the theology of the remnant salvation that becomes central to Isaiah's vision of judgment and restoration.

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