“Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.”
Hezekiah's officials return to the king with torn clothes, expressing distress and grief at the Assyrian threats and ultimatums. The tearing of clothes represents traditional expression of mourning and distress. The reporting of the Rabshakeh's words establishes that the king now faces full knowledge of the threat. The oracle concludes the narrative of public confrontation and establishes the transition to Hezekiah's response: prayer and seeking divine guidance. Chapter 36 concludes by establishing the crisis that will provoke Hezekiah's prayer and Isaiah's prophecy of deliverance.
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