God's Remnant
Image via Wikipedia "It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh , whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left." ( 2 Kings 19:4 ) These words were part of King Hezekiah 's plea to Isaiah for help in prayer against Rabshakeh and the Assyrian army besieging Jerusalem. It marks the second time in which this particular word is used for "the remnant," the first being in Genesis 45:7 , when Joseph assured his brothers that God had sent him into Egypt to preserve for Israel "a posterity" in the earth. However, this word (Hebrew sherith ) is prominent later in the writings of the prophets, who frequently refer to the faithful Israelite "remnant" during times of apostasy. The same doctrine appears in the New Testament . Speaking of the children of Israel during the time of