The prophet asked, “What did they see in your palace?” “They saw everything in my palace,” Hezekiah said. “There is nothing among my treasures that I did not show them.” (Isaiah 39:4)
Oops! Bad move, Hezekiah. The king would have been better served by restraining himself, by letting outsiders know little of his kingdom, not much, and especially so much concerning the wealth of the kingdom.
Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. (Proverbs 16:18) Pride will be the undoing of Hezekiah’s rule. The treasures of Judah will be taken away.
Of what am I most prideful? Of whom do you swell with pride, reader? When we put our boasting on full display, what may we expect as one outcome?
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