2 Ki 20:12-19

At that time Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon,
sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick.

Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house,
the silver and
the gold and
the spices and
the precious oil and
the house of his armor and
all that was found in his treasuries.
There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them.

Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him,
“What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?”
And Hezekiah said, “They have come from a far country, from Babylon.”

He said, “What have they seen in your house?”
So Hezekiah answered,
“They have seen all that is in my house;
there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them.”

Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of the LORD.

‘Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house,
and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon;
nothing shall be left,’ says the LORD.

‘Some of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away;
and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’”

Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah,
“The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good.”
For he thought, “Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?”

Hezekiah’s braggadocios hospitality would cost him.

All that had been laid up by generations would be lost to the one before whom he bragged.

Hezekiah’s response?
Repent?

Nope.

He understood the word of the Lord to apply to the future after his reign.
He was correct.

He thought “good, at least there would be peace and truth in my days”.

He cared not about the future.
He cared not about his progeny.
He cared not about the nation/people.

He was distracted by the “things of this world.”

Beware.

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