Reference

Isaiah 37:21

Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:
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And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

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Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, even thou only.

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Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:

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This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

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Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

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Literal Fulfillment
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Prophetic Methods of Communication
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Literal Fulfillment

While the verse describes a past event, the "literal fulfillment" theme typically applies to prophecies that are yet to be fulfilled or have been fulfilled in a way that directly matches the prophetic language. This verse describes a prayer and God's response to a current situation, not a prophecy being fulfilled.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes Isaiah sending a message to Hezekiah, which is a human act of communication, not necessarily a direct depiction of God's method of communicating revelation to Isaiah. The phrase "Thus saith the Lord God of Israel" indicates the *content* of the message is from God, but not the *process* by which Isaiah received it.