28. And because you rage against meand because your pride has reached my ears,I will put my hook in your nose,and my bit in your mouth.I will make you go backthe same way you came.
29. “Now this will be the sign for you, Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows by itself. Next year you will eat what grows from that. But in the third year, sow seed and harvest it; plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
30. The survivors of the house of Judah who have escaped will take root below and bear fruit above.
31. Those who remain will go out from Jerusalem, and those who survive will go out from Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of heavenly forces will do this.
32. "Therefore, this is what the Lord says about Assyria’s king: He won’t enter this city. He won’t shoot a single arrow there. He won’t come near the city with a shield. He won’t build a ramp to besiege it.
33. He will go back by the same way he came. He won’t enter this city, declares the Lord.
34. I will defend this city and save it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David."
35. That night the Lord’s messenger went out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand soldiers in the Assyrian camp. When people got up the next morning, there were dead bodies everywhere.