25. Sennacherib, now listento me, the Lord.I planned all this long ago.And you don't even realizethat I alone am the onewho decided that youwould do these things.I let you make ruinsof fortified cities.
26. Their people became weak,terribly confused.They were like wild flowersor tender young grassgrowing on a flat roof,scorched before it matures.
27. I know all about you,even how fiercely angryyou are with me.
28. I have seen your prideand the tremendous hatredyou have for me.Now I will put a hookin your nose,a bit in your mouth,then I will send you backto where you came from.
29. Hezekiah, I will tell you what's going to happen. This year you will eat crops that grow on their own, and the next year you will eat whatever springs up where those crops grew. But the third year you will plant grain and vineyards, and you will eat what you harvest.
30. Those who survive in Judah will be like a vine that puts down deep roots and bears fruit.
31. I, the Lord All-Powerful, will see to it that some who live in Jerusalem will survive.
32. I promise that the king of Assyria won't get into Jerusalem, or shoot an arrow into the city, or even surround it and prepare to attack.