29. Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true:“This year you will eat only what grows up by itself,and next year you will eat what springs up from that.But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them;you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit.
30. And you who are left in Judah,who have escaped the ravages of the siege,will put roots down in your own soiland will grow up and flourish.
31. For a remnant of my people will spread out from Jerusalem,a group of survivors from Mount Zion.The passionate commitment of the lord of Heaven’s Armieswill make this happen!
32. “And this is what the lord says about the king of Assyria:“His armies will not enter Jerusalem.They will not even shoot an arrow at it.They will not march outside its gates with their shieldsnor build banks of earth against its walls.
33. The king will return to his own countryby the same road on which he came.He will not enter this city,says the lord.
34. For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,I will defend this city and protect it.”