26. Leaving their people dispirited,slumped shoulders, limp souls.Useless as weeds, fragile as grass,insubstantial as wind-blown chaff.
27. I know when you sit down, when you comeand when you go;And, yes, I’ve marked every oneof your temper tantrums against me.
28. It’s because of your temper,your blasphemous foul temper,That I’m putting my hook in your noseand my bit in your mouthAnd turning you backto where you came from.
29. And this, Hezekiah, will be for you the confirming sign:This year you’ll eat the gleanings, next yearwhatever you can beg, borrow, or steal;But the third year you’ll sow and harvest,plant vineyards and eat grapes.
30. A remnant of the family of Judah yet againwill sink down roots and raise up fruit.
31. The remnant will come from Jerusalem,the survivors from Mount Zion.The Zeal of Godwill make it happen.
32. To sum up, this is what God says regarding the king of Assyria:He won’t enter this city,nor shoot so much as a single arrow there;Won’t brandish a shield,won’t even begin to set siege;
33. He’ll go home by the same road he came;he won’t enter this city. God’s word!