³³“This is what the Lord has said about the Assyrian emperor: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city, and no siege mounds will be built round it. ³⁴He will go back by the road on which he came, without entering this city. I, the Lord, have spoken. ³⁵I will defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honour and because of the promise I made to my servant David.’ ”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow there or come before it with a shield or cast up a siege mound against it. By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord. For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:

“He will not enter this city

or shoot an arrow here.

He will not come before it with shield

or build a siege ramp against it.

By the way that he came he will return;

he will not enter this city,”

declares the Lord.

“I will defend this city and save it,

for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“Therefore, this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

He will not enter this city,

shoot an arrow here,

come before it with a shield,

or build up a siege ramp against it.

He will go back

the way he came,

and he will not enter this city.

This is the Lord’s declaration.

I will defend this city and rescue it

for my sake

and for the sake of my servant David.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“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 shields

nor build banks of earth against its walls.

The king will return to his own country

by the same road on which he came.

He will not enter this city,’

says the Lord.

‘For my own honor and for the sake of my servant David,

I will defend this city and protect it.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Therefore thus says Yahweh concerning the king of Assyria:

‘He shall not come to this city,

and he shall not shoot an arrow there,

and he shall not meet it with a shield,

and he shall not heap a siege ramp up against her.

He shall return by the way that he came,

and he shall not come to this city,’

declares Yahweh.

‘And I will defend this city, to save it for my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.’ ”

KJV 1900King James Version

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria,

He shall not come into this city,

Nor shoot an arrow there,

Nor come before it with shields,

Nor cast a bank against it.

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,

And shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

For I will defend this city to save it

For mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

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