²⁹“ ‘And this will be a sign for you, Hezekiah: You will eat what grows by itself this year and next year. But in the third year you will plant and harvest, plant vineyards, and eat what is produced. ³⁰Those few people from the nation of Judah who escape will again take root and produce crops. ³¹Those few people will go out from Jerusalem, and those who escape will go out of Mount Zion. The Lord is determined to do this.’

³²“This is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:

He will never come into this city,

shoot an arrow here,

hold a shield in front of it,

or put up dirt ramps to attack it.

³³He will go back the way he came,

and he won’t come into this city,”

declares the Lord of Armies.

³⁴“I will shield this city to rescue it for my sake

and for the sake of my servant David.”

³⁵It happened that night. The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⸤soldiers⸥ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.

³⁶Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left. He went home to Nineveh and stayed there.

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