2 Kings 19:20-34 - Isaiah Brings A Prophetic Response
20 Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says: 'You prayed to me about King Sennacherib of Assyria. I have heard you. 21 This is Jehovah's message to Sennacherib: 'My people, the virgin daughter of Zion, despise you and laugh at you. My people in Jerusalem shake their heads behind your back. 22 Whom are you defying and slandering? Against whom are you shouting? Who are you looking at so arrogantly? It is the Holy One of Israel! 23 You defy Jehovah and through your servants you say: 'With my many chariots I ride up the high mountains, up the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its finest cypresses. I travel to its most distant borders and its most fertile forests. 24 I will dig wells and drink foreign water. I will dry up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.' 25 Have you not heard? I did this long ago. I planned it in the past. Now I make it happen so that you will turn fortified cities into piles of rubble. 26 The inhabitants of these cities are weak, discouraged, and ashamed. They will be like plants in the field, like fresh green grass on the roofs, scorched before it grows up. 27 I know when you get up and sit down. I know when you go out and come in. I know how you rage against me. 28 Since you rage against me and you boast in my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.
29 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. 30 The remnant in Judah who survives will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit. 31 There will be a remnant of people in Jerusalem and on Mount Zion who will survive. Jehovah is determined to make this happen. 32 This is what Jehovah said about the Assyrian king: 'He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city. No siege mounds will be built around it.' 33 He will go back by the same road he came. He will not enter the city. I, Jehovah, have spoken! 34 I will defend this city and protect it. It is for the sake of my own honor and because of the promise I made to my servant David.