No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them.

When King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah,

Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came."

He will go back the way he came -- he will not enter this city,' says the Lord.

The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!

So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh.

"I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass.

When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you.

My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say.