30 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judahwill take root below and bear fruit above.
31 For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant,and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors.‘The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
32 ‘Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria:‘ “He will not enter this cityor shoot an arrow here.He will not come before it with shieldor build a siege ramp against it.
33 By the way that he came he will return;he will not enter this city,”declares the Lord.
34 “I will defend this city and save it,for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.” ’
35 That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning – there were all the dead bodies!
36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.