In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah's rule in Judah, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded the country and captured every walled city, except Jerusalem.
The Lord says: I am furious! And I will use the king of Assyria as a club
with this message for Hezekiah: I am the LORD God, who was worshipped by your ancestor David. I heard you pray, and I saw you cry. I will let you live fifteen years more,
Because of this tragedy, I go barefoot and naked. My crying and weeping sound like howling wolves or ostriches.
The nation is fatally wounded. Judah is doomed. Jerusalem will fall.