"It shall besiegeyou in allyour townsuntilyour highand fortifiedwallsin whichyou trustedcomedownthroughoutyour land,and it shall besiegeyou in allyour townsthroughoutyour landwhichthe LORDyour Godhas givenyou.
Now in the fourteenthyearof KingHezekiah,Sennacheribkingof Assyriacameup againstallthe fortifiedcitiesof Judahand seizedthem.
"So we boiledmy sonand atehim; and I saidto her on the nextday,'Giveyour son,that we may eathim'; but she has hiddenher son."
Your landis desolate,Your citiesare burnedwith fire,Your fields--strangersare devouringthem in your presence;It is desolation,as overthrownby strangers.
The LORDhas swornby His righthandand by His strongarm,"I will neveragaingiveyour grain[as] foodfor your enemies;Norwill foreignersdrinkyour newwinefor whichyou have labored."
Pickup your bundlefrom the ground,You who dwellunder siege!
For thussaysthe LORD,"Behold,I am slingingout the inhabitantsof the landAt thistime,And will causethem distress,That they may be found."
"The Chaldeanswill also returnand fightagainstthiscity,and they will captureit and burnit with fire."'
The Lordhas swallowedup; He has not sparedAllthe habitationsof Jacob.In His wrathHe has throwndownThe strongholdsof the daughterof Judah;He has brought[them] downto the ground;He has profanedthe kingdomand its princes.
"Then afterthe sixty-twoweeksthe Messiahwill be cutoffand havenothing,and the peopleof the princewho is to comewill destroythe cityand the sanctuary.And its end[will come] with a flood;even to the endthere will be war;desolationsare determined.
I will also bringupon you a swordwhich will executevengeancefor the covenant;and when you gathertogether into your cities,I will sendpestilenceamongyou, so that you shall be deliveredinto enemyhands.
"Behold,I am going to makeJerusalema cupthat causes reelingto allthe peoplesaround;and when the siegeis againstJerusalem,it will alsobe againstJudah.
For I will gatherallthe nationsagainstJerusalemto battle,and the citywill be captured,the housesplundered,the womenravishedand halfof the cityexiled,but the restof the peoplewill not be cutofffrom the city.
"But the kingwas enraged,and he senthis armiesand destroyedthosemurderersand settheir cityon fire.
"Moreover, it shall eatthe offspringof your herdand the produceof your grounduntilyou are destroyed,whoalso leavesyou nograin,newwine,or oil,northe increaseof your herdor the youngof your flockuntilthey have caused you to perish.
