I will campagainstyou encircling[you], And I will setsiegeworksagainstyou, And I will raiseup battletowersagainstyou.
Then the kingof AssyriasentTartanand Rab-sarisand Rabshakehfrom Lachishto KingHezekiahwith a largearmyto Jerusalem.So they wentup and cameto Jerusalem.And when they wentup, they cameand stoodby the conduitof the upperpool,whichis on the highwayof the fuller'sfield.
Thereforethussaysthe LORDconcerningthe kingof Assyria,"He will not cometo thiscityor shootan arrowthere;and he will not comebeforeit with a shieldorthrowup a siegerampagainstit.
The daughterof Zionis leftlike a shelterin a vineyard,Like a watchman'shutin a cucumberfield,like a besiegedcity.
"Into his righthandcamethe divination,'Jerusalem,'to setbatteringrams,to openthe mouthfor slaughter,to liftup the voicewith a battlecry,to setbatteringramsagainstthe gates,to castup ramps,to builda siegewall.
"But the kingwas enraged,and he senthis armiesand destroyedthosemurderersand settheir cityon fire.
"Onlythe treeswhichyou knoware not fruittreesyou shall destroyand cutdown,that you may constructsiegeworksagainstthe citythat is makingwarwith you untilit falls.
