Like flyingbirdssothe LORDof hostswill protectJerusalem.He will protectand deliver[it]; He will passoverand rescue[it].
The earthwas formlessand void,and darknesswas overthe surfaceof the deep,and the Spiritof Godwas movingoverthe surfaceof the waters.
For I will defendthiscityto saveit for My own sakeand for My servantDavid'ssake.'"
So the LORDsavedHezekiahand the inhabitantsof Jerusalemfrom the handof Sennacheribthe kingof Assyriaand from the handof all[others], and guidedthem on everyside.
The LORDhelpsthem and deliversthem; He deliversthem from the wickedand savesthem, Becausethey takerefugein Him.
Godis in the midstof her, she will not be moved;Godwill helpher when morningdawns.
The nationsmadean uproar,the kingdomstottered;He raisedHis voice,the earthmelted.
He will coveryou with His pinions,And underHis wingsyou may seekrefuge;His faithfulnessis a shieldand bulwark.
you shall say,'It is a Passoversacrificeto the LORDwhopassedoverthe housesof the sonsof Israelin Egyptwhen He smotethe Egyptians,but sparedour homes.'"And the peoplebowedlowand worshiped.
You yourselveshave seenwhatI didto the Egyptians,and [how] I boreyou on eagles'wings,and broughtyou to Myself.
And my handreachedto the richesof the peopleslike a nest,And as one gathersabandonedeggs,I gatheredallthe earth;And there was not one that flappedits wingor opened[its] beakor chirped."
In that daythissongwill be sungin the landof Judah:"We have a strongcity;He setsup wallsand rampartsfor security.
"I, the LORD,am its keeper;I waterit every moment.So that no one will damageit, I guardit nightand day.
Sayto those with anxiousheart,"Takecourage,fearnot. Behold,your Godwill come[with] vengeance;The recompenseof Godwill come,But He will saveyou."
"I will deliveryou and thiscityfrom the handof the kingof Assyria;and I will defendthiscity."'
Then the LORDwill appearoverthem, And His arrowwill goforthlike lightning;And the LordGODwill blowthe trumpet,And will marchin the stormwindsof the south.
But I will camparound My housebecauseof an army,Becauseof him who passesby and returns;And nooppressorwill passoverthem anymore,For nowI have seenwith My eyes.
"Like an eaglethat stirsup its nest,That hoversoverits young,He spreadHis wingsand caughtthem, He carriedthem on His pinions.
