"Therefore,thussaysthe LORDconcerningthe kingof Assyria,'He will not cometo thiscityor shootan arrowthere;and he will not comebeforeit with a shield,orthrowup a siegerampagainstit.
Alas,the uproarof manypeoplesWho roarlike the roaringof the seas,And the rumblingof nationsWho rushon like the rumblingof mightywaters!
At eveningtime,behold,[there is] terror!Beforemorningthey are nomore.Such[will be] the portionof those who plunderus And the lotof those who pillageus.
Lookupon Zion,the cityof our appointedfeasts;Your eyeswill seeJerusalem,an undisturbedhabitation,A tentwhich will not be folded;Its stakeswill neverbe pulledup, Noranyof its cordsbe tornapart.
Behold,the siegerampshave reachedthe cityto takeit; and the cityis giveninto the handof the Chaldeanswho fightagainstit, becauseof the sword,the famineand the pestilence;and whatYou have spokenhas cometo pass;and behold,You see[it].
For thussaysthe LORDof hosts,"Cutdownher treesAnd castup a siegeagainstJerusalem.Thisis the cityto be punished,In whose midstthere is onlyoppression.
"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.
"Onlythe treeswhichyou knoware not fruittreesyou shall destroyand cutdown,that you may constructsiegeworksagainstthe citythat is makingwarwith you untilit falls.
