I will defend Jerusalem, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria.
Give out a shout of cheer; sing for joy, O people of Zion, for great and mighty is the Holy One of Israel who lives among you!
I promise to defend this city and protect it, for the sake of my own honor and for the sake of David, my loving servant.’ ”
For in spite of this, my Lord himself stood with me, empowering me to complete my ministry of preaching to all the non-Jewish nations so they all could hear the message and be delivered from the mouth of the lion!