29. “Then the Lord said, ‘Hezekiah, I will give you this sign:This year you will eat the grain that grows wild,and the second year you will eat what grows wild from that.But in the third year, plant grain and harvest it.Plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
30. Some of the people in the family of Judahwill escape.Like plants that take root,they will grow strong and have many children.
31. A few people will come out of Jerusalem alive;a few from Mount Zion will live.The strong love of the Lord All-Powerfulwill make this happen.’
32. “So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria:‘He will not enter this cityor even shoot an arrow here.He will not fight against it with shieldsor build a ramp to attack the city walls.
33. He will return to his country the same way he came,and he will not enter this city,’says the Lord.
34. ‘I will defend and save this cityfor my sake and for the sake of David, my servant.’ ”