26. “ ‘King of Assyria, surely you have heard.Long ago I, the Lord, planned these things.Long ago I designed them,and now I have made them happen.I allowed you to turn those strong, walled citiesinto piles of rocks.
27. The people in those cities were weak;they were frightened and put to shame.They were like grass in the field,like tender, young grass,like grass on the housetopthat is burned by the wind before it can grow.
28. “ ‘I know when you rest,when you come and go,and how you rage against me.
29. Because you rage against me,and because I have heard your proud words,I will put my hook in your noseand my bit in your mouth.Then I will force you to leave my countrythe same way you came.’
30. “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.
31. Some of the people in the family of Judahwill escape.Like plants that take root,they will grow strong and have many children.