30. The people of Judah who are still alive will be like plants. Once more they will put down roots and produce fruit.
31. Out of Jerusalem will come those who remain. Out of Mount Zion will come those who are still left alive. "My great love will make sure that happens. I rule over all.
32. "Here is a message from me about the king of Assyria. It says, " 'He will not enter this city. He will not even shoot an arrow at it. He will not come near it with a shield. He will not build a ramp in order to climb over its walls.
33. By the same way he came he will go home. He will not enter this city,' announces the Lord.
34. " 'I will guard this city and save it. I will do it for myself. And I will do it for my servant David.' "
35. That night the angel of the Lord went into the camp of the Assyrians. He put to death 185,000 soldiers there. The people of Jerusalem got up the next morning. They looked out and saw all of the dead bodies.
36. So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, took the army tents down. Then he left. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.