30. Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.
31. For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. “The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
32. “Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning the king of Assyria: “ ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow here. He will not come before it with shield or build a siege ramp against it.
33. By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord.
34. I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’ ”
35. That night the angel of the Lord went out and put to death a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the Assyrian camp. When the people got up the next morning—there were all the dead bodies!