32
To sum up, this is what God says regarding the king of Assyria: He won't enter this city, nor shoot so much as a single arrow there; Won't brandish a shield, won't even begin to set siege;
33
He'll go home by the same road he came; he won't enter this city. God's word!
34
I'll shield this city, I'll save this city, for my sake and for David's sake.
35
And it so happened that that very night an angel of God came and massacred a hundred and eighty-five thousand Assyrians. When the people of Jerusalem got up next morning, there it was - a whole camp of corpses!
36
Sennacherib king of Assyria got out of there fast, headed straight home for Nineveh, and stayed put.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.