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37.26 :Now have I brought it to pass,
 * Yea, it is done; that fortified cities
 * Should be laid waste into ruinous heaps.
 * Therefore their inhabitants were of small power,
 * They were dismayed and confounded;
 * They were as the grass of the field,
 * And as the green herb,
 * As the grass on the housetops,
 * And as a field of corn before it is grown up.


 * But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in,
 * And thy raging against Me.
 * Because of thy raging against Me,
 * And for that thine uproar is come up into Mine ears,
 * Therefore will I put My hook in thy nose,
 * And My bridle in thy lips,
 * And I will turn thee back by the way
 * By which thou camest.

And this shall be the sign unto thee: ye shall eat this year that which groweth of itself, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and out of mount Zion they that shall escape; the zeal of the of hosts shall perform this. Therefore thus saith the concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come unto this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither shall he come before it with shield, nor cast a mound against it. By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the. For I will defend this city to save it, for Mine own sake, and for My servant David's sake.'

And the angel of the went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went, and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sarezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.

In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him: 'Thus saith the : Set thy house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.' Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the, and said: 'Remember now, O , I beseech Thee, how I have walked before Thee in truth and with a whole heart, and have done that which is good in Thy sight.' And Hezekiah wept sore. Then came the word of the to Isaiah, saying: 'Go, and say to Hezekiah: Thus saith the, the God of David thy father: I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears; behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city. And this shall be the sign unto thee from the, that the will do this thing that He hath spoken: behold, I will cause the shadow of the dial, which is gone down on the