Reference

Isaiah 37:33

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.
31

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

32

For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do this.

33

Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it.

34

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.

35

For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.

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