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2 Kings 19:32

Assyria
Protection and safety

30 And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

31 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

33 He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.

34 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
KJV
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 shield, nor cast a bank against it.
WEB
“Therefore the LORD says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there. He will not come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it.
ASV
Therefore thus saith Jehovah 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 up a mound against it.
DARBY
Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city, Nor shoot an arrow there, Nor come before it with shield, Nor cast a bank against it.
BLB
Therefore thus says YHWH concerning the king of Assyria: ‘He shall not come into this city, nor will he shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor build a mound against it.
ÅB
Derfor sier Herren så om kongen i Assyria: Han skal ikke komme inn i denne by og ikke skyte en pil inn i den, og han skal ikke rykke fram mot den med skjold og ikke oppkaste voll mot den.
OTB
Derfor sier Herren dette om kongen av Assyria:
'Han skal ikke komme til denne byen,
Ikke skyte en pil der;
Ikke komme foran den med et skjold,
Ikke kaste opp en beleiringsvoll mot den.
B1930
Derfor sier Herren så om kongen i Assyria: Han skal ikke komme inn i denne by og ikke skyte en pil inn i den, og han skal ikke rykke frem mot den med skjold og ikke opkaste voll mot den.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 8:7–10

    the Lord will surely bring against them the mighty floodwaters of the Euphrates — the king of Assyria and all his pomp. It will overflow its channels and overrun its banks.

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  • 2 Samuel 20:15

    And Joab’s troops came and besieged Sheba in Abel-beth-maacah and built a siege ramp against the outer rampart of the city. As all the troops with Joab were battering the wall to topple it,

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  • Luke 19:43–44

    For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side.

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  • Isaiah 10:24–25

    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.

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  • Ezekiel 21:22

    In his right hand appears the portent for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to call for the slaughter, to lift a battle cry, to direct the battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp, and to erect a siege wall.

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  • Isaiah 37:33–35

    So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.

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  • Isaiah 10:28–32

    Assyria has entered Aiath and passed through Migron, storing their supplies at Michmash.

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