2 Kings 19:32 Cross References - NSB

³² »This is what Jehovah said about the Assyrian king: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot a single arrow against it. No soldiers with shields will come near the city. No siege mounds will be built around it.’

¹⁵ Joab and his troops surrounded Abel, so no one could go in or come out. They made a dirt ramp (rampart) up to the town wall. Then they used a battering ram to knock the wall down.

⁷ »That is why Jehovah is going to bring against them the raging and powerful floodwaters of the Euphrates River, that is, the king of Assyria with all his power. It will overflow all its channels and go over all its banks. ⁸ »It will sweep through Judah. It will overflow and pass through. It will be neck-high. Its outspread wings will extend over your entire country, O Immanuel.« ⁹ Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle and be terrified. Prepare for battle and be terrified! ¹⁰ Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed. Give orders, but they will not be carried out, because God is with us!

²⁴ Therefore, this is what the Lord Jehovah of Hosts, declares: »O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians. They beat you with a rod and lift up a club against you, as Egypt did. ²⁵ »Very soon my anger against you will end and my wrath will be directed to their destruction.

²⁸ They enter Aiath and they pass through Migron. They store supplies at Micmash. ²⁹ They go over the pass and make Geba their camping place for the night. Ramah trembles and Gibeah of Saul flees. ³⁰ Cry out, O Daughter of Gallim! Listen and pay attention, O Laishah! Poor afflicted Anathoth! ³¹ Madmenah has fled; the people of Gebim take cover. ³² This day they will halt at Nob. They will shake their fist at the mount of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.

³³ »‘Therefore this is what Jehovah 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. ³⁴ »‘He will return by the way that he came. He will not enter this city, declares Jehovah. ³⁵ »‘I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!’«

²² »The divination (omens) will indicate that he should go to the right, to Jerusalem. So he will set up his battering rams there, and give the order to kill. He will raise a battle cry and aim the battering rams against the city gates. He will put up ramps and set up blockades (siege walls).

⁴³ »The time is coming when your enemies will surround you and blockade you with a rampart (wall) on all sides. They will close in on you. ⁴⁴ »They will knock you and your children down to the ground. They will not leave one stone upon another. What’s more you do not know when this visit will take place.«