Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields!

The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield.

and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city.”’”

So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it.

I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.”’”

Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.