48 ¹⁷ Hezekiah fortified his city,
and brought water into the midst of it;
he tunneled the sheer rock with iron
and built pools for water.
48 ¹⁸ In his days Sennacherib came up,
and sent the Rabshakeh;
he lifted up his hand against Zion
and made great boasts in his arrogance.
48 ¹⁹ Then their hearts were shaken and their hands trembled,
and they were in anguish, like women in travail.
48 ²⁰ But they called upon the Lord who is merciful,
spreading forth their hands toward him;
and the Holy One quickly heard them from heaven,
and delivered them by the hand of Isaiah.
48 ²¹ The Lord smote the camp of the Assyrians,
and his angel wiped them out.
48 ²² For Hezekiah did what was pleasing to the Lord,
and he held strongly to the ways of David his father,
which Isaiah the prophet commanded,
who was great and faithful in his vision.
48 ²³ 48 ²⁴ By the spirit of might he saw the last things,
and comforted those who mourned in Zion.
48 ²⁵ He revealed what was to occur to the end of time,
and the hidden things before they came to pass.