Chapter 36

The king of Assyria lays siege to Jerusalem and tells the people not to expect any deliverance either from Egypt or the LORD. They should just surrender and let themselves be deported to someplace else--to a "land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards" (36:17).

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