2 KINGS 19:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.”
This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion despises you, she laughs you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem tosses her head behind you — Isaiah's oracle employs poetic imagery: Jerusalem is the 'virgin daughter of Zion' (בְתוּלַת בַּת־צִיּוֹן, *betulat bat-Tzion*), a metaphor for the city's youth and purity. The oracle promises that Jerusalem will 'despise' and 'laugh to scorn' Sennacherib, and 'toss her head' behind him—gestures of defiance and dismissal. This imagery inverts the military reality: a besieged city will mock its besiegers. The oracle promises a complete reversal of the apparent power relationship.
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