Yet today he will halt at Nob, shaking his fist at the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem—the climax of the Assyrian advance, with the army reaching the gates of Jerusalem itself, shaking its fist in triumph and contempt. The verb 'halt' suggests that the advance stops at this point; the enemy cannot take the city. This verse establishes that despite the devastating conquest of the surrounding territory, Jerusalem itself stands as the limit of Assyrian conquest, suggesting divine protection of the capital.

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