en_tn/2ki/19/32.md

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General Information:

This is the end of the message from Yahweh, spoken through the prophet Isaiah to King Hezekiah. It uses parallelism throughout. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism)

nor shoot an arrow here

"Arrow" is metonymy representing all tools of warfare and destruction. Alternate translation: "nor do any fighting here" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy)

or build up a siege ramp against it

"and they will not even build up high mounds of earth against the city wall to enable them to attack the city"