'Bat Bavil Hasuda Asrass'

One of the first recorded warnings delivered to the empire of assyria about the fate that might befall it in the future. Bat bavil hasuda asrass daughter babylon, doomed to destruction. Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against rola el hasela. Next the assyrian army marched on jerusalem, and hezekiah was ready for them. Hed built a new wall around the great city and dug an underground tunnel through solid stone which would bring fresh water directly into the city. But even so, the situation must have looked bleak. The judean king decided that he would have to negotiate.