Thou shalt not see a fierce people, etc.; rather, thou shalt see no more that barbarous people—the Assyrians—a people gruff of speech that thou canst not hear them, stammering of tongue that thee caner not understand them (comp.
Isaiah 28:11). The generation which witnessed the destruction of Sennacherib's army probably did not see the Assyrians again. It was not till about B.C. 670 that Manasseh was "taken with hooks by the captains of the King of Assyria, and carried to Babylon" (2 Chronicles 33:11).