The progress of the Assyrian armies will come to the land of Nob, which is sufficiently close to Jerusalem to be directly threatening (shake is hand against. . . the hill of Jerusalem." The Lord will stop the advance. The phrase "yet shall he remain at Nob" indicates that it will be the last of the Assyrians' successful conquests. Jerusalem might be next for the attack, but shall not fall. Indeed, siege was laid to the land of Jerusalem, but the promised miracle from the Lord (the devastating sickness) halted the siege and turned the threat away.