He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city. This is the Lord’s declaration.
Because your raging against me and your arrogance have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came.
So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and left. He returned home and lived in Nineveh.
I will defend this city and rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.’
I am about to put a spirit in him, and he will hear a rumour and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.” ’
A king’s heart is like channelled water in the Lord’s hand: He directs it wherever he chooses.