Yes, you were upset at me.
I heard your proud insults.
So I will put my hook in your nose.
And I will put my bit [239] in your mouth.
Then I will turn you around
and lead you back the way you came.”
I am putting a spirit in him. He will hear a rumor. Then he will run back to his own country. And I will cause him to be killed by a sword in his own country.’”
\{Farmers dig small ditches to water their fields. They change where the water goes by closing different ditches.\} The Lord controls a king’s mind just like that. The Lord can lead the king wherever he wants him to go.