He will go back the way he came, and he won’t come into this city,” declares the Lord of Armies.
Since you rage against me and your boasting has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came.
“I will shield this city to rescue it for my sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
Then King Sennacherib of Assyria left. He went home to Nineveh and stayed there.
I’m going to put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own country. I’ll have him assassinated in his own country.’ ”
The king’s heart is like streams of water. Both are under the Lord’s control. He turns them in any direction he chooses.