Now, Sennacherib heard that King Tirhakah of Sudan was coming to fight him. When he heard this, he again sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
He sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel. They told Ahab, “This is what Benhadad says:
How should we answer the messengers from the nations? ⌞Tell them that⌟ the Lord has laid Zion’s foundation, and his humble people will find refuge in it.
How horrible it will be for the land of whirring wings which lies beyond the rivers of Sudan.
Then the Lord said, “My servant Isaiah has gone barefoot and naked for three years as a sign and as an omen to Egypt and Sudan.
Then the people will be shattered and ashamed because Sudan was their hope and Egypt was their beauty.
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.’ ”