He heard news concerning Tirhakah king of Kush, *He has come out to fight against you.* When he heard it, he sent messengers to Chizkiyahu, saying,
He sent messengers to Ach'av king of Yisra'el, into the city, and said to him, Thus says Ben-Hadad,
What will they answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Tziyon, and in her the afflicted of his people will take refuge.
Ah, the land of the rustling of wings, which is beyond the rivers of Kush;
The LORD said, *As my servant Yeshaiyahu has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and a wonder concerning Egypt and concerning Kush,
They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Kush their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
Behold, I will put a spirit in him and he will hear news, and will return to his own land. I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.*'*