By the same way he came he will go home. He will not enter this city,’ announces the Lord.
You roar against me and brag. And I have heard your bragging. So I will put my hook in your nose. I will put my bit in your mouth. And I will make you go home by the same way you came.” ’ ”
‘I will guard this city and save it. I will do it for myself. And I will do it for my servant David.’ ”
So Sennacherib, the king of Assyria, took the army tents down. Then he left. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Listen! I will send him news from his own country. It will make him want to return home. There I will have him killed by a sword.” ’ ”
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is like a stream of water. The Lord directs it toward all those who please him.