By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord.
Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’
I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant.’ ”
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ”
In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.