Now the king heard concerning King Tirhakah of Cush, “He has set out to fight against you.” When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying,
I myself will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.”]]
And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Cush their hope and of Egypt their boast.
Woe, land of buzzing wings beyond the rivers of Cush,
What will one answer the messengers of the nation? “The Lord has founded Zion, and the needy among his people will find refuge in her.”
Then the Lord said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and a portent against Egypt and Cush,
Then he sent messengers into the city to King Ahab of Israel and said to him, “Thus says Ben-hadad: