⁷ Behold, I am going to put a spirit in him so that ^(A)he will hear news and return to his own land. And ^(B)I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.”’”

Sennacherib Defies God

⁸ Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against ^(C)Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left ^(D)Lachish. ⁹ When he heard them say about Tirhakah king of ^[a]Cush, “Behold, he has come out to fight you,” he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,