2 Kings 19:33
31 For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
32 So this is what the LORD says about the king of Assyria: ‘He will not enter this city or shoot an arrow into it. He will not come before it with a shield or build up a siege ramp against it.
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
34 ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’”
35 And that very night the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
- KJV
- By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
- WEB
- He will return the same way that he came, and he will not come to this city,’ says the LORD.
- ASV
- By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
- DARBY
- By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, And shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.
- BLB
- By the way that he came in he will return, and into this city he shall not come,’ a declaration of YHWH.
- ÅB
- Den vei han kommer, skal han vende tilbake, og inn i denne by skal han ikke komme, sier Herren.
- OTB
- Han skal vende tilbake den veien han kom,
og han skal ikke komme til denne byen,' sier Herren. - B1930
- Den vei han kommer, skal han vende tilbake, og inn i denne by skal han ikke komme, sier Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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2 Kings 19:28
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
Read in context2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
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