2 Kings 19:33

Sennacherib’s Fall Prophesied · 2 Kings 19:20–34
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Translations

Modern
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
Traditional
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
Literal
By the way that he came in he will return, and into this city he shall not come,’ a declaration of YHWH.
Latin
Per viam qua venit, revertetur: et civitatem hanc non ingredietur, dicit Dominus.

Original

Hebrew
English
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.

Notes

  • Sennacherib's armies did not enter Jerusalem and instead returned home. In his own account, Sennacherib described capturing and plundering forty-six cities in Judah. He did not mention capturing Jerusalem but noted that he trapped Hezekiah "in Jerusalem … like a bird in a cage."

  • For my own honor—considering Sennacherib's disrespect and arrogance toward God (see 2 Kings 18:25, 28–30; 19:10–13, 21, 27–28)—and for the sake of my servant David, to whom God had made a covenant promise (2 Samuel 7:8–16) and whose faith Hezekiah had followed (2 Kings 18:3), the Lord would protect this city (see 2 Kings 20:6). The Lord clearly showed that he alone is God and that he is loyal to his people who trust in him.

Events

Parallels

Isaiah 37:21–35

Glossary

Assyria, Assyrians Hezekiah Kings, Books of First and Second Psalms, Book of Tirhakah Warfare

Topics

Assyria: Sennacherib King of Reproved for Pride and Blasphemy Hezekiah: King of Judah: Prophecies Concerning Jerusalem: Besieged by Sennacherib Jerusalem: Calamities of, Mentioned: Besieged but not Taken by Sennacherib Jerusalem: God's Care and Protection of Prophecy: Miscellaneous, Fulfilled: Destruction of Sennacherib's Army, and his Death