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By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
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God's Precise Reversal
The promise isn't just that Sennacherib will fail, but that God will force him to retreat by the exact same route he came. Commentators note this emphasizes God's absolute and specific control over the Assyrian king's movements, turning his path of conquest into a path of humiliating retreat.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
By the way that he came - that is, through the low country of the Shephelah, thus avoiding not only Jerusalem, but even Judea.
19th Century
Anglican
He came. —So the versions and Isaiah, rightly. The Hebrew text here has “he comes,” or “shall come.” With the thought compare [Ref…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)
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All Sennacherib's movements were under Divine cognizance. God Himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, which He undertak…
