By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
God promised that the king of Assyria would not enter Jerusalem nor attack it, but would return by the same route by which he had come. The Lord thus barred the Assyrian army from the city, turning it back on the way it had taken to approach. This assurance was given after Hezekiah prayed for deliverance from the Assyrian king's threat.
The promise was fulfilled when the Lord defended the city and struck the Assyrian army in one night. The camp was smitten, with 185,000 men dead by morning. The verse shows God protecting His people against human power, and calls them to rely on Him rather than presume on their own plans.
God promised that the king of Assyria would not enter Jerusalem nor attack it, but would return by the same route by which he had come. The Lord thus barred the Assyrian army from the city, turning it back on the way it had taken to approach. This assurance was given after Hezekiah prayed for deliverance from the Assyrian king's threat.
The promise was fulfilled when the Lord defended the city and struck the Assyrian army in one night. The camp was smitten, with 185,000 men dead by morning. The verse shows God protecting His people against human power, and calls them to rely on Him rather than presume on their own plans.