33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord.
33 By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city, declares the Lord.
33 By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord.
33 He'll go home by the same road he came; he won't enter this city. God's word!
33 By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,' Says the Lord.
33 The king will return to his own country by the same road on which he came. He will not enter this city, says the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Kings 19:33
Commentary on 2 Kings 19:20-34
(Read 2 Kings 19:20-34)
All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support during those two years. As the performance of this promise was to be after the destruction of Sennacherib's army, it was a sign to Hezekiah's faith, assuring him of that present deliverance, as an earnest of the Lord's future care of the kingdom of Judah. This the Lord would perform, not for their righteousness, but his own glory. May our hearts be as good ground, that his word may strike root therein, and bring forth fruit in our lives.