who said to them, “Tell your master, ‘The Lord says this: Don’t be afraid(A) because of the words you have heard, with which the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed me.(B) I am about to put a spirit(C) in him and he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”(D)

Sennacherib’s Letter

When the royal spokesman heard that the king of Assyria had pulled out of Lachish,(E) he left and found him fighting against Libnah.(F)

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Isaiah said to them, “Tell your master, ‘This is what the Lord says: Do not be afraid(A) of what you have heard—those words with which the underlings of the king of Assyria have blasphemed(B) me. Listen! When he hears a certain report,(C) I will make him want(D) to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down(E) with the sword.’”

When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish,(F) he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.(G)

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