“And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.”
Isaiah predicts that God will put a spirit in the king of Assyria so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where he will be struck down with the sword. The prediction suggests divine intervention that will remove the immediate threat without direct military action. The rumor and the return suggest that God will cause circumstances to shift without Judean military effort. The oracle establishes that God will act decisively to protect the covenant people.
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