7. blast--rather, "I will put a spirit
(Isa 28:6;
1Ki 22:23)
into him," that is, so influence his judgment that when he hears the
report
(Isa 37:9,
concerning Tirhakah), he shall return [GESENIUS];
the "report" also of the destruction of his army at Jerusalem, reaching
Sennacherib, while he was in the southwest of Palestine on the borders
of Egypt, led him to retreat.
by the sword--
(Isa 37:38).
JFB.
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