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Contemporary English Version

2 Kings 19:33

As surely as I am the Lord , he will return by the way he came and will never enter Jerusalem.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Hezekiah;   Jerusalem;   Prophecy;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Assyria;   Jerusalem;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Arpad;   Isaiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Assyria;   Hezekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Jerusalem;   Mediator, Mediation;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nahum (2);   Holman Bible Dictionary - Assyria, History and Religion of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Hezekiah;   Isaiah, Book of;   Israel;   Philistines;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Sennacherib ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Hezekiah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Interesting facts about the bible;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Urim and Thummim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He will go backthe way he came,and he will not enter this city.
Hebrew Names Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says the LORD.
King James Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord .
English Standard Version
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the Lord .
New Century Version
He will return to his country the same way he came, and he will not enter this city,' says the Lord .
New English Translation
He will go back the way he came. He will not enter this city," says the Lord .
Amplified Bible
"By the way that he came, by the same way he will return, and he will not come into this city,"' declares the LORD.
New American Standard Bible
"By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the LORD.
World English Bible
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But he shall returne the way he came, and shall not come into this citie, saith the Lorde.
Legacy Standard Bible
By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.
Complete Jewish Bible
By the way he came he will return; he will not come to this city,' says Adonai .
Darby Translation
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, And shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will go back the way he came, and he will not come into this city. The Lord says this.
George Lamsa Translation
But by the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not enter this city, says the LORD.
Good News Translation
He will go back by the same road he came, without entering this city. I, the Lord , have spoken.
Lexham English Bible
By the way that he came to her he shall return; but to this city, he shall not come," declares Yahweh.
Literal Translation
By the way that he came in, in it he shall return; and he shall not come into this city, says Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
but shal go agayne the waye that he came, and shall not come in to this cite, sayeth the LORDE:
American Standard Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
By the way he came he will go back, and he will not get into this town, says the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But shall go backe againe the way he came, and shall not come into this citie, sayth the Lorde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the LORD.
King James Version (1611)
By the way that hee came, by the same shal he returne, and shal not come into this city, saith the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
By the way by which he comes, by it shall he return, and he shall not enter into this city, saith the Lord.
English Revised Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith the LORD.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He schal turne ayen bi the weie `bi which he cam, and he schal not entre in to this citee, seith the Lord;
Update Bible Version
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come to this city, says Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
New King James Version
By the way that he came, By the same shall he return; And he shall not come into this city,' Says the LORD.
New Living Translation
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 .
New Life Bible
He will return by the way he came. He will not come to this city, says the Lord.
New Revised Standard
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return; he shall not come into this city, says the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
By the way that he cometh in, by the same, shall he return, - and, into this city, shall he not enter, declareth Yahweh!
Douay-Rheims Bible
By the way that he came he shall return: and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
In the way that he cometh in -- In it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, The affirmation of Jehovah --
THE MESSAGE
He'll go home by the same road he came; he won't enter this city. God 's word!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the LORD.

Contextual Overview

20 Isaiah went to Hezekiah and told him that the Lord God of Israel had said: Hezekiah, I heard your prayer about King Sennacherib of Assyria. 21 Now this is what I say to that king: The people of Jerusalem hate and make fun of you; they laugh behind your back. 22 Sennacherib, you cursed, shouted, and sneered at me, the holy God of Israel. 23 You let your officials insult me, the Lord. And here is what you have said about yourself, "I led my chariots to the highest heights of Lebanon's mountains. I went deep into its forest, cutting down the best cedar and cypress trees. 24 I dried up every stream in the land of Egypt, and I drank water from wells I had dug." 25 Sennacherib, now listen to me, the Lord. I planned all this long ago. And you don't even realize that I alone am the one who decided that you would do these things. I let you make ruins of fortified cities. 26 Their people became weak, terribly confused. They were like wild flowers or tender young grass growing on a flat roof, scorched before it matures. 27 I know all about you, even how fiercely angry you are with me. 28 I have seen your pride and the tremendous hatred you have for me. Now I will put a hook in your nose, a bit in your mouth, then I will send you back to where you came from. 29 Hezekiah, I will tell you what's going to happen. This year you will eat crops that grow on their own, and the next year you will eat whatever springs up where those crops grew. But the third year you will plant grain and vineyards, and you will eat what you harvest.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

By the way: 2 Kings 19:28, 2 Kings 19:36

Cross-References

Genesis 19:6
Lot went outside and shut the door behind him.
Genesis 19:7
Then he said, "Friends, please don't do such a terrible thing!
Genesis 19:15
Early the next morning the two angels tried to make Lot hurry and leave. They said, "Take your wife and your two daughters and get out of here as fast as you can! If you don't, every one of you will be killed when the Lord destroys the city."
Genesis 19:16
At first, Lot just stood there. But the Lord wanted to save him. So the angels took Lot, his wife, and his two daughters by the hand and led them out of the city.
Genesis 19:29
When God destroyed the cities of the valley where Lot lived, he remembered his promise to Abraham and saved Lot from the terrible destruction.
Genesis 19:35
That night they got their father drunk, and this time the younger sister slept with him. But once again he was too drunk even to know she was there.
Proverbs 20:1
It isn't smart to get drunk! Drinking makes a fool of you and leads to fights.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By the way that he came - i. e., through the low country of the Shephelah, thus avoiding not only Jerusalem, but even Judaea.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 33. By the way that he came — Though his army shall not return, yet he shall return to Assyria; for because of his blasphemy he is reserved for a more ignominious death.


 
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