7. Listen! When he hears a certain report, I will make him want to return to his own country, and there I will have him cut down with the sword.’ ”
8. When the field commander heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
9. Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the king of Cush, was marching out to fight against him. When he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:
10. “Say to Hezekiah king of Judah: Do not let the god you depend on deceive you when he says, ‘Jerusalem will not be given into the hands of the king of Assyria.’
11. Surely you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries, destroying them completely. And will you be delivered?