2 Kings 19:33 - Exposition

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return (see 2 Kings 19:28 ). Not merely, "he shall fail of his object" (Bahr, Keil), "he shall return disappointed;" but, literally, he shall retrace his steps , he shall quit Palestine by the same route by which he entered it—the coast route along the maritime plain, which left Jerusalem on the right at a distance of forty miles. And shall not come into —rather, unto— this city, saith the Lord. An emphatic ending (comp. Isaiah 22:14 ; Isaiah 45:13 ; Isaiah 54:17 ; Isaiah 55:8 ; Isaiah 59:20 ; Isaiah 65:25 ; Isaiah 66:21 , Isaiah 66:23 ).