Isaiah 37:34
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New International Version (©2011)
By the way that he came he will return; he will not enter this city," declares the LORD.

New Living Translation (©2007)
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.

English Standard Version (©2001)
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
'By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares the LORD.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city. This is the LORD's declaration.

International Standard Version (©2012)
By the same way that he came, he will return; he won't enter this city,' declares the LORD,

NET Bible (©2006)
He will go back the way he came--he will not enter this city,' says the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
He will go back the way he came, and he won't come into this city," declares the LORD of Armies.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.

American King James Version
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, said the LORD.

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.

Douay-Rheims Bible
By the way that he came, he shall return, and into this city he shall not come, saith the Lord.

Darby Bible Translation
By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith Jehovah.

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.

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.

World English Bible
By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come to this city,' says Yahweh.

Young's Literal Translation
In the way that he came, in it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, An affirmation of Jehovah,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

37:1-38 This chapter is the same as 2Ki 19

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 34. - By the way that he came. It is clear that Sennacherib on this occasion had marched by the usual coast route, through Sharon and the Shefeleh, upon Lachish, leaving Jerusalem far to his left. From Laehish he sent Rabshakeh to Hezekiah with a threatening message, and (as our version has it) "with a great army;" rather, "with a strong force." Rabshakeh, having delivered his message, returned to his master (Isaiah 37:8), doubtless with his escort. Sennacherib then sent a letter by messengers, but without an army, so far as we are told, to renew his threats. Meanwhile from Lachish he went to Libnah, after which we know nothing of his movements, unless we accept the Egyptian account, which was, that he advanced to Pelusium. The declaration, "By the way that he came, by the same shall he return" (comp. ver. 29) was the most comforting that Hezekiah could possibly receive. It assured him that he would not even be confronted with his enemy. Into this city; rather, unto this city (as in ver. 32).

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return,.... Without executing his designs on Jerusalem, or other places; he shall lose his labour, and make the best of his way to his own country, without turning to the right or left, in order to disturb other nations, and enlarge his kingdom, being quite dispirited and confounded by what he shall meet with:

and shall not come into this city, saith the Lord; or, unto this city, as before; which is repeated to confirm it, and to show the certainty of it.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

34. (See Isa 37:29, 37; Isa 29:5-8).

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The Fall of Sennacherib
…33Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. 34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, said the LORD. 35For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David's sake.

Isaiah 37:29 Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.
Isaiah 37:35 "I will defend this city and save it, for my sake and for the sake of David my servant!"