In Isaiah, chapter thirty-seven, verse seven, “Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” This phrase refers to an inner voice sent by God to influence a person’s conduct and thoughts. Concerning the prediction that the king of Assyria would fall by the sword is confirmed in verses thirty-seven through thirty-eight of this theme’s chapter. “So Sennacherib, king of Assyria, departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead.”
The theme verse is under Isaiah’s message to Hezekiah, which connects with the previous verse six, “And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.” Although it was the field commander of the king, Rabshaketh, who stood before God’s people with his words of accusation that begin from verses thirteen to twenty in chapter thirty-seven, it was the king’s word that was sent to him to speak.
Rabshaketh and the king of Assyria, Sennacherib, did not know who they were up against. They physically believe it was only Hezekiah. However, the king and the commander did not realise it was God they were fighting against. Little did they know that Hezekiah did not respond to what was said through the field commander, as in verse twenty-one. Rabshaketh got a shake to see the result.