Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. (2 Kings 19:25)
The Lord is now giving His answer to the Assyrian king. After all Sennacherib’s boasting as to what he would do, the Lord asks him if he has not heard that Jehovah has the destiny of nations under His control, and that every nation occupies its place only as permitted to do so by Him (see PK 535, 536). At that time the Assyrians were His tool for the carrying out of His purposes (see Isa. 10:5-15).