19:7 Look, I will take control of his mind;10 he will receive11 a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down12 with a sword in his own land.” ’ ”
tnHeb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh), “spirit,” is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.