# I will put a spirit in him, and he will hear a certain report and go back to his own land
"I will control the attitude of the king of Assyria, so when he hears a report, he will want to return to his own country"
# I will put a spirit in him
"I will influence his thinking" or "I will cause him to think differently." Here "spirit" probably refers to his attitude and thoughts, rather than to a spirit being.
"Fall by the sword" is metonymy for being killed. Alternate translation: "I will cause him to die by the sword" or "I will cause some men to kill him with a sword" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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