2 Kings 18
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2 Kings 18:19-22

19And Rab–shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

20Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?123

21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.4

22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the Lord our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Kings 18:20 sayest: or, talkest ↩
  2. 2. 2 Kings 18:20 vain…: Heb. word of the lips ↩
  3. 3. 2 Kings 18:20 I have…: or, but counsel and strength are for the war ↩
  4. 4. 2 Kings 18:21 trustest: Heb. trustest thee ↩

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