2 Kings 18:19-21

Lexham English Bible

Assyrians Advise against Trust in Yahweh

¹⁹ Then the chief advisor said to them, “Please say to Hezekiah: ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: “What is this confidence that you trust? ²⁰ You think only a word of lips, ‘I have advice and power for the war.’ Now, on whom do you trust that you have rebelled against me? ²¹ Now, look! You rely^[a] on the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt, which when a man leans on it, it goes into his hand and pierces it! So is Pharaoh the king of Egypt for all who are trusting on him!