2 Kings 18:20-22

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁰ You say that you have the plan and power for war, but this is only words from your lips. So who are you trusting when you rebel against me? ²¹ Tell me, are you really trusting in Egypt as your staff, that splintered reed which will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it? That’s what Pharaoh king of Egypt is for all those who trust in him.

²² And if you say to me, “We are trusting in the Lord our God,” didn’t Hezekiah remove his high places and his altars and tell Judah and Jerusalem, “You must bow down before this altar in Jerusalem”?