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19 Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “(A)What is this trust that you have? 20 You say (but they are [a]only empty words), ‘I have counsel and might for the war.’ Now on whom do you trust, (B)that you have rebelled against me? 21 Now behold, you [b](C)trust in the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his [c]hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 18:20 Lit a word of the lips
  2. 2 Kings 18:21 Lit rely for yourself
  3. 2 Kings 18:21 Lit palm

19 The field commander said to them, “Tell Hezekiah:

“‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: On what are you basing this confidence(A) of yours? 20 You say you have the counsel and the might for war—but you speak only empty words. On whom are you depending, that you rebel against me? 21 Look, I know you are depending on Egypt,(B) that splintered reed of a staff,(C) which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it! Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who depend on him.

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