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

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:5 Lit words of lips
  2. Isaiah 36:6 Lit palm