2 KINGS 18:20 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“Thou 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?”
You say (but they are mere words), 'I have strategy and strength for the war.' On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me? — the Rab-shakeh dismisses Hezekiah's military claims as 'mere words'. The challenge directly addresses Hezekiah's rebellion against Assyrian vassalage: 'On whom do you now rely, that you have rebelled against me?' The rhetorical question anticipates the answer: Egypt or the LORD—both of which the Rab-shakeh will systematically dismiss.
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