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2 Kings 18:20 KJV
2 Kings · chapter 18 · verse 20 · King James Version
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?2 Kings 18:20 · King James Version
2 Kings 18:20 in context
18And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.
19And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
20Thou 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?
21Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
22But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
Key words (Strong's)
- rebellestmâradto rebelH4775 →
- strengthgᵉbûwrâhforceH1369 →
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- sayestʼâmarto sayH559 →
- trustbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- vainsâphâhthe lipH8193 →
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