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Isaiah 36:5 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 36 · verse 5 · King James Version
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?Isaiah 36:5 · King James Version
Isaiah 36:5 in context
3Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.
4And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
5I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
6Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him.
7But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Key words (Strong's)
- strengthgᵉbûwrâhforceH1369 →
- counselʻêtsâhadviceH6098 →
- trustbâṭachfiguratively, to trust, be confident or sureH982 →
- vainsâphâhthe lipH8193 →
- sayʼâmarto sayH559 →
- warmilchâmâha battleH4421 →
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