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Isaiah 36:5

Faith

3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah’s son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph’s son, the recorder.

4 And 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?

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?

6 Lo, 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.

7 But 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?

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. In whom are you now trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
KJV
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?
WEB
I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
ASV
I say, [thy] counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me?
DARBY
Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost thou rely, that thou hast revolted against me?
BLB
You speak a mere word of the lips [is] counsel and strength for the battle? Now, in whom are you trusting, that you have rebelled against me?
ÅB
Jeg sier: Bare tomme ord [er det du sier]: Her er innsikt og styrke nok til krig. Til hvem setter du da din lit, siden du har gjort opprør mot meg?
OTB
Du sier at du har strategi og styrke til krig, men dette er bare tomme ord. Hvem stoler du på, siden du har gjort opprør mot meg?
B1930
Jeg sier: Bare tomme ord [er det du sier]: Her er innsikt og styrke nok til krig. Til hvem setter du da din lit, siden du har gjort oprør mot mig?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Kings 18:7

    And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not.

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  • Ezekiel 17:15

    But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered?

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  • Proverbs 21:30–31

    There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

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  • Proverbs 24:5–6

    A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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  • Jeremiah 52:3

    For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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  • Nehemiah 2:19–20

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

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  • 2 Kings 24:1

    In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

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