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2 Kings 18:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 Kings 18:19-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Rabshakeh’s Speech
19 Then(A) the Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: ‘What are you relying on?[a](B) 20 You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. What are you now relying on so that you have rebelled against me?(C) 21 Look, you are now trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff(D) that will enter and pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it.(E) This is how Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who trust in him.
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- 2 Kings 18:19 Lit What is this trust which you trust
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