Isaiah 36:7-9

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⁷ You might say, “We are depending on the Lord our God,” but ·Hezekiah destroyed [^Ldid not Hezekiah destroy…?] the Lord’s altars and ·the places of worship [^Lhigh places; 2 Kin. 18:4; 2 Chr. 30:14; 31:1]. Hezekiah told Judah and Jerusalem, “You must worship only at this one altar [^Cat the temple in Jerusalem; the Assyrian official wrongly assumes that the other altars and high places were dedicated to the Lord and that restricting worship to Jerusalem would offend him; Deut. 12].”

⁸ “‘Now make an ·agreement [pledge; deal] with my ·master [lord], the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses if you can find enough men to ride them [^Ca taunt that Judah’s army is too small even if Assyria were to supply it]. ⁹ You cannot ·defeat [repel] one of my ·master’s [lord’s] least important officers, so why do you depend on Egypt to give you chariots and ·horsemen [charioteers]?