Isaiah 36:8-10

New Catholic Bible

⁸ “Now I challenge you to make a wager with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses if you can find riders for them. ⁹ But how could you repulse even a single one of my master’s soldiers, even though you are depending upon Egypt for chariots and horsemen? ¹⁰ Moreover, do you believe that I have come to attack this land and destroy it without the consent of the Lord? The Lord himself said to me, ‘Go forth against this land and destroy it.’ ”