Verse 4

And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Say{H559} ye now to Hezekiah,{H2396} Thus saith{H559} the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest?{H982}

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Kgs 18:19-37 : 19 And Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Say{H559} ye now to Hezekiah,{H2396} Thus saith{H559} the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} What confidence{H986} is this wherein thou trustest?{H982} 20 Thou sayest{H559} (but they are but vain{H8193} words),{H1697} [There is] counsel{H6098} and strength{H1369} for the war.{H4421} Now on whom dost thou trust,{H982} that thou hast rebelled{H4775} against me? 21 Now, behold, thou trustest{H982} upon the staff{H4938} of this bruised{H7533} reed,{H7070} even upon Egypt;{H4714} whereon if a man{H376} lean,{H5564} it will go{H935} into his hand,{H3709} and pierce{H5344} it: so is Pharaoh{H6547} king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} unto all that trust{H982} on him. 22 But if ye say{H559} unto me, We trust{H982} in Jehovah{H3068} our God;{H430} is not that he, whose high places{H1116} and whose altars{H4196} Hezekiah{H2396} hath taken away,{H5493} and hath said{H559} to Judah{H3063} and to Jerusalem,{H3389} Ye shall worship{H7812} before{H6440} this altar{H4196} in Jerusalem?{H3389} 23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges{H6148} to my master{H113} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and I will give{H5414} thee two thousand{H505} horses,{H5483} if thou be able{H3201} on thy part to set{H5414} riders{H7392} upon them. 24 How then canst thou turn away{H7725} the face{H6440} of one{H259} captain{H6346} of the least{H6996} of my master's{H113} servants,{H5650} and put thy trust{H982} on Egypt{H4714} for chariots{H7393} and for horsemen?{H6571} 25 Am I now come up{H5927} without{H1107} Jehovah{H3068} against this place{H4725} to destroy{H7843} it? Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto me, Go up{H5927} against this land,{H776} and destroy{H7843} it. 26 Then said{H559} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} and Shebnah,{H7644} and Joah,{H3098} unto Rabshakeh,{H7262} Speak,{H1696} I pray thee, to thy servants{H5650} in the Syrian language;{H762} for we understand{H8085} it: and speak{H1696} not with us in the Jews' language,{H3066} in the ears{H241} of the people{H5971} that are on the wall.{H2346} 27 But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971} me to thy master,{H113} and to thee, to speak{H1696} these words?{H1697} [hath he] not [sent me] to the men{H582} that sit{H3427} on the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H6675} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you? 28 Then Rabshakeh{H7262} stood,{H5975} and cried{H7121} with a loud{H1419} voice{H6963} in the Jews' language,{H3066} and spake,{H1696} saying,{H559} Hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of the great{H1419} king,{H4428} the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 29 Thus saith{H559} the king,{H4428} Let not Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you; for he will not be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you out of his hand:{H3027} 30 neither let Hezekiah{H2396} make you trust{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will surely{H5337} deliver{H5337} us, and this city{H5892} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804} 31 Hearken{H8085} not to Hezekiah:{H2396} for thus saith{H559} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Make{H6213} your peace{H1293} with me, and come out{H3318} to me; and eat{H398} ye every one{H376} of his vine,{H1612} and every one{H376} of his fig-tree,{H8384} and drink{H8354} ye every one{H376} the waters{H4325} of his own cistern;{H953} 32 Until I come{H935} and take you away{H3947} to a land{H776} like your own land,{H776} a land{H776} of grain{H1715} and new wine,{H8492} a land{H776} of bread{H3899} and vineyards,{H3754} a land{H776} of olive -{H2132} trees{H3323} and of honey,{H1706} that ye may live,{H2421} and not die:{H4191} and hearken{H8085} not unto Hezekiah,{H2396} when he persuadeth{H5496} you, saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} will deliver{H5337} us. 33 Hath any{H376} of the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} ever{H5337} delivered{H5337} his land{H776} out of the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria?{H804} 34 Where are the gods{H430} of Hamath,{H2574} and of Arpad?{H774} where are the gods{H430} of Sepharvaim,{H5617} of Hena,{H2012} and Ivvah?{H5755} have they delivered{H5337} Samaria{H8111} out of my hand?{H3027} 35 Who are they among all the gods{H430} of the countries,{H776} that have delivered{H5337} their country{H776} out of my hand,{H3027} that Jehovah{H3068} should deliver{H5337} Jerusalem{H3389} out of my hand?{H3027} 36 But the people{H5971} held their peace,{H2790} and answered{H6030} him not a word;{H1697} for the king's{H4428} commandment{H4687} was, saying,{H559} Answer{H6030} him not. 37 Then came{H935} Eliakim{H471} the son{H1121} of Hilkiah,{H2518} who was over the household,{H1004} and Shebna{H7644} the scribe,{H5608} and Joah{H3098} the son{H1121} of Asaph{H623} the recorder,{H2142} to Hezekiah{H2396} with their clothes{H899} rent,{H7167} and told{H5046} him the words{H1697} of Rabshakeh.{H7262}
  • 2 Kgs 19:10 : 10 Thus shall ye speak{H559} to Hezekiah{H2396} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559} Let not thy God{H430} in whom thou trustest{H982} deceive{H5377} thee, saying,{H559} Jerusalem{H3389} shall not be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Assyria.{H804}
  • 2 Chr 32:7-9 : 7 Be strong{H2388} and of good courage,{H553} be not afraid{H3372} nor dismayed{H2865} for{H6440} the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} nor for all the multitude{H1995} that is with him; for there is a greater{H7227} with us than with him: 8 with him is an arm{H2220} of flesh;{H1320} but with us is Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} to help{H5826} us, and to fight{H3898} our battles.{H4421} And the people{H5971} rested{H5564} themselves upon the words{H1697} of Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah.{H3063} 9 After{H310} this did Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria{H804} send{H7971} his servants{H5650} to Jerusalem,{H3389} (now he was before Lachish,{H3923} and all his power{H4475} with him,) unto Hezekiah{H3169} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and unto all Judah{H3063} that were at Jerusalem,{H3389} saying,{H559} 10 Thus saith{H559} Sennacherib{H5576} king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} Whereon do ye trust,{H982} that ye abide{H3427} the siege{H4692} in Jerusalem?{H3389}
  • 2 Chr 32:14-16 : 14 Who was there among all the gods{H430} of those nations{H1471} which my fathers{H1} utterly destroyed,{H2763} that could{H3201} deliver{H5337} his people{H5971} out of my hand,{H3027} that your God{H430} should be able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} you out of my hand?{H3027} 15 Now therefore let not{H3808} Hezekiah{H2396} deceive{H5377} you, nor persuade{H5496} you after this manner, neither believe{H539} ye him; for no god{H433} of any nation{H1471} or kingdom{H4467} was able{H3201} to deliver{H5337} his people{H5971} out of my hand,{H3027} and out of the hand{H3027} of my fathers:{H1} how much less shall your God{H430} deliver{H5337} you out of my hand?{H3027} 16 And his servants{H5650} spake{H1696} yet more against Jehovah{H3068} God,{H430} and against his servant{H5650} Hezekiah.{H3169}
  • Ps 42:3 : 3 My tears{H1832} have been my food{H3899} day{H3119} and night,{H3915} While they continually{H3117} say{H559} unto me, Where is thy God?{H430}
  • Ps 42:10 : 10 As with a sword{H7524} in my bones,{H6106} mine adversaries{H6887} reproach{H2778} me, While they continually{H3117} say{H559} unto me, Where is thy God?{H430}
  • Ps 71:10-11 : 10 For mine enemies{H341} speak{H559} concerning me; And they that watch{H8104} for my soul{H5315} take counsel{H3289} together,{H3162} 11 Saying,{H559} God{H430} hath forsaken{H5800} him: Pursue{H7291} and take{H8610} him; For there is none to deliver.{H5337}
  • Prov 16:18 : 18 Pride{H1347} [goeth] before{H6440} destruction,{H7667} And a haughty{H1363} spirit{H7307} before{H6440} a fall.{H3783}
  • Isa 10:8-9 : 8 For he saith,{H559} Are not my princes{H8269} all{H3162} of them kings?{H4428} 9 Is not Calno{H3641} as Carchemish?{H3751} is not Hamath{H2574} as Arpad?{H774} is not Samaria{H8111} as Damascus?{H1834} 10 As my hand{H3027} hath found{H4672} the kingdoms{H4467} of the idols,{H457} whose graven images{H6456} did excel them of Jerusalem{H3389} and of Samaria;{H8111} 11 shall I not, as I have done{H6213} unto Samaria{H8111} and her idols,{H457} so do{H6213} to Jerusalem{H3389} and her idols?{H6091} 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord{H136} hath performed{H1214} his whole work{H4639} upon mount{H2022} Zion{H6726} and on Jerusalem,{H3389} I will punish{H6485} the fruit{H6529} of the stout{H1433} heart{H3824} of the king{H4428} of Assyria,{H804} and the glory{H8597} of his high{H7312} looks.{H5869} 13 For he hath said,{H559} By the strength{H3581} of my hand{H3027} I have done{H6213} it, and by my wisdom;{H2451} for I have understanding:{H2451} and I have removed{H5493} the bounds{H1367} of the peoples,{H5971} and have robbed{H8154} their treasures,{H6259} and like a valiant{H47} man I have brought down{H3381} them{H3427} that sit [on thrones]: 14 and my hand{H3027} hath found{H4672} as a nest{H7064} the riches{H2428} of the peoples;{H5971} and as one gathereth{H622} eggs{H1000} that are forsaken,{H5800} have I gathered{H622} all the earth:{H776} and there was none that moved{H5074} the wing,{H3671} or that opened{H6475} the mouth,{H6310} or chirped.{H6850}
  • Isa 37:11-15 : 11 Behold, thou hast heard{H8085} what the kings{H4428} of Assyria{H804} have done{H6213} to all lands,{H776} by destroying them utterly:{H2763} and shalt thou be delivered?{H5337} 12 Have the gods{H430} of the nations{H1471} delivered{H5337} them, which my fathers{H1} have destroyed,{H7843} Gozan,{H1470} and Haran,{H2771} and Rezeph,{H7530} and the children{H1121} of Eden{H5729} that were in Telassar?{H8515} 13 Where is the king{H4428} of Hamath,{H2574} and the king{H4428} of Arpad,{H774} and the king{H4428} of the city{H5892} of Sepharvaim,{H5617} of Hena,{H2012} and Ivvah?{H5755} 14 And Hezekiah{H2396} received{H3947} the letter{H5612} from the hand{H3027} of the messengers,{H4397} and read{H7121} it; and Hezekiah{H2396} went up{H5927} unto the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and spread{H6566} it before{H6440} Jehovah.{H3068} 15 And Hezekiah{H2396} prayed{H6419} unto Jehovah,{H3068} saying,{H559}
  • Ezek 31:3-9 : 3 Behold, the Assyrian{H804} was a cedar{H730} in Lebanon{H3844} with fair{H3303} branches,{H6057} and with a forest-like{H6751} shade,{H2793} and of high{H1362} stature;{H6967} and its top{H6788} was among the thick boughs.{H5688} 4 The waters{H4325} nourished{H1431} it, the deep{H8415} made it to grow:{H7311} the rivers{H5104} thereof ran{H1980} round about{H5439} its plantation;{H4302} and it sent out{H7971} its channels{H8585} unto all the trees{H6086} of the field.{H7704} 5 Therefore its stature{H6967} was exalted{H1361} above all the trees{H6086} of the field;{H7704} and its boughs{H5634} were multiplied,{H7235} and its branches{H6288} became long{H748} by reason of many{H7227} waters,{H4325} when it shot [them] forth.{H7971} 6 All the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} made their nests{H7077} in its boughs;{H5589} and under its branches{H6288} did all the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} bring forth their young;{H3205} and under its shadow{H6738} dwelt{H3427} all great{H7227} nations.{H1471} 7 Thus was it fair{H3302} in its greatness,{H1433} in the length{H753} of its branches;{H1808} for its root{H8328} was by many{H7227} waters.{H4325} 8 The cedars{H730} in the garden{H1588} of God{H430} could not hide{H6004} it; the fir-trees{H1265} were not like{H1819} its boughs,{H5589} and the plane-trees{H6196} were not as its branches;{H6288} nor was any tree{H6086} in the garden{H1588} of God{H430} like{H1819} unto it in its beauty.{H3308} 9 I made{H6213} it fair{H3303} by the multitude{H7230} of its branches,{H1808} so that all the trees{H6086} of Eden,{H5731} that were in the garden{H1588} of God,{H430} envied{H7065} it. 10 Therefore thus said{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H3069} Because thou art exalted{H1361} in stature,{H6967} and he hath set{H5414} his top{H6788} among the thick boughs,{H5688} and his heart{H3824} is lifted up{H7311} in his height;{H1363} 11 I will even deliver{H5414} him into the hand{H3027} of the mighty one{H410} of the nations;{H1471} he shall surely{H6213} deal{H6213} with him; I have driven him out{H1644} for his wickedness.{H7562} 12 And strangers,{H2114} the terrible{H6184} of the nations,{H1471} have cut him off,{H3772} and have left{H5203} him: upon the mountains{H2022} and in all the valleys{H1516} his branches{H1808} are fallen,{H5307} and his boughs{H6288} are broken{H7665} by all the watercourses{H650} of the land;{H776} and all the peoples{H5971} of the earth{H776} are gone down{H3381} from his shadow,{H6738} and have left{H5203} him. 13 Upon his ruin{H4658} all the birds{H5775} of the heavens{H8064} shall dwell,{H7931} and all the beasts{H2416} of the field{H7704} shall be upon his branches;{H6288} 14 to the end that none of all the trees{H6086} by the waters{H4325} exalt{H1361} themselves in their stature,{H6967} neither set{H5414} their top{H6788} among the thick boughs,{H5688} nor that their mighty ones{H352} stand up{H5975} on their height,{H1363} even all that drink{H8354} water:{H4325} for they are all delivered{H5414} unto death,{H4194} to the nether parts{H8482} of the earth,{H776} in the midst{H8432} of the children{H1121} of men,{H120} with them that go down{H3381} to the pit.{H953} 15 Thus saith{H559} the Lord{H136} Jehovah:{H136} In the day{H3117} when he went down{H3381} to Sheol{H7585} I caused a mourning:{H56} I covered{H3680} the deep{H8415} for him, and I restrained{H4513} the rivers{H5104} thereof; and the great{H7227} waters{H4325} were stayed;{H3607} and I caused Lebanon{H3844} to mourn{H6937} for him, and all the trees{H6086} of the field{H7704} fainted{H5969} for him. 16 I made the nations{H1471} to shake{H7493} at the sound{H6963} of his fall,{H4658} when I cast him down{H3381} to Sheol{H7585} with them that descend{H3381} into the pit;{H953} and all the trees{H6086} of Eden,{H5731} the choice{H4005} and best{H2896} of Lebanon,{H3844} all that drink{H8354} water,{H4325} were comforted{H5162} in the nether parts{H8482} of the earth.{H776} 17 They also went down{H3381} into Sheol{H7585} with him unto them that are slain{H2491} by the sword;{H2719} yea, they that were his arm,{H2220} [that] dwelt{H3427} under his shadow{H6738} in the midst{H8432} of the nations.{H1471} 18 To whom art thou thus like{H1819} in glory{H3519} and in greatness{H1433} among the trees{H6086} of Eden?{H5731} yet shalt thou be brought down{H3381} with the trees{H6086} of Eden{H5731} unto the nether parts{H8482} of the earth:{H776} thou shalt lie{H7901} in the midst{H8432} of the uncircumcised,{H6189} with them that are slain{H2491} by the sword.{H2719} This is Pharaoh{H6547} and all his multitude,{H1995} saith{H5002} the Lord{H136} Jehovah.{H3069}
  • Dan 4:30 : 30 The king{H4430} spake{H6032} and said,{H560} Is{H576} not{H3809} this{H1932} great{H7229} Babylon,{H895} which I{H576} have built{H1124} for the royal{H4437} dwelling-place, by the might{H8632} of my power{H2632} and for the glory{H3367} of my majesty?{H1923}
  • Acts 12:22-23 : 22 And{G1161} the people{G1218} shouted,{G2019} [saying], The voice{G5456} of a god,{G2316} and{G2532} not{G3756} of a man.{G444} 23 And{G1161} immediately{G3916} an angel{G32} of the Lord{G2962} smote{G3960} him,{G846} because{G473} {G3739} he gave{G1325} not{G3756} God{G2316} the glory:{G1391} and{G2532} he was{G1096} eaten of worms,{G4662} and gave up the ghost.{G1634}
  • Jude 1:16 : 16 These{G3778} are{G1526} murmurers,{G1113} complainers,{G3202} walking{G4198} after{G2596} their lusts{G1939} (and{G2532} their{G846} mouth{G4750} speaketh{G2980} great swelling{G5246} [words]), showing{G2296} respect{G2296} of{G5484} persons{G4383} for the sake of{G5484} advantage.{G5622}
  • 2 Kgs 18:5 : 5 He trusted{H982} in Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel;{H3478} so that after{H310} him was none like him among all the kings{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} nor [among them] that were before{H6440} him.