Verse 5

Isaiah 36:5

Darby Translation

5 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?

Original Language Text

hebrew

אָמַ֨רְתִּי֙ אַךְ דְּבַר שְׂפָתַ֔יִם עֵצָ֥ה וּ/גְבוּרָ֖ה לַ/מִּלְחָמָ֑ה עַתָּה֙ עַל מִ֣י בָטַ֔חְתָּ כִּ֥י מָרַ֖דְתָּ בִּֽ/י

English Translation

I said, "Surely the word of my lips is counsel and strength for battle; now on whom have you relied, because you have rebelled against me?"

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Chapter 36 Context

1 And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came u... Focus ↗

2 And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to king Hezekiah, with a strong f... Focus ↗

3 Then came forth to him Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scrib... Focus ↗

4 And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: Wha... Focus ↗

5 Thou sayest, but it is a word of the lips, [There is] counsel and strength for war. Now on whom dost...

6 Behold, thou reliest upon the staff of that broken reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it goes... Focus ↗

7 And if thou say to me, We rely upon Jehovah our God (Elohim): is it not he, whose high places and wh... Focus ↗

8 And now engage, I pray thee, with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand h... Focus ↗

9 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants? And thou... Focus ↗

10 And now am I come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said to me, Go up agai... Focus ↗

11 And Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rab-shakeh, Speak, we pray thee, to thy servants in Syriac,... Focus ↗

12 And Rab-shakeh said, Is it to thy master and to thee that my master sent me to speak these words? Is... Focus ↗

13 And Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jewish [language], and said, Hear the words... Focus ↗

14 Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you. Focus ↗

15 Neither let Hezekiah make you rely upon Jehovah, saying, Jehovah will certainly deliver us; this cit... Focus ↗

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: Make peace with me and come out to me; a... Focus ↗

17 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of brea... Focus ↗

18 Let not Hezekiah persuade you, saying, Jehovah will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations d... Focus ↗

19 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered... Focus ↗

20 Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand,... Focus ↗

21 And they were silent, and answered him not a word; for the king's command was, saying, Answer him no... Focus ↗

22 And Eliakim the son of Hilkijah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son... Focus ↗

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