Verse 5

Isaiah 36:5

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

5 Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from 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 Ezechias, that Sennacherib king of the Assyrians... Focus ↗

2 And the king of the Assyrians sent Rabsaces from Lachis to Jerusalem, to king Ezechias with a great... Focus ↗

3 And there went out to him Eliacim the son of Helcias, who was over the house, and Sobna the scribe,... Focus ↗

4 And Rabsaces said to them: Tell Ezechias: Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians: What... Focus ↗

5 Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? on whom dost thou trust, that thou art r...

6 Lo thou trustest upon this broken staff of a reed, upon Egypt: upon which if a man lean, it will go... Focus ↗

7 But if thou wilt answer me: We trust in the Lord our God (Elohim): is it not he whose high places an... Focus ↗

8 And now deliver thyself up to my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give thee two thousand h... Focus ↗

9 And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's serv... Focus ↗

10 And am I now come up without the Lord against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me: Go up ag... Focus ↗

11 And Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces: Speak to thy servants in the Syrian tongue: for... Focus ↗

12 And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these word... Focus ↗

13 Then Rabsaces stood, and cried out with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said: Hear the words... Focus ↗

14 Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you. Focus ↗

15 And let not Ezechias make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this c... Focus ↗

16 Do not hearken to Ezechias: for thus said the king of the Assyrians: Do with me that which is for yo... Focus ↗

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

18 Neither let Ezechias trouble you, saying: The Lord will deliver us. Have any of the gods of the nati... Focus ↗

19 Where is the god of Emath and of Arphad? where is the god of Sepharvaim? have they delivered Samaria... Focus ↗

20 Who is there among all the gods of these lands, that hath delivered his country out of my hand, that... Focus ↗

21 And they held their peace, and answered him not a word. For the king had commanded, saying: answer h... Focus ↗

22 And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of... Focus ↗

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