Isaiah 36:5

"Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?"

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the arrogance and challenge posed by Rabshakeh to Hezekiah's faith, questioning the basis of Judah’s hope in trusting in Egypt for protection against Assyria’s might. It underscores the spiritual tension between relying on human alliances versus trusting in God’s deliverance.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I say, sayest thou -In2 Kings 18:20, this is ‘thou sayest;’ and thus many manuscripts read it here, and Lowth and Noyes have adopted that reading. So the Syriac reads it. But the sense is not affected whichever reading is adopted. It is designed to show to Hezekiah that his reliance, either on his own resources or on Egypt, was vain. But they are but vain words -Margin, as Hebrew, ‘A word of lips;’ that is, mere words; vain and empty boasting.

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