Isaiah 36:6

"I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?"

Key Reflection

In Isaiah 36:6, God challenges Assyria's confidence in its military might as merely empty rhetoric, highlighting the futility of their strength without Him. This prompts the question of whose trust led them to rebel against God, underscoring that true security comes not from human power but from allegiance to the Lord.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Lo, thou trustest -It is possible that Sennacherib might have been apprised of the attempt which had been made by the Jews to secure the cooperation of Egypt (see the notes atIsaiah 30:1-7;Isaiah 31:1ff), though he might not have been aware that the negotiation was unsuccessful. In the staff of this broken reed -The same comparison of Egypt with a broken reed, or a reed which broke while they were trusting to it, occurs inEzekiel 29:6-7. Reeds were doubtless used often for staves, as they are now. They are light and hollow, with long joints. The idea here is, that as a slender reed would break when a man leaned on it, and would pierce his hand, so it would be with Egypt.

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