Isaiah 36:9
And how can you⌃ then turn to the face of the + 36:9 Or, local governors satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider, are our servants.
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2 Kings 18:24How then will you turn away the face of one + 18:24 Gr. local ruler. petty governor, from among the least of my lord's servants? whereas you trust for yourself on Egypt for chariots and horsemen.
Isaiah 10:8And if they should say to him, You alone are ruler;
Isaiah 30:2even they that proceed to go down into Egypt, but they have not enquired of me, that they might be helped by Pharao, and protected by the Egyptians.
Isaiah 30:16but you⌃ said, We will flee upon horses; therefore shall you⌃ flee: and, We will be aided by swift riders; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Isaiah 36:6Behold, you trust on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: as soon as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharao king of Egypt and all that trust in him.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 36:2-11
Sennacherib's Insolent Message. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. 2 And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. 3 Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son,… Read the whole commentary →