Isaiah 36:4

And Rav Shakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Chizkiyah, Thus saith the HaMelech Hagadol, Melech Ashur, What bitachon (confidence) is this wherein thou trustest?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?

In Context

3Then came forth unto him Elyakim Ben Chilkiyah, who was over the Bais (palace), and Shevna the Sofer, and Yoach Ben Asaph, the Mazkir (secretary).

5I say, Your etzah (counsel) and gevurah (strength) for milchamah (war) are only devar sefatayim (words of the lips); + 36:5 words of the lips empty words now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:19And Rav Shakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Chizkiyah, Thus saith HaMelech Hagadol, Melech Ashur; What bitachon (confidence) is this wherein thou trustest?

2 Chronicles 32:7Chizku (be strong) and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed because of the melech Assyria, nor because of all the vast army that is with him, for there be more with us than with him.

Psalms 42:3My nefesh thirsteth for Elohim, 1 for El Chai. 1 When shall I come and appear before Elohim? + 42:3 in the Beis Hamikdash 1

Psalms 71:10For mine oyevim speak against me; 1 and they that lay in wait for my nefesh conspire together, 1

Isaiah 10:8For he saith, 1 Are not my sarim altogether melachim? 1

Jeremiah 48:14How say ye: We are gibborim 1 and anshei chayil for the milchamah? 1

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 →

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