Isaiah 36:4-6

Common English Bible

⁴ Then the field commander said to them, “Say to Hezekiah: Assyria’s Great King says this: Why do you feel so confident? ⁵ Do you think that empty words are the same as good strategy and the strength to fight? Who are you trusting that you now rebel against me? ⁶ It appears that you are trusting in a staff—Egypt—that’s nothing but a broken reed! It will stab the hand of anyone who leans on it! That’s all that Pharaoh, Egypt’s king, is to anyone who trusts in him.