Isaiah 36:5

New English Translation

⁵Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk.^[a] In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?

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Isaiah 36:5 tn Heb “you say only a word of lips, counsel and might for battle.” Sennacherib’s message appears to be in broken Hebrew at this point. The phrase “word of lips” refers to mere or empty talk in Prov 14:23.

Isaiah 36:5

Lexham English Bible

⁵I said, ‘Only a word of lips! War has power and a plan!’^[a] Now, in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?

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Isaiah 36:5 The Hebrew here is awkward; literally “Plan and power for war”

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