2 Kings 18:19-21

Christian Standard Bible

The Royal Spokesman’s Speech

¹⁹ Then^(A) the royal spokesman said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: ‘What are you relying on?^{[a](B) 20} You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on so that you have rebelled against me?^{(C) 21} Now look, you are relying on Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff^(D) that will pierce the hand of anyone who grabs it and leans on it.^(E) This is what Pharaoh king of Egypt is to all who rely on him.