Hezekiah no doubt believed that in the “counsel” of Eliakim and Isaiah, and in the “strength” promised to him by Egypt, he had resources that justi…

You say (but they are merely vain words). —Literally, you have said — a mere lip-word it was — that is, insincer…

(See Gill on 2 Kings 18:17)

Rabshakeh tries to convince the Jews that it was pointless for them to resist. What confidence is this in which you trust? It would be well if sinn…