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I say, [your] counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
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The Enemy's Psychological War
Commentators agree that the Assyrian official is using psychological warfare. By calling Hezekiah's plans "vain words" or "a word of lips," he aims to make Judah's leadership and strategy seem foolish and weak. This tactic highlights how adversaries often try to undermine confidence by dismissing anything that isn't visible, worldly power.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I say, sayest thou - In 2 Kings 18:20, this is ‘thou sayest;’ and thus many manuscripts read it here, and Lowth and Noyes have a…
19th Century
Anglican
I have counsel and strength for war ... — Reports of Hezekiah’s speech, probably also of his negotiations with Egypt, had…
16th Century
Protestant
I have said (only a word of the lips.) In the sacred history (2 Kings 18:20), the word used is, You have said. This m…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I say, (you say,) but they are but vain wordsF6; meaning the following, which he suggests were only the fruit …
13th Century
Catholic
And it came to pass in the fourteenth year. Here the author recounts, as a historical account, the destruction of the A…
