Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
2 Kings 18:29 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Thus says the king: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you. For he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand. American Standard Version (1901) Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand: Common English Bible This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah lie to you. He won’t be able to rescue you from the power of Assyria’s king. Catholic Public Domain Version Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah lead you astray. For he will not be able to rescue you from my hand. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thus saith the king: Let not Ezechias deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of my hand. |
Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out in a loud voice in the language of Judah, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria:
Do not let Hezekiah make you rely on the Lord by saying, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’
Is not Hezekiah misleading you, handing you over to die by famine and by thirst, when he tells you, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria’?
Now, therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you in this fashion, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to save his people from my hand or from the hand of my ancestors. How much less will your God save you out of my hand!”
Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you faithfully serve, deliver you!”
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, declaring himself to be God.
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will destroy with the breath of his mouth, annihilating him by the manifestation of his coming.