You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on so that you have rebelled against me?
Isaiah 36:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on that you have rebelled against me? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Do you suppose that mere words of the lips can pass for warlike counsel and strength? Now in whom do you trust and on whom do you rely, that you rebel against me? [II Kings 18:7.] American Standard Version (1901) I say, thy counsel and strength for the war are but vain words: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou hast rebelled against me? Common English Bible Do you think that empty words are the same as good strategy and the strength to fight? Who are you trusting that you now rebel against me? Catholic Public Domain Version And by what counsel or strength would you prepare to rebel? In whom do you have faith, so much so that you would withdraw from me? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Or with what counsel or strength dost thou prepare for war? On whom dost thou trust, that thou art revolted from me? |
You think mere words are strategy and strength for war. Who are you now relying on so that you have rebelled against me?
The Lord was with him, and wherever he went he prospered. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, and then he turned and rebelled against him.
Because of the Lord’s anger, it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he finally banished them from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
However, this king revolted against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt so that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still escape?