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Rabshakeh’s words for Hezekiah: the great king’s question, and the pledge of two thousand horses

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Isaiah 36:4–10: Rabshakeh says to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust? I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me? Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. But if you tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?” Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Have I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’” Both editions close the great king’s words at the end of 36:7 (the Korean Revised Version: 하셨느니라). 36:8–10 go on as Rabshakeh’s words, which call the king “my master the king of Assyria”, and WEB keeps them inside the message for Hezekiah. At 36:10 Rabshakeh tells what the LORD said to him; the LORD does not speak here. The Korean Revised Version reads 36:5 네가 족히 싸울 모략과 용맹이 있노라 함은 입술에 붙은 말 뿐이니라 (your saying that you have counsel and strength enough for war is only words of the lips), and 36:8 나는 네게 말 이천필을 주어도 너는 그 탈 자를 능히 내지 못하리라 (though I give you two thousand horses, you will not be able to set riders on them).

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ISA 36:4–10, engwebp
⁴Rabshakeh said to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust?
⁵I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me?
⁶Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
⁷But if you tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?”
⁸Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
⁹How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
¹⁰Have I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’”
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Entry: Rabshakeh’s words for Hezekiah: the great king’s question, and the pledge of two thousand horses (event-isa-36-rabshakehs-words-for-hezekiah)
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Current wording: Isaiah 36:4–10: Rabshakeh says to them, “Now tell Hezekiah, ‘The great king, the king of Assyria, says, “What confidence is this in which you trust? I say that your counsel and strength for the war are only vain words. Now in whom do you trust, that you have rebelled against me? Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised reed, even in Egypt, which if a man leans on it, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him. But if you tell me, ‘We trust in the LORD our God,’ isn’t that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, ‘You shall worship before this altar’?” Now therefore, please make a pledge to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put your trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? Have I come up now without the LORD against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, “Go up against this land, and destroy it.”’” Both editions close the great king’s words at the end of 36:7 (the Korean Revised Version: 하셨느니라). 36:8–10 go on as Rabshakeh’s words, which call the king “my master the king of Assyria”, and WEB keeps them inside the message for Hezekiah. At 36:10 Rabshakeh tells what the LORD said to him; the LORD does not speak here. The Korean Revised Version reads 36:5 네가 족히 싸울 모략과 용맹이 있노라 함은 입술에 붙은 말 뿐이니라 (your saying that you have counsel and strength enough for war is only words of the lips), and 36:8 나는 네게 말 이천필을 주어도 너는 그 탈 자를 능히 내지 못하리라 (though I give you two thousand horses, you will not be able to set riders on them).
Cited evidence: ISA 36:4–10, engwebp
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