Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you from his hand;
Parallel translations
- WEB Thus says the king, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you; for he will not be able to deliver you out of his hand.
- KJV Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand:
- BSB This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you; he cannot deliver you from my hand.
- ESV Thus says the king: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand.
- NASB This is what the king says: ‘Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to save you from my hand.
- NLT This is what the king says: Don’t let Hezekiah deceive you. He will never be able to rescue you from my power.
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Quick answer
Rabshakeh warns the people not to let Hezekiah deceive them, claiming the king cannot deliver them. He attacks the credibility of Judah's leader.
Overview
The Assyrian seeks to drive a wedge between the people and their king by branding Hezekiah a deceiver. His goal is to isolate the people from the leadership that calls them to trust God. By denying Hezekiah's power to save, he subtly denies the God behind him. The narrative will vindicate Hezekiah's hope and expose the Assyrian's lie.
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Cross-references · 8
- 2 Chr 32:15Now therefore don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this way. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand?”
- 2 Chr 32:11Doesn’t Hezekiah persuade you, to give you over to die by famine and by thirst, saying, ‘Yahweh our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?’
- Dan 3:15–17Now if you are ready whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, good: but if you don’t worship, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that god that shall deliver you out of my hands?
- Dan 6:16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.
- 2 Th 2:4he who opposes and exalts himself against all that is called God or that is worshiped; so that he sits as God in the temple of God, setting himself up as God.
- 2 Th 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation of his coming;
- Ps 73:8–9They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
- John 19:10–11Pilate therefore said to him, “Aren’t you speaking to me? Don’t you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?”
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