2 Kings 18:20
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
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Barnes' Notes
Hezekiah no doubt believed that in the “counsel” of Eliakim and Isaiah, and in the “strength” promised him by Egypt, he had resources which justified him in provoking a war. Vain words - literally, as…
Here is, I. Jerusalem besieged by Sennacherib's army, Kg2 18:17. He sent three of his great generals with a great host against Jerusalem. Is this the great king, the king of Assyria? No, never call…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Thou sayest, (butthey are but vain words)] Some have taken the words in the parenthesis as the object of the verb, so that the sense would be -Thou speakest only vain words (when thou talkest about)…