2 Kings 18:19 Cross References - Thomson

¹⁹ And Rapsakes said to them, Say, I pray you, to Ezekias, Thus saith the king, the great king of the Assyrians, Of what avail is that confidence on which thou hast relied?

²² Such is Pharao king of Egypt to all who trust in him. As to thy telling me, We have relied on the Lord God; Is not this he, whose high places and whose altars Ezekias hath pulled down, saying to Juda and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?

²⁹ Thus saith the king, Let not Ezekias deceive you; for he cannot deliver you out of his hand. ³⁰ Neither let Ezekias cause you to trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will deliver us; this city shall not be delivered into the hands of the king of the Assyrians.

¹⁰ Let not thy God on whom thou reliest lead thee astray, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

⁷ Take courage and behave like men, and be not terrified nor dismayed, because of the king of Assur, and because of all the multitude with him; for there are more with us than with him. ⁸ With him are arms of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to save, and to fight our battle. So the people were encouraged by the words of Ezekias king of Juda.

¹⁰ Thus saith Sennacherim king of the Assyrians, On what do you rely, that you stand a siege in Jerusalem? ¹¹ Doth not Ezekias deceive you, that he may deliver you up to death, and to famine, and to thirst by saying, The Lord our God will save us out of the hand of the king of Assur?

¹⁴ Who is this of yours among all the gods of these nations which my father destroyed, who were not able to save their people out of my hand, that he should be able to save you out of my hand? ¹⁵ Now therefore let not Ezekias deceive you, nor cause you to trust in this manner. Do not believe him. For as there is no god of any nation or kingdom who is able to save his people out of my hand, or hath been able to save out of the hand of my fathers, therefore your God cannot save you out of my hand. ¹⁶ And besides what his servants spoke against the Lord God, and against his servant Ezekias,

² Sons of men! how long will you be stubborn! why love ye vanity and seek falsehood?

⁸ Even though they should say to him, Thou alone art chief. ⁹ He indeed will say, "Have I not taken the whole country above Babylon and Chalene, where the tower had been builded? Nay have I not taken Arabia and Damascus and Samaria? ¹⁰ In the same manner as I have taken these; so will I take all the governments. Howl ye graven images in Jerusalem and in Samaria; ¹¹ for as I have done to Samaria and her images, so will I do to Jerusalem and her idols." ¹² But it shall come to pass, when the Lord hath accomplished his whole work on mount Sion and Jerusalem; that I will cast a look on the stout heart; on the chief ruler of the Assyrians, and on the loftiness of the glory of his eyes. ¹³ For he said, "With this power I will perform exploits; and by the wisdom of mine understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and make a prey of their strength, ¹⁴ and shake inhabited cities, and seize with my hand the whole World as a nest; and carry off the inhabitants like deserted eggs. There is none who can escape me or chirp against me."

⁴ And Rabsakes said to them, Tell Ezekias, Thus saith the great king, the king of the Assyrians, On what hast thou placed confidence?

⁷ But if you say, "Our confidence is in the Lord our God;"

¹⁰ Thus shall you say to Ezekias king of Judea, "Let not thy God, on whom thou reliest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of the Assyrians.

¹³ Where are the kings of Emath? And where those of Arphath? And where those of the city Eppharuim, of Anagougana?

³⁰ he spake, saying, Is not this the great Babylon which I have built for the house of a kingdom, by the might of my power, for the display of my glory?