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Isa 36:4 — And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Thus saith		Isa 10:8-14; Isa 37:11-15; Pro 16:18; Eze 31:3-18; Dan 4:30; Act 12:22,23; Jud 1:16
Assyria		Assyria proper, now Kourdistan, was bounded by Armenia on the north, Media and Persia on the east, Babylonia on the south, and the Tigris, which divides it from Mesopotamia, on the west, between 33 degrees and 38 degrees N. lat. and 42 degrees and 46 degrees E. long. But the Assyrian empire, the bounds of which were different at different times, in its most flourishing state, according to the descriptions of the Greek and Roman writers, comprehended all the countries and nations between the Mediterranean on the west, and the Indus on the east, and between the deserts of Scythia on the north, and the Indian ocean on the south.
What		2Ki 18:5,19-37; 2Ki 19:10; 2Ch 32:7-10,14-16; Psa 42:3,10; Psa 71:10,11

Correlating Passages

Thus saith

	Isa 10:8	For he saith, [Are] not my princes altogether kings?
	Isa 10:9	[Is] not Calno as Carchemish? [is] not Hamath as Arpad? [is] not Samaria as Damascus?
	Isa 10:10	As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria;
	Isa 10:11	Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols?
	Isa 10:12	Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
	Isa 10:13	For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done [it], and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant [man]:
	Isa 10:14	And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs [that are] left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.
	Isa 37:11	Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered?
	Isa 37:12	Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, [as] Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which [were] in Telassar?
	Isa 37:13	Where [is] the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah?
	Isa 37:14	And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.
	Isa 37:15	And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying,
	Pro 16:18	Pride [goeth] before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
	Eze 31:3	Behold, the Assyrian [was] a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs.
	Eze 31:4	The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field.
	Eze 31:5	Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth.
	Eze 31:6	All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations.
	Eze 31:7	Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters.
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	Dan 4:30	The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?
	Act 12:22	And the people gave a shout, [saying, It is] the voice of a god, and not of a man.
	Act 12:23	And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
	Jud 1:16	These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling [words], having men's persons in admiration because of advantage.

What

	2Ki 18:5	He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor [any] that were before him.
	2Ki 18:19	And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence [is] this wherein thou trustest?
	2Ki 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?
	2Ki 18:21	Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, [even] upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so [is] Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.
	2Ki 18:22	But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: [is] not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
	2Ki 18:23	Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
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	2Ki 19:10	Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
	2Ch 32:7	Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:
	2Ch 32:8	With him [is] an arm of flesh; but with us [is] the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
	2Ch 32:9	After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem, saying,
	2Ch 32:10	Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
	2Ch 32:14	Who [was there] among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand?
	2Ch 32:15	Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
	2Ch 32:16	And his servants spake yet [more] against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah.
	Psa 42:3	My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where [is] thy God?
	Psa 42:10	[As] with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where [is] thy God?
	Psa 71:10	For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together,
	Psa 71:11	Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for [there is] none to deliver [him].

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Scott, Thomas. "Isaiah 36:4," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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