Holy Scripture
Isaiah 36:7
A church father on this verse
“(Chapter 36—Verse 1 and following) And it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the condu…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7But if ye say, We trust in the Lord our God;
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5Is war carried on with counsel and mere words of the lips? and now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
6Behold, thou trustest on this bruised staff of reed, on Egypt: as soon as a man leans upon it, it shall go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt and all that trust in him.
— Isaiah 36:7 —
8yet now make an agreement with my lord the king of the Assyrians, and I will give you two thousand horses, if ye shall be able to set riders upon them.
9And how can ye then turn to the face of the satraps? They that trust on the Egyptians for horse and rider are our servants.