2 Chronicles 32:10

10 "This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: 'What are you trusting in, you who remain under the siege of Jerusalem?

2 Chronicles 32:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 32:10

Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, whereon do ye trust,
&c.] On what power in heaven or on earth?

that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem?
hold out against the siege of it, and do not deliver it up.

2 Chronicles 32:10 In-Context

8 He has only human strength,but we have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles." So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah.

9 After this, while Sennacherib king of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,

10 "This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: 'What are you trusting in, you who remain under the siege of Jerusalem?

11 Isn't Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, "The Lord our God will deliver us from the power of the king of Assyria"?

12 Didn't Hezekiah himself remove His high places and His altars and say to Judah and Jerusalem: "You must worship before one altar, and you must burn incense on it"?