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 hast rebelled against me?
21
Now, behold, thou dost trust upon the staff of this bruised reed,
even upon Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it; so
is Pharaoh, king of Egypt unto all that trust in him.
22
But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is he not the one whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
23
Now therefore, I pray thee, give hostages unto my lord, the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou art able on thy part to set riders upon them.
24
How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s slaves, even though thou dost trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?