Isaiah 36:4-6

New English Translation

⁴ The chief adviser said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: ‘This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: “What is your source of confidence?^{[a] 5} Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk.^[b] In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me? ⁶ Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him!