Isaiah 36:5-7

Contemporary English Version

⁵Does he think he can plan and win a war with nothing but words? Who is going to help him, now that he has turned against the king of Assyria? ⁶^(A) Is he depending on Egypt and its king? That's the same as leaning on a broken stick, and it will go right through his hand.

⁷Is Hezekiah now depending on the Lord, your God? Didn't Hezekiah tear down all except one of the Lord's altars and places of worship?^[a] Didn't he tell the people of Jerusalem and Judah to worship at that one place?

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36.7 worship: Hezekiah actually had torn down the places where idols were worshiped, and he had told the people to worship the Lord at the one place of worship in Jerusalem. But the Assyrian leader was confused and thought these were also places where the Lord was supposed to be worshiped.