2 Kings 18:19

And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence this wherein you trustest?

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

17 And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which in the highway of the fuller's field.

18 And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder.

19 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence this wherein you trustest?

20 you sayest, (but vain words,) counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost you trust, that you rebellest against me?

21 Now, behold, you trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.

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