2 Kings 18:20
Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?
The words were spoken by Rabshakeh, Assyria's spokesman, directly challenging Hezekiah king of Judah. He dismissed Judah's claim to possess counsel and strength for war as mere empty talk with no substance behind it. He then pressed Hezekiah with the question of whom he trusted in daring to rebel against Assyria.
That taunt came as part of Assyria's demand that Jerusalem surrender rather than continue resistance. It was contemptuous toward any reliance on the Lord for deliverance. It was equally scornful toward any reliance on human strength for the conflict.