Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you.
The words are a message from the king of Assyria, spoken through Rabshakeh, declaring that Hezekiah would be unable to deliver Jerusalem from Assyrian power. The declaration was calculated to make the people of Judah distrust their king and yield themselves to surrender. It belonged to a blasphemous challenge against God, by which His name had been brought to reproach among the surrounding nations.
The words are a message from the king of Assyria, spoken through Rabshakeh, declaring that Hezekiah would be unable to deliver Jerusalem from Assyrian power. The declaration was calculated to make the people of Judah distrust their king and yield themselves to surrender. It belonged to a blasphemous challenge against God, by which His name had been brought to reproach among the surrounding nations.