⁴ Then ^(A)Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you ^[a]have? ⁵ I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war are only ^[b]empty words.’ Now on whom do you rely, that ^(B)you have rebelled against me? ⁶ Behold, you rely on the ^(C)staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his ^[c]hand and pierce it. ^(D)So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him.