Isaiah 36:4

Sennacherib Threatens Jerusalem

³ Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him. ⁴ Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you have? ⁵ I say, ‘Your counsel and strength for the war are only empty words.’ Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me?

Great King

Asshur

Assur

Assyria

Hezekiah

Rab-shakeh

2 Kings 18:5

He trusted in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him.

2 Kings 18:19-37

Then Rabshakeh said to them, “Say now to Hezekiah, ‘Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, “What is this confidence that you have?

2 Kings 19:10

“Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, ‘Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you saying, “Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.”

2 Chronicles 32:7-10

“Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with him.

2 Chronicles 32:14-16

Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand?

Psalm 42:3

My tears have been my food day and night,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 42:10

As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me,
While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Psalm 71:10-11

For my enemies have spoken against me;
And those who watch for my life have consulted together,

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

Isaiah 10:8-14

For it says, “Are not my princes all kings?

Isaiah 37:11-15

Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared?

Ezekiel 31:3-18

‘Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon
With beautiful branches and forest shade,
And very high,
And its top was among the clouds.

Daniel 4:30

The king reflected and said, ‘Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?’

Acts 12:22-23

The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”

Jude 1:16

These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage.