Yesaya 36:5

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kaukira bahwa hanya ucapan bibir saja dapat merupakan rencana dan kekuatan untuk perang! Sekarang, kepada siapa engkau berharap, maka engkau memberontak terhadap aku?

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kaukira bahwa hanya ucapan bibir saja dapat merupakan rencana dan kekuatan untuk perang! Sekarang, kepada siapa engkau berharap, maka engkau memberontak terhadap aku?

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Katamu (tetapi perkataan bibir belaka) adalah bicara dan kuatpun akan berperang! tetapi pada siapa gerangan kautaruh harapmu, maka engkau hendak melawan aku?

Contextual Overview

¹ In the foureteenth yere of king Hezekias came Sennacherib kyng of the Assyrians downe, to lay siege vnto all the strong cities of Iuda, to conquer them. ² And the kyng of the Assyrians sent Rabsakeh from Lachis towarde Hierusalem, agaynst Hezekias with an exceedyng hoast, which set hym by the conduite of the ouer poole in the way that goeth through the fullers lande. ³ And so there came foorth vnto hym Eliakim Helkias sonne, the chiefe ouer the householde, Sobna the scribe, and Ioah Asaphs sonne the secretarie: ⁴ And Rabsakeh sayde vnto them, Tell Hezekia that the great kyng saith thus vnto hym: What presumption is this that thou trustest vnto? ⁵ I sayde surely that thou trustest in vayne wordes, when counsayle and strength are necessarie to battayle: but nowe wherto trustest thou, that thou rebellest agaynst me? ⁶ Lo, thou puttest thy trust in a broken staffe of reede [I meane] Egypt, which he that leaneth vpon, it goeth into his hande and shooteth it through: euen so is Pharao the kyng of Egypt vnto all them that trust in hym. ⁷ But if thou wouldest say vnto me, We trust in the Lorde our God: Is not he that God whose hygh places & aulters Hezekia toke downe, and commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem to worship only before this aulter? ⁸ Nowe therfore deliuer hostages that thou rebell no more agaynst my Lorde the kyng of the Assyrians, and I wyll geue thee two thousande horses yf thou be able to set men vpon them. ⁹ Howe darest thou resist the power of the smallest prince that my Lorde hath? howe darest thou trust in the charrets and horsemen of Egypt? ¹⁰ Moreouer, thinkest thou that I am come vp hyther to destroy this lande without the Lordes wyll? The Lorde sayd vnto me, Go vp agaynst this lande and destroy it.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

vain words: Heb. a word of lips. I have counsel and strength for war. or, but counsel and strength are for the war. Proverbs 21:30, Proverbs 21:31, Proverbs 24:5, Proverbs 24:6

that: 2 Kings 18:7, 2 Kings 24:1, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 2:20, Jeremiah 52:3, Ezekiel 17:15

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 48:14 - How

Cross-References

Genesis 35:29
And Isahac decayed away, and dyed, and was layde vnto his people, beyng olde and full of dayes: and his sonnes Esau and Iacob buryed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I say, (sayest thou,) but they are but vain words,.... Or, "word of lips" f; meaning the following, which he suggests were only the fruit of his lips, not of his heart; or were vain and foolish, and without effect, and stood for nothing; so the first part of the words are Hezekiah's, "I say (sayest thou)"; and the latter, Rabshakeh's note upon them; though they may be understood as Hezekiah's, or what he is made to speak by Rabshakeh, as the ground of his confidence, namely, "word of lips"; that is, prayer to God, as Kimchi explains it; or eloquence in addressing his soldiers, and encouraging them to fight, either of which Rabshakeh derides, as well as what follows:

I have counsel and strength for war; as he had; he had wise ministers to consult, and was capable of forming a good plan, and wise schemes, and of putting them in execution, and of heartening men; though he did not put his confidence in these things, as Rabshakeh suggested,

2 Chronicles 32:3, the words may be rendered; "but counsel and strength are for war" g: what signifies words to God, or eloquence with men? this is all lip labour, and of little service; wisdom and counsel to form plans, and power to execute them, are the things which are necessary to carry on a war with success, and which, it is intimated, were wanting in Hezekiah; and therefore he had nothing to ground his confidence upon, within himself, or his people:

now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? which it does not appear he had, having paid the money agreed to for the withdrawment of his army; but this was a pretence for the siege of Jerusalem.

f דבר שפתים "verbum labiorum", Montanus; "vel, sermo labiorum", Vatablus. g עצה וגבורה למלחמה "consilium et fortitudo ad praelium", Montanus; "sed consilio et fortitudine opus ad praelium", Pagninus, i.e. "requiruntur", ut Grotius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I say, sayest thou - In 2 Kings 18:20, this is ‘thou sayest;’ and thus many manuscripts read it here, and Lowth and Noyes have adopted that reading. So the Syriac reads it. But the sense is not affected whichever reading is adopted. It is designed to show to Hezekiah that his reliance, either on his own resources or on Egypt, was vain.

But they are but vain words - Margin, as Hebrew, ‘A word of lips;’ that is, mere words; vain and empty boasting.

On whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? - Hezekiah had revolted from the Assyrian power, and had refused to pay the tribute which had been imposed on the Jews in the time of Ahaz 2 Kings 18:7.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 36:5. I say - "Thou hast said"] Fourteen MSS. (three ancient) of Kennicott's and De Rossi's have it in the second person, אמרת amarta; and so the other copy, 2 Kings 18:20.

But they are but vain words — דבר שפתים debar sephathayim, a word of the lips. Thou dost talk about counsels, but thou hast none; about strength, but there is none with thee.