Isaiah 36:5
You claim to have a strategy and strength for war, but these are empty words. On whom are you now relying, that you have rebelled against me?
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vain words.

Proverbs 21:30, 31
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel can prevail against the LORD. . . .

Proverbs 24:5, 6
A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength; . . .

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2 Kings 18:7
And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.

2 Kings 24:1
During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

Nehemiah 2:19, 20
When Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" . . .

Jeremiah 52:3
For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:15
But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?'

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"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?

King James Bible
I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I say that your strategy and military preparedness are mere words. What are you now relying on that you have rebelled against me?

International Standard Version
Do you really think that guarantees alone can withstand strategy and military strength? On whom are you now depending, that you're rebelling against me?

NET Bible
Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me?
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