Human beings are all like a puff of breath; great and small alike are worthless. Put them on the scales, and they weigh nothing; they are lighter than a mere breath.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to depend on people.

It is better to trust in the LORD than to depend on human leaders.

Put no more confidence in mortals. What are they worth?

The Egyptians are not gods---they are only human. Their horses are not supernatural. When the LORD acts, the strong nation will crumble, and the weak nation it helped will fall. Both of them will be destroyed.

he sent back this answer: "The LORD tells you not to let the Assyrians frighten you by their claims that he cannot save you.

The LORD says, "I will condemn those who turn away from me and put their trust in human beings, in the strength of mortals.

He is like a bush in the desert, which grows in the dry wasteland, on salty ground where nothing else grows. Nothing good ever happens to him.