How will you say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribes used a false pen.

For the end, A Psalm of David. In the Lord I have put my trust: how will you say to my soul, Flee to the mountains as a sparrow?

And Rabshakeh said to them, Say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of the Assyrians, Why are you secure?

Is war carried on with counsel and [mere] words of the lips? And now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me?

Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the strong man boast in his strength, and let not the rich man boast in his wealth;

Your insolence has risen up against you, the fierceness of your heart has burst the holes of the rocks, it has seized upon the strength of a lofty hill; for as an eagle he set his nest on high; from there will I bring you down.

A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet wealth to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of knowledge; for time and chance will happen to them all.

For he said, I will act in strength, and in the wisdom of [my] understanding I will remove the boundaries of nations, and will spoil their strength.

but the Lord of hosts shall send dishonor upon your honor, and burning fire shall be kindled upon your glory.

We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud. I have cut off his pride; your prophecy shall not be thus, [no] not thus.

And the supports of Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her strength shall come down from Migdol to Syene; they shall fall by the sword in it, says the Lord.

This is their punishment in return for their haughtiness, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the Lord Almighty.