Thou sayest (but they are but vain Words). — Literally, thou hast said — a mere lip-word it was — i.e., insincere language, an utterance which thou knewest to be false. (Comp. our expression, “lip-service.”)
I have counsel ... — The margin is wrong.
Related Commentaries of 2 Kings 18:20
2 Kings 18:20
20 Thou sayest,h (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me?