Isaiah 36:3

Sennacherib acts as if Hezekiah is unimportant. So Sennacherib does not even come himself to speak to Hezekiah. Instead, Sennacherib just sends some of his officials to speak to Hezekiah. So king Hezekiah only sends some of his officials to listen to the *Assyrian’s message.

Egypt will not help

v4 The *Rabshakeh asked the three officials to give Hezekiah this message from the King of Assyria: ‘You are so confident that you can oppose the Great King of Assyria. But you have no reason to be confident. v5 Mere promises of help will not give you the military advice that you need. Nor will words make you strong enough to join in a revolution against me. v6 You are expecting Egypt to help you. But the king of Egypt is like a dry stick that will easily break. If someone leans on a stick like that, it will hurt his hand.’