Verse 12

Isaiah 36:12

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12 But the army general replied, “Did my master only send me to say these things to your master and to you, and not to the people sitting on the wall? They too, just like you, are going to have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine!”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר רַב שָׁקֵ֗ה הַ/אֶ֨ל אֲדֹנֶ֤י/ךָ וְ/אֵלֶ֨י/ךָ֙ שְׁלָחַ֣/נִי אֲדֹנִ֔/י לְ/דַבֵּ֖ר אֶת הַ/דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ/אֵ֑לֶּה הֲ/לֹ֣א עַל הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֗ים הַ/יֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ עַל הַ֣/חוֹמָ֔ה לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל אֶת חראי/הם צוֹאָתָ֗/ם וְ/לִ/שְׁתּ֛וֹת אֶת שיני/הם מֵימֵ֥י רַגְלֵי/הֶ֖ם עִמָּ/כֶֽם

English Translation

And Rab Shakeh said to your lord and to you, "My lord has sent me to speak these words. Is it not against the men who sit on the wall to eat their own feces and to drink the water from their feet with you?"

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Chapter 36 Context

1 In the fourteenth year of the reign of Hezekiah, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, attacked and conquere... Focus ↗

2 The king of Assyria sent his army general, along with a large army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at... Focus ↗

3 Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebnah the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the record-... Focus ↗

4 The Assyrian army general said to them, “Tell Hezekiah this is what the great king, the king of Assy... Focus ↗

5 You say you have a strategy and are ready for war, but these are empty words. Who are you relying on... Focus ↗

6 Now look! You're trusting in Egypt, a walking stick that's like a broken reed that will cut the hand... Focus ↗

7 If you tell me, ‘We're trusting in the Lord our God (Elohim),’ well didn't Hezekiah remove his high... Focus ↗

8 Why don't you accept a challenge from my master, the king of Assyria? He says, I'll give you two tho... Focus ↗

9 How could you defeat even a single officer in charge of the weakest of my master's men when you're t... Focus ↗

10 More than that—would I have come to attack this place without the Lord's encouragement? It was the L... Focus ↗

11 Eliakim, Shebnah, and Joah, said to the army general, “Please speak to us, your servants, in Aramaic... Focus ↗

12 But the army general replied, “Did my master only send me to say these things to your master and to...

13 Then the army general shouted out in Hebrew, “Listen to this from the great king, the king of Assyri... Focus ↗

14 This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah trick you! He can't save you! Focus ↗

15 Don't believe Hezekiah when he tells you to trust in the Lord, saying, ‘I'm certain the Lord will sa... Focus ↗

16 Don't listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king says: Make a peace treaty with me and surrender to m... Focus ↗

17 I will come and take you to a land that's like your own, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bre... Focus ↗

18 But don't let Hezekiah trick you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Have any of the gods of a... Focus ↗

19 Where were the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where were the gods of Sepharvaim? Were they able to save S... Focus ↗

20 Which one of all the gods of these countries has saved their land from me? How then could the Lord s... Focus ↗

21 But the people remained silent and didn't say anything, for Hezekiah had given the order, “Don't ans... Focus ↗

22 Then Eliakim, son of Hilkiah, the palace manager, Shebna the scribe, and Joah, son of Asaph, the rec... Focus ↗

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Book: Isaiah
Chapter: Chapter 36 (22 verses)
Version: Free Bible Version

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