Verse 12
Isaiah 36:12
Literal Standard Version
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And Rabshakeh says, “To your lord, and to you, has my lord sent me to speak these words? Is it not for the men—those sitting on the wall to eat their own dung and to drink their own water with you?”
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
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And the king of Asshur sends Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem, to King Hezekiah, with a heavy for...
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and Eliakim son of Hilkiah goes forth to him, who is over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah...
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And Rabshakeh says to them, “Now say to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Asshur: What...
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5
I have said, Only a word of the lips! Counsel and might are for battle. Now, on whom have you truste...
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6
Behold, you have trusted on the staff of this broken reed—on Egypt—which a man leans on, and it has...
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7
And do you say to me, We have trusted in our God (Elohim) YHWH? Is it not He whose high places and w...
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8
And now, please negotiate with my lord the king of Asshur, and I give two thousand horses to you, if...
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9
And how do you turn back the face of one captain of the least of the servants of my lord, and trust...
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10
And now, without YHWH have I come up against this land to destroy it? YHWH said to me, Go up to this...
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11
And Eliakim says—and Shebna and Joah—to Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we...
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12
And Rabshakeh says, “To your lord, and to you, has my lord sent me to speak these words? Is it not f...
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And Rabshakeh stands and calls with a great voice in Jewish, and says, “Hear the words of the great...
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14
thus said the king: Do not let Hezekiah lift you up, for he is not able to deliver you;
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15
and do not let Hezekiah make you trust to YHWH, saying, YHWH certainly delivers us, this city is not...
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16
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus said the king of Asshur: Make a blessing with me, and come out t...
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17
until my coming in, and I have taken you to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a l...
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18
lest Hezekiah persuades you, saying, YHWH delivers us. Have the gods of the nations each delivered h...
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19
Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, that they have delivered S...
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20
Who among all the gods of these lands are they who have delivered their land out of my hand, that YH...
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21
And they keep silent, and have not answered him a word, for a command of the king is, saying, “Do no...
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22
And Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who is over the house, comes in, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of...
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