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Isaiah 36:12

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36:12But the chief adviser said, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you.12 His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!”13

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  1. 12 Heb “To your master and to you did my master send me to speak these words?” The rhetorical question expects a negative answer.
  2. 13 Heb “[Is it] not [also] to the men …?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Yes, it is.” The chief adviser alludes to the horrible reality of siege warfare, when the starving people in the besieged city would resort to eating and drinking anything to stay alive.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But the Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But the royal spokesman replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men who are sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”

NLTNew Living Translation

But Sennacherib’s chief of staff replied, “Do you think my master sent this message only to you and your master? He wants all the people to hear it, for when we put this city under siege, they will suffer along with you. They will be so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me to speak these words to your masters and you? Was it not for the people who sit on the wall, to eat their dung and drink their urine with you?”

KJV 1900King James Version

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?