2 Kings 18:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The Assyrian army commander answered, “My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you.”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria ordered his three highest military officers to leave Lachish and take a large army to Jerusalem. When they arrived, the officers stood on the road near the cloth makers' shops along the canal from the upper pool.

2 Kings 18:26

Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said, “Sir, we don't want the people listening from the city wall to understand what you are saying. So please speak to us in Aramaic instead of Hebrew.”

2 Kings 18:28

Then, in a voice loud enough for everyone to hear, he shouted in Hebrew: Listen to what the great king of Assyria says!

2 Kings 6:25

They kept up the attack until there was nothing to eat in the city. In fact, a donkey's head cost about eighty pieces of silver, and a small bowl of pigeon droppings cost five pieces of silver.

Psalm 73:8

They sneer and say cruel things, and because of their pride, they make violent threats.

Isaiah 36:12

The Assyrian army commander answered, “My king sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you leaders. These people will soon have to eat their own body waste and drink their own urine! And so will the three of you!”

Lamentations 4:4

Babies are so thirsty that their tongues are stuck to the roof of the mouth. Children go begging for food, but no one gives them any.

Lamentations 4:5

All who ate expensive foods lie starving in the streets; those who grew up in luxury now sit on rubbish heaps.

Ezekiel 4:13

When I scatter the people of Israel among the nations, they will also have to eat food that is unclean, just as you must do.

Ezekiel 4:15

The LORD replied, “Instead of human waste, I will let you bake your bread on a fire made from cow manure.