2 Kings 18:27

Easy To Read Version

But Rabshakeh said to them, “My lord did not send me to speak only to you and your king. [231] I also speak to the other people that sit on the wall! They will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you! [232] ”

Cross References

2 Kings 18:17

The king of Assyria sent his three most important commanders with a large army to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. Those men left Lachish and went to Jerusalem. They stood near the aqueduct [225] by the Upper Pool. (The Upper Pool is on the road to the Washers’ Field.)

2 Kings 18:26

Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the commander, “Please speak to us in Aramaic. We understand that language. Do not speak with us in the language of Judah because the people on the wall can hear us! [230] ”

2 Kings 18:28

Then the commander shouted loudly in the Jewish language, “Hear this message from the great king, the king of Assyria!

2 Kings 6:25

{The soldiers would not let people bring food into the city.} So there was a time of terrible hunger in Samaria. It was so bad in Samaria that a donkey’s head was sold for 80 pieces of silver. And one pint [70] of dove’s dung sold for five pieces of silver.

Psalm 73:8

They say cruel, evil things\par about other people.\par They are proud and stubborn.\par And they are always planning ways\par to take advantage of other people.\par

Isaiah 36:12

But the commander said, “My master did not send me to speak only to you and your master. My master sent me to also speak to the people that are sitting on the wall! Those people will not have enough food or water either; they too will eat their own waste and drink their own urine just like you. {\cf2\super [340]} ”

Lamentations 4:4

The little baby’s tongue sticks\par to the roof of its mouth from thirst.\par Young children ask for bread.\par But no one gives any bread to them.\par

Lamentations 4:5

The people that at one time ate rich food\par now are dying in the streets.\par The people that grew up\par wearing nice red clothes\par now pick through garbage piles.\par

Ezekiel 4:13

Then the Lord said, “This will show that the family of Israel will eat unclean bread {\cf2\super [40]} in foreign countries. And I forced them to leave Israel and go to those countries!

Ezekiel 4:15

Then God said to me, “Ok! I will let you use dry cow dung to cook your bread. You don’t have to use dry human dung.”