I dug[wells] and drankwaters,And with the soleof my feetI driedup Allthe riversof Egypt.'
Ben-hadadsentto him and said,"May the godsdosoto me and morealso,ifthe dustof Samariawill sufficefor handfulsfor allthe peoplewhofollowme."
For he has said,"By the powerof my handand by my wisdomI did[this], For I haveunderstanding;And I removedthe boundariesof the peoplesAnd plunderedtheir treasures,And like a mightymanI broughtdown[their] inhabitants,
And my handreachedto the richesof the peopleslike a nest,And as one gathersabandonedeggs,I gatheredallthe earth;And there was not one that flappedits wingor opened[its] beakor chirped."
The watersfrom the seawill dryup, And the riverwill be parchedand dry.
The canalswill emita stench,The streamsof Egyptwill thinout and dryup; The reedsand rusheswill rotaway.
But Rabshakehsaid,"Has my mastersentme only to your masterand to you to speakthesewords,[and] not to the menwho siton the wall,[doomed] to eattheir own dungand drinktheir own urinewith you?"
"For the land,into whichyou are enteringto possessit, is not like the landof Egyptfrom whichyou came,whereyou used to sowyour seedand waterit with your footlike a vegetablegarden.
