2 Kings 18:27
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But Rab–shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
In other translations
But Rab–shakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אֲלֵיהֶם'aleihemto themH413רַב־rav-[the] chiefH7262שָׁקֵהshakehcommanderH7262הַעַלha'al¿ toH5921אֲדֹנֶיךָ'adoneikhamaster<s> yourH113וְאֵלֶיךָve'eleikhaand to youH413שְׁלָחַנִיshelachanihas he sent meH7971אֲדֹנִי'adonimaster myH113לְדַבֵּרledaberto speakH1696אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַדְּבָרִיםhadevarimthe wordsH1697הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808עַל־'al-toH5921הָאֲנָשִׁיםha'anashimthe menH582הַיֹּשְׁבִיםhaiyoshevimwho are sittingH3427עַל־'al-onH5921הַחֹמָהhachomahthe wallH2346לֶאֱכֹלle'ekholto eatH398אֶת'et<obj.>H853צוֹאָתָםchareihemown excrement theirH6675וְלִשְׁתּוֹתvelishtotand to drinkH8354אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853מימֵי רַגְלֵיהֶםmimei ragleihem[the] water of feet theirH4325עִמָּכֶם׃'imakhemwith youH5973
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Ezekiel 4:13And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
- Deuteronomy 28:53-5753 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: 54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: 55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,53 Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you. 54 The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived, 55 refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. 56 The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
- Lamentations 4:5They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.
- Psalm 73:8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
- 2 Kings 6:25And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.
- Ezekiel 4:15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
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