Isaiah 36:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ But how could you repulse even a single one of my master’s soldiers, even though you are depending upon Egypt for chariots and horsemen? ¹⁰ Moreover, do you believe that I have come to attack this land and destroy it without the consent of the Lord? The Lord himself said to me, ‘Go forth against this land and destroy it.’ ”

¹¹ Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief officer, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,^[a] for we understand it. Do not speak to us in Judean within earshot of the people on the ramparts.”