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Isaiah 36:11-13
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Isaiah 36:11-13
Easy-to-Read Version
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the commander, “Please, speak to us in Hebrew.[a] We understand that language. Don’t speak to us in the language of Judah. If you use our language, the people on the city walls will understand you.”
12 But the commander said, “My master sent me to speak to everyone, not just to you and your master. I must also speak to those people sitting there on the wall. When we surround your city, they will suffer too. Like you, they will become so hungry they will eat their own waste and drink their own urine!”
13 Then the commander, shouting loudly in Hebrew,[b] gave this warning to them all:
Hear this message from the great king, the king of Assyria!
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- Isaiah 36:11 Hebrew Literally, “Judean,” the language of Judah and Israel.
- Isaiah 36:13 Hebrew Literally, “Judean,” the language of Judah and Israel.
Isaiah 36:11-13
New International Version
Isaiah 36:11-13
New International Version
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah(A) said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(B) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
12 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?(C)”
13 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew,(D) “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!(E)
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