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27 But Rabshakeh 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 who sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

28 Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

29 Thus saith the king: ‘Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand.

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27 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?”

28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria! 29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive(A) you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.

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