²⁷ “No,” the commander said, “my master did not send me to tell these things only to you and your king. He sent me to speak also to those people sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine like you.”

²⁸ Then the commander stood and shouted loudly in the Hebrew language, “Listen to what the great king, the king of Assyria, says! ²⁹ The king says you should not let Hezekiah fool you, because he can’t save you from my power.