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Isaiah 36:12

36:11 Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

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But Rabshakeh said, “Has my master sent me only to your master and to you, to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?”

But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you?

36:13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria.

What does Isaiah 36:12 mean?

Isaiah 36:12 is a verse in the book of Isaiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include רַבְשָׁקֵה (Rabshâqêh), אָמַר (ʼâmar), אָדוֹן (ʼâdôwn).

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RabshakehרַבְשָׁקֵהRabshâqêh/rab-shaw-kay'/H7262Rabshakeh, a Babylonian official
said,אָמַרʼâmar/aw-mar'/H559to say (used with great latitude)
Hath
my
masterאָדוֹןʼâdôwn/aw-done'/H113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
sentשָׁלַחshâlach/shaw-lakh'/H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
me
to
thy
masterאָדוֹןʼâdôwn/aw-done'/H113sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
and
to
thee
to
speakדָבַרdâbar/daw-bar'/H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
these
words?דָּבָרdâbâr/daw-baw'/H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
hath
he
not
sent
me
to
the
menאֱנוֹשׁʼĕnôwsh/en-oshe'/H582a man in general (singly or collectively)
that
sitיָשַׁבyâshab/yaw-shab'/H3427properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
upon
the
wall,חוֹמָהchôwmâh/kho-maw'/H2346a wall of protection
that
they
may
eatאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)
their
own
dung,חֶרֶאchereʼ/kheh'-reh/H2716excrement
and
drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh/shaw-thaw'/H8354to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
their
own
pissמַיִםmayim/mah'-yim/H4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
with
you?

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Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

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And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.

Genesis 12:20

And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.

Genesis 17:23

And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

Genesis 18:16

And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.

Genesis 19:10

But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.

Genesis 19:21

And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. thee: Heb. thy face

Genesis 19:29

And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt.

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What does Isaiah 36:12 say?

Isaiah 36:12 (King James Version) reads: "But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?"

Is Isaiah 36:12 in the Old or New Testament?

Isaiah 36:12 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Isaiah.

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