2 Kings 18:27-29

New International Reader's Version

²⁷ But the commander replied, “My master sent me to say these things. Are these words only for your master and you to hear? Aren’t they also for the people sitting on the wall? They are going to suffer just like you. They’ll have to eat their own waste. They’ll have to drink their own urine.”

²⁸ Then the commander stood up and spoke in the Hebrew language. He called out, “Pay attention to what the great king of Assyria is telling you. ²⁹ He says, ‘Don’t let Hezekiah trick you. He can’t save you from my power.