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But the field commander asked them, "Did my master send me to tell these things only to you and your master? Didn't he send me to the men sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine with you?"
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"Have I come to destroy this place without the LORD on my side? The LORD said to me, 'Attack this country, and destroy it.'"
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Then Eliakim (son of Hilkiah), Shebnah, and Joah said to the field commander, "Speak to us in Aramaic, since we understand it. Don't speak to us in the Judean language as long as there are people on the wall listening."
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But the field commander asked them, "Did my master send me to tell these things only to you and your master? Didn't he send me to the men sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine with you?"
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Then the field commander stood and shouted loudly in the Judean language, "Listen to the great king, the king of Assyria.
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This is what the king says: Don't let Hezekiah deceive you. He can't rescue you from me.