Verse 27

But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971} me to thy master,{H113} and to thee, to speak{H1696} these words?{H1697} [hath he] not [sent me] to the men{H582} that sit{H3427} on the wall,{H2346} to eat{H398} their own dung,{H6675} and to drink{H8354} their own water{H7272} with you?

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And thou shalt eat{H398} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body,{H990} the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters,{H1323} whom Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414} thee, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemies{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee. 54 The man{H376} that is tender{H7390} among you, and very{H3966} delicate,{H6028} his eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415} toward his brother,{H251} and toward the wife{H802} of his bosom,{H2436} and toward the remnant{H3499} of his children{H1121} whom he hath remaining;{H3498} 55 so that he will not give{H5414} to any{H259} of them of the flesh{H1320} of his children{H1121} whom he shall eat,{H398} because he hath nothing left{H7604} him, in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H4689} wherewith thine enemy{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee in all thy gates.{H8179} 56 The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, who would not adventure{H5254} to set{H3322} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026} and tenderness,{H7391} her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415} toward the husband{H376} of her bosom,{H2436} and toward her son,{H1121} and toward her daughter,{H1323} 57 and toward her young one{H7988} that cometh out{H3318} from between her feet,{H7272} and toward her children{H1121} whom she shall bear;{H3205} for she shall eat{H398} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly,{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and in the distress{H6693} wherewith thine enemy{H341} shall distress{H6693} thee in thy gates.{H8179}
• 2 Kgs 6:25 : 25 And there was a great{H1419} famine{H7458} in Samaria:{H8111} and, behold, they besieged{H6696} it, until an ass's{H2543} head{H7218} was sold for fourscore{H8084} [pieces] of silver,{H3701} and the fourth part{H7255} of a kab{H6894} of dove's dung{H3123} for five{H2568} [ pieces] of silver.{H3701}
• Ps 73:8 : 8 They scoff,{H4167} and in wickedness{H7451} utter{H1696} oppression:{H6233} They speak{H1696} loftily.{H4791}
• Lam 4:5 : 5 They that did feed{H398} delicately{H4574} are desolate{H8074} in the streets:{H2351} They that were brought up{H539} in scarlet{H8438} embrace{H2263} dunghills.{H830}
• Ezek 4:13 : 13 And Jehovah{H3068} said,{H559} Even thus shall the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} eat{H398} their bread{H3899} unclean,{H2931} among the nations{H1471} whither I will drive{H5080} them.
• Ezek 4:15 : 15 Then he said{H559} unto me, See,{H7200} I have given{H5414} thee cow's{H1241} dung{H6832} for man's{H120} dung,{H1561} and thou shalt prepare{H6213} thy bread{H3899} thereon.