Verse 12

But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)}, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to thy master{H113} and to thee to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} these words{H1697}? hath he not sent me to the men{H582} that sit{H3427}{(H8802)} upon the wall{H2346}, that they may eat{H398}{(H8800)} their own dung{H2716}{(H8676)}{H6675}, and drink{H8354}{(H8800)} their own piss{H4325}{H7272}{(H8675)}{H7890} with you?

Referenced Verses

  • Lev 26:29 : 29 And ye shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} the flesh{H1320} of your sons{H1121}, and the flesh{H1320} of your daughters{H1323} shall ye eat{H398}{(H8799)}.
  • Deut 28:53-57 : 53 And thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8804)} the fruit{H6529} of thine own body{H990}, the flesh{H1320} of thy sons{H1121} and of thy daughters{H1323}, which the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} thee, in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee: 54 So that the man{H376} that is tender{H7390} among you, and very{H3966} delicate{H6028}, his eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} toward his brother{H251}, and toward the wife{H802} of his bosom{H2436}, and toward the remnant{H3499} of his children{H1121} which he shall leave{H3498}{(H8686)}: 55 So that he will not give{H5414}{(H8800)} to any{H259} of them of the flesh{H1320} of his children{H1121} whom he shall eat{H398}{(H8799)}: because he hath nothing left{H7604}{(H8689)} him in the siege{H4692}, and in the straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemies{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in all thy gates{H8179}. 56 The tender{H7390} and delicate{H6028} woman among you, which would not adventure{H5254}{(H8765)} to set{H3322}{(H8687)} the sole{H3709} of her foot{H7272} upon the ground{H776} for delicateness{H6026}{(H8692)} and tenderness{H7391}, her eye{H5869} shall be evil{H3415}{(H8799)} 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}{(H8802)} from between her feet{H7272}, and toward her children{H1121} which she shall bear{H3205}{(H8799)}: for she shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} them for want{H2640} of all things secretly{H5643} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith thine enemy{H341}{(H8802)} shall distress{H6693}{(H8686)} thee in thy gates{H8179}.
  • 2 Kgs 6:25-29 : 25 And there was a great{H1419} famine{H7458} in Samaria{H8111}: and, behold, they besieged{H6696}{(H8802)} it, until an ass's{H2543} head{H7218} was sold for fourscore{H8084} pieces of silver{H3701}, and the fourth part{H7255} of a cab{H6894} of dove's dung{H1686}{(H8675)}{H3123}{H2755} for five{H2568} pieces of silver{H3701}. 26 And as the king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} was passing by{H5674}{(H8802)} upon the wall{H2346}, there cried{H6817}{(H8804)} a woman{H802} unto him, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, Help{H3467}{(H8685)}, my lord{H113}, O king{H4428}. 27 And he said{H559}{(H8799)}, If the LORD{H3068} do not help{H3467}{(H8686)} thee, whence{H370} shall I help{H3467}{(H8686)} thee? out of the barnfloor{H1637}, or out of the winepress{H3342}? 28 And the king{H4428} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered{H559}{(H8799)}, This woman{H802} said{H559}{(H8804)} unto me, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} thy son{H1121}, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)} him to day{H3117}, and we will eat{H398}{(H8799)} my son{H1121} to morrow{H4279}. 29 So we boiled{H1310}{(H8762)} my son{H1121}, and did eat{H398}{(H8799)} him: and I said{H559}{(H8799)} unto her on the next{H312} day{H3117}, Give{H5414}{(H8798)} thy son{H1121}, that we may eat{H398}{(H8799)} him: and she hath hid{H2244}{(H8686)} her son{H1121}.
  • 2 Kgs 18:27 : 27 But Rabshakeh{H7262} said{H559}{(H8799)} unto them, Hath my master{H113} sent{H7971}{(H8804)} me to thy master{H113}, and to thee, to speak{H1696}{(H8763)} these words{H1697}? hath he not sent me to the men{H582} which sit{H3427}{(H8802)} on the wall{H2346}, that they may eat{H398}{(H8800)} their own dung{H6675}{(H8675)}{H2755}, and drink{H8354}{(H8800)} their own piss{H4325}{H7272}{(H8675)}{H7890} with you?
  • Isa 9:20 : 20 And he shall snatch{H1504}{(H8799)} on the right hand{H3225}, and be hungry{H7457}; and he shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} on the left hand{H8040}, and they shall not be satisfied{H7646}{(H8804)}: they shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} every man{H376} the flesh{H1320} of his own arm{H2220}:
  • Jer 19:9 : 9 And I will cause them to eat{H398}{(H8689)} the flesh{H1320} of their sons{H1121} and the flesh{H1320} of their daughters{H1323}, and they shall eat{H398}{(H8799)} every one{H376} the flesh{H1320} of his friend{H7453} in the siege{H4692} and straitness{H4689}, wherewith their enemies{H341}{(H8802)}, and they that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their lives{H5315}, shall straiten{H6693}{(H8686)} them.
  • Lam 4:9-9 : 9 They that be slain{H2491} with the sword{H2719} are better{H2896} than they that be slain{H2491} with hunger{H7458}: for these{H1992} pine away{H2100}{(H8799)}, stricken{H1856}{(H8794)} through for want of the fruits{H8570} of the field{H7704}. 10 The hands{H3027} of the pitiful{H7362} women{H802} have sodden{H1310}{(H8765)} their own children{H3206}: they were their meat{H1262}{(H8763)} in the destruction{H7667} of the daughter{H1323} of my people{H5971}.
  • Ezek 4:16 : 16 Moreover he said{H559}{(H8799)} unto me, Son{H1121} of man{H120}, behold, I will break{H7665}{(H8799)} the staff{H4294} of bread{H3899} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and they shall eat{H398}{(H8804)} bread{H3899} by weight{H4948}, and with care{H1674}; and they shall drink{H8354}{(H8799)} water{H4325} by measure{H4884}, and with astonishment{H8078}: