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2 Kings 18:27-35

27 But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the men sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own filth and drink their own urine?”

28 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew: “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!

29 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you from my hand.

30 Do not let Hezekiah persuade you to trust in the Lord when he says, ‘The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.’

31 “Do not listen to Hezekiah. This is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

32 until I come and take you to a land like your own, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Choose life and not death!
“Do not listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’

33 Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?

35 Who of all the gods of these countries has been able to save his land from me? How then can the Lord deliver Jerusalem from my hand?”

Cross References for 2 Kings 18:27-35

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2 Chronicles 32:11 - When Hezekiah says, ‘The Lord our God will save us from the hand of the king of Assyria,’ he is... Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 32:11 Click to read the verse 2 Chronicles 32:11

Ezekiel 4:13 - The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where ... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:13 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:13

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Ezekiel 4:15 - “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement.” Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:15 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:15

Isaiah 36:12 - But the commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say th... Click to read the verse Isaiah 36:12 Click to read the verse Isaiah 36:12