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Isaiah 36:12-20

12 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?”

13 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew, “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!

14 This is what the king says: Do not let Hezekiah deceive you. He cannot deliver you!

15 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.’

16 “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,

17 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.

18 “Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The Lord will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?

19 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Have they rescued Samaria from my hand?

20 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 Isaiah 36:12-20

Isaiah 3:1 - Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah See now, the Lord, the Lord Almighty, is about to take from Jer... Click to read the verse Isaiah 3:1 Click to read the verse Isaiah 3:1

Isaiah 9:20 - On the right they will devour, but still be hungry; on the left they will eat, but not be satis... Click to read the verse Isaiah 9:20 Click to read the verse Isaiah 9:20

2 Kings 6:25-29 - There was a great famine in the city; the siege lasted so long that a donkey’s head sold for ei... Click to read the verse 2 Kings 6:25-29 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 6:25-29

Leviticus 26:29 - You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:29 Click to read the verse Leviticus 26:29

Ezekiel 4:16 - He then said to me: “Son of man, I will cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. The people wil... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:16 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:16

Deuteronomy 28:53-57 - Because of the suffering that your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the... Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:53-57 Click to read the verse Deuteronomy 28:53-57

Jeremiah 19:9 - I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s fle... Click to read the verse Jeremiah 19:9 Click to read the verse Jeremiah 19:9

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

2 Kings 18:27 - 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 2 Kings 18:27 Click to read the verse 2 Kings 18:27

Isaiah 37:25 - I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have d... Click to read the verse Isaiah 37:25 Click to read the verse Isaiah 37:25

Lamentations 4:9-10 - Those killed by the sword are better off than those who die of famine; racked with hunger, they... Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:9-10 Click to read the verse Lamentations 4:9-10

Ezekiel 4:12 - Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrem... Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:12 Click to read the verse Ezekiel 4:12