Isaiah 36:11-13
GOD’S WORD Translation
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna, 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.”
12 But the field commander asked, “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?”
13 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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Isaiah 36:11-13
New International Version
11 Then Eliakim, Shebna and Joah(A) said to the field commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic,(B) since we understand it. Don’t speak to us in Hebrew in the hearing of the people on the wall.”
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 people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?(C)”
13 Then the commander stood and called out in Hebrew,(D) “Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria!(E)
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