18:27a But the Rabshakeh replied,

But the Rabshakeh said to them,

-or-

The Assyrian official/aide answered,

18:27b “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master,

“Does my master want only you (plur.) and your master to hear my words?

-or-

“My master did not send me to speak these words only to you ⌊officials⌋ and to your master.

18:27c and not to the men sitting on the wall,

No, he wants the people sitting on the city wall to hear them too,

-or-

His message is also for the people who sit on the wall.

18:27d who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you.” (NET Bible)

-or-

For they will ⌊soon⌋ have nothing to eat and drink but their own waste products, and neither will you (plur.) !”

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