Isaiah 36:12
And Rabshakeh said to them, Whether my lord sent me to thy lord, and to thee, that I should speak all these words, and not rather to the men that sit on the wall, that they eat their turds, and drink the piss off their feet, with you?This verse in the real world
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In what words
- חֶרֶאchereʼexcrement
- צוֹאָהtsôwʼâhexcrement; generally, dirt; figuratively, pollution
- רַבְשָׁקֵהRabshâqêhRabshakeh, a Babylonian official
- חוֹמָהchôwmâha wall of protection
- שָׁתָהshâthâhto imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- רֶגֶלregela foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnsovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Lev 26:29, 2Ki 18:27, Jer 19:9, 2Ki 6:25–29, Lam 4:9–10, Deu 28:53–57, Ezk 4:16, Isa 9:20