2 Kings 18:27 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Hath my master... — Rather, Is it to thy lord and to thee that my lord hath sent me to speak these words?

The men which sit on the walli.e., the soldiers on guard.

That they may eat ... — These coarse words are meant to express the consequence of their resistance: it will bring them to such dire straits that they will be fain to appease the cravings of hunger and thirst with the vilest garbage. (Comp. 2 Kings 6:25 seq.)

2 Kings 18:27

27 But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own pissk with you?