27. He replied, “Do you think you and the king are the only ones the emperor sent me to say all these things to? No, I am also talking to the people who are sitting on the wall, who will have to eat their excrement and drink their urine, just as you will.”
28. Then the official stood up and shouted in Hebrew, “Listen to what the emperor of Assyria is telling you!
29. He warns you not to let Hezekiah deceive you. Hezekiah can't save you.
30. And don't let him persuade you to rely on the Lord. Don't think that the Lord will save you, and that he will stop our Assyrian army from capturing your city.