12. But the commander said, “My master did not send me to tell these things only to you and your king. He sent me to speak also to those people sitting on the wall who will have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine like you.”
13. Then the commander stood and shouted loudly in the Hebrew language, “Listen to what the great king, the king of Assyria says,
14. The king says you should not let Hezekiah fool you, because he can’t save you.
15. Don’t let Hezekiah talk you into trusting the Lord by saying, ‘The Lord will surely save us. This city won’t be handed over to the king of Assyria.’
16. “Don’t listen to Hezekiah. The king of Assyria says, ‘Make peace with me, and come out of the city to me. Then everyone will be free to eat the fruit from his own grapevine and fig tree and to drink water from his own well.
17. After that I will come and take you to a land like your own—a land with grain and new wine, bread and vineyards.’
18. “Don’t let Hezekiah fool you, saying, ‘The Lord will save us.’ Has a god of any other nation saved his people from the power of the king of Assyria?
19. Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? They did not save Samaria from my power.