Isaiah 36:16 meaning and explanation
Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
Isaiah 36:16, Berean Standard Bible
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The Rabshakeh, an Assyrian field commander, is speaking outside Jerusalem's walls to Hezekiah's officials and to the people listening above. With the fortified cities already fallen, he urges the people to reject their king's counsel and surrender to Assyria.
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