What Does Isaiah 36:12 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“But Rabshakeh”

rabshakeh, a babylonian official

near, with or among; often in general, to

“Hath my master”

sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“sent”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“Hath my master”

sovereign, i.e., controller (human or divine)

“and to thee to speak”

perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“these words”

a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause

these or those

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“that sit”

properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“upon the wall”

a wall of protection

“that they may eat”

to eat (literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“their own dung”

excrement

“and drink”

to imbibe (literally or figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

urine

adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then