Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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 piss with you?
Bible References
Eat
2 Kings 6:25
The siege caused a great food shortage in the city. It was so severe that a donkey's head cost eighty pieces of silver, and half a pound of dove's dung cost five pieces of silver.
Deuteronomy 28:53
Because of the hardships your enemies will make you suffer during the blockade, you will eat the flesh of your own children, the sons and daughters, whom Jehovah your God has given you.
Psalm 73:8
They ridicule. They speak maliciously. They speak arrogantly about oppression.
Lamentations 4:5
Those used to feasting on delicate food are wasted in the streets. Those who as children were dressed in purple are stretched out on the dust.
Ezekiel 4:13
Jehovah said: This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids when I scatter them to foreign countries.