What does 2 kings 18:27 mean to you?

Question

27But 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?

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2018:27&version=9;

I'm not taking anything out of contexted...I just asked what it means to you.


And as far as cherry picking bible quotes, I'll never see the day that I catch up to most of you folks.

Leviticus anyone?

Answer 1

Well, it leads me to believe that which I have already believed; most Xtians are full of dung.

Answer 2

This is a great example of taking one verse totally out of context. Well, if you go to that passage, click on that entire chapter and the next chapter and read it, and put it into a modern translation such as The Message Bible, it will make a lot more sense.

In the message bible, this same verse reads as follows:
27 But the Rabshakeh said, "We weren't sent with a private message to your master and you; this is public—a message to everyone within earshot. After all, they're involved in this as well as you; if you don't come to terms, they'll be eating their own turds and drinking their own pee right along with you."

What happened was that these people were not listening to God. In fact, they were ordered by the King not to listen to the messenger from God. Perhaps if they listened, they would get themselves out of this situation.

Here is the link for BOTH chapters, if anyone is interested in reading this in context.

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Kings%2018-19;&version=65;

Answer 3

Nice.
There's a drop down box to the right. Perhaps, if you were truly interested in a modicum of understanding, you would have checked another translation for clarity. I submit the New Living Translation of the same verse.

2Kings 18:27 (NLT)
27But Sennacherib's representative replied, "My master wants everyone in Jerusalem to hear this, not just you. He wants them to know that if you do not surrender, this city will be put under siege. The people will become so hungry and thirsty that they will eat their own dung and drink their own urine."

Answer 4

It's not that difficult is it? The context is a general threatening the people inside the city walls -- "But the Rabshakeh said to them, 'Has my master sent me to speak these words to your master and to you, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and to drink their own urine?'"

In other words, you had all better surrender before it's too late!

Answer 5

This is a sieging commander speaking to the leaders of a city. He is telling them that they have no hope, that if they do not give in they will be forced to eat their own dung and drink their own urine because there will be no food or water in the city. This came true in some sieges. I don't remember if it came true in this one.

And yes, for those of you who wonder, this is a direct quote from the King James Version.

Answer 6

The Assyrians were threatening to besiege the walled city of Jerusalem.

When a city is surrounded and cut off, food and water soon begin to run out, leading men to desperate acts.

The Assyrians were powerful and very arrogant. They had experience besieging other walled cities and they knew what to expect.

They thought their harsh words and bluster would induce their hosts to advise king Ezechias to give up, as he had already paid them tribute.

It didn't work:

2Ki 19:5 So the servants of king Ezechias came to Isaias.
2Ki 19:6 And Isaias said to them: Thus shall you say to your master: Thus saith the Lord: Be not afraid for the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of the Assyrians have blasphemed me.
2Ki 19:7 Behold I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a message, and shall return into his own country, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own country.

Answer 7

If we are just taking Bible verse like that and reading them as is. What does the following mean to you?

Jesus Comforts His Disciples

1"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God[a]; trust also in me. 2In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. 3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. 4You know the way to the place where I am going."

Jesus the Way to the Father

5Thomas said to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?"

6Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. 7If you really knew me, you would know[b] my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him."

Answer 8

You Need To Get the King James Version of the bible, and not the revised version which is mans interpertation of what they think the interpertation is.

Answer 9

You call yourself God. I would never want to be in your shoes when Our Lord Jesus Christ comes to burn the chaff and collect the grain.

You and Satan have a lot in common. He plans to tell the world he is God to. You still have a choice that you can make and that's to repent now or die later.

Here is your answer one who calls himself God.

Their city is besieged by the Assyrian army. Hezekiah is trying to settle with the Assyrian king so that none of Judah would be killed. He wants to pay this Assyrian king off so he will go away.

If they do plan to fight the Assyrians, The Assyrians will starve them till all they have to eat would be their own excrement.

Answer 10

I don't understand the old English of the KJV... if you quoted a better version of the Bible I might be able to answer

Answer 11

...there's also 2 kings 2:23-24

23And he [Elisha] went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.

24And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.


What does this mean? If children taunt prophets, God will send bears to maul them, apparently... unless someone else can suggest another "interpretation"...