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Selected Verse: Isaiah 36:11 - Strong Concordance

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Isa 36:11 Strong Concordance Then said [0559] Eliakim [0471] and Shebna [07644] and Joah [03098] unto Rabshakeh [07262], Speak [01696], I pray thee, unto thy servants [05650] in the Syrian language [0762]; for we understand [08085] it: and speak [01696] not to us in the Jews' language [03066], in the ears [0241] of the people [05971] that are on the wall [02346].
  King James Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Syrian--rather, "Aramean": the language spoken north and east of Palestine, and understood by the Assyrians as belonging to the same family of languages as their own: nearly akin to Hebrew also, though not intelligible to the multitude (compare Kg2 5:5-7). "Aram" means a "high land," and includes parts of Assyria as well as Syria.

Jews' language--The men of Judah since the disruption of Israel, claimed the Hebrew as their own peculiarly, as if they were now the only true representatives of the whole Hebrew twelve tribes.

ears of . . . people on . . . wall--The interview is within hearing distance of the city. The people crowd on the wall, curious to hear the Assyrian message. The Jewish rulers fear that it will terrify the people and therefore beg Rab-shakeh to speak Aramean.
 
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5 And the king [04428] of Syria [0758] said [0559], Go to [03212], go [0935], and I will send [07971] a letter [05612] unto the king [04428] of Israel [03478]. And he departed [03212], and took [03947] with him [03027] ten [06235] talents [03603] of silver [03701], and six [08337] thousand [0505] pieces of gold [02091], and ten [06235] changes [02487] of raiment [0899].
6 And he brought [0935] the letter [05612] to the king [04428] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], Now when this letter [05612] is come [0935] unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent [07971] Naaman [05283] my servant [05650] to thee, that thou mayest recover [0622] him of his leprosy [06883].
7 And it came to pass, when the king [04428] of Israel [03478] had read [07121] the letter [05612], that he rent [07167] his clothes [0899], and said [0559], Am I God [0430], to kill [04191] and to make alive [02421], that this man [02088] doth send [07971] unto me to recover [0622] a man [0376] of his leprosy [06883]? wherefore [0389] consider [03045], I pray you, and see [07200] how he seeketh a quarrel [0579] against me.
18 In that day [03117] shall five [02568] cities [05892] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] speak [01696] the language [08193] of Canaan [03667], and swear [07650] to the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635]; one [0259] shall be called [0559], The city [05892] of destruction [02041].
19 Thou shalt not see [07200] a fierce [03267] people [05971], a people [05971] of a deeper [06012] speech [08193] than thou canst perceive [08085]; of a stammering [03932] tongue [03956], that thou canst not understand [0998].
11 For with stammering [03934] lips [08193] and another [0312] tongue [03956] will he speak [01696] to this people [05971].
7 And in the days [03117] of Artaxerxes [0783] wrote [03789] Bishlam [01312], Mithredath [04990], Tabeel [02870], and the rest [07605] of their companions [03674], unto Artaxerxes [0783] king [04428] of Persia [06539]; and the writing [03791] of the letter [05406] was written [03789] in the Syrian tongue [0762], and interpreted [08638] in the Syrian tongue [0762].
24 And their children [01121] spake [01696] half [02677] in the speech of Ashdod [0797], and could [05234] not speak [01696] in the Jews' language [03066], but according to the language [03956] of each [05971] people [05971].