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Isaiah 36:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Isaiah 36:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the commander, “Please speak to your servants in Aramaic; we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within earshot of the people who are on the wall.”[a]
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- 36:11 The emissaries of King Hezekiah ask that the conversation be carried on in Aramaic, not in Hebrew, for they fear the effect of the Assyrian claims upon the morale of the people.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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