2 Kings 18:27-29

Hath he not sent me to the men, &c. To tell them to what extremity and misery he will force them. Then Rab-shakeh cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language That he might affright the people into a compliance with his proposal, which he perceived that Eliakim and his brethren endeavoured to prevent. Thus saith the king, &c. Here he proclaims again, with the greatest assurance, the power of his king, and the weakness of Hezekiah; representing from thence, how they were deluded with empty promises if he persuaded them he should be able to defend them.