Indeed, he says: “Are not my officials all kings?

Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?

As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”

Don’t panic! Don’t be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none.

But the chief adviser said, “My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!”

Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me.