Verse 12
He explained that his message was for all the people, many of whom were sitting on the city wall listening, not just the politicians in Jerusalem. All the people were, after all, doomed to the horrible conditions of siege warfare. He wanted to separate the people from their king and his policy of resisting Sennacherib. He also wanted to shock and terrorize the people by using the most crude and disgusting terms he could to picture siege warfare.
The commander then resumed his prepared speech. In his second speech (Isaiah 36:13-21), the Rabshakeh used the word "deliver" eight times.
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