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Isaiah 36:11

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Jerome

And Eliakim, Sobna, and Joah said to Rabshakeh, 'Speak to your servants in the Aramaic language, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in Judahite in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.' But Rabshakeh said to them, 'Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? …

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Thomas Aquinas

Second, the response of the others is set out: and Eliacim, and Sobna, and Joahe said to Rabsaces. In the hearing of the people, lest they be troubled, knowing what is said: in the blessing of the just, the city shall rejoice (Prov 11:10).

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