⁵ Then Sanballat sent his servant to me as before, the fifth time, with an open letter in his hand.

¹⁰ and with all unrighteous deception among ^(A)those who perish, because they did not receive ^(B)the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

^11 (A)Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the ^[a]wiles of the devil.

¹³ For such ^(A)are false apostles, ^(B)deceitful workers, transforming themselves into apostles of Christ. ¹⁴ And no wonder! For Satan himself transforms himself into ^(C)an angel of light. ¹⁵ Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform themselves into ministers of righteousness, ^(D)whose end will be according to their works.

¹¹ lest Satan should take advantage of us; for we are not ignorant of his devices.

^26 (A)Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants in ^(B)Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in ^[a]Hebrew in the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

²⁷ But the Rabshakeh said to them, “Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, who will eat and drink their own waste with you?”

²⁸ Then the Rabshakeh stood and called out with a loud voice in ^[b]Hebrew, and spoke, saying, “Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria!