Isaiah 37:25

I have dug, 1 and drunk mayim; 1 and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of the besieged places. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

In Context

24By thy avadim hast thou insulted Adonoi, 1 and hast said, 1 By the multitude of my chariots am I come up marom harim, 1 to the heights of Levanon; 1 and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, 1 and the choice pine trees thereof; 1 and I will enter into its most remote height, 1 and the ya'ar (forest) of its fruitful land. 1

26Hast thou not heard long ago, 1 how I have done it; 1 and of yemei kedem (days of old), 1 that I have formed it? 1 Now have I brought it to pass, 1 that thou shouldest be to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:10And Ben-Hadad sent unto him, and said, The elohim (g-ds) do so unto me, and more also, if the aphar Shomron shall provide even a handful for kol haAm (each of the people) who are at my raglayim.

Isaiah 10:13For he saith, 1 By the ko'ach of my yad I have done it, 1 and by my chochmah; for I have binah; 1 and I have removed the boundaries of the nations, 1 and have plundered their treasures, 1 and like the mighty I have subdued those on thrones; 1

Isaiah 19:5And the mayim shall roll back from the yam, 1 and the Nile shall be parched and dried up. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:22-38

Sennacherib Threatened; Sennacherib Destroyed. ( b. c. 710.) 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: 22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and… Read the whole commentary →

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