Isaiah 37:25

I have dug wells and drunk water; + 37:25 Some ancient and modern versions have I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands . 1 I dried up all the rivers of Egypt under the soles of my feet.' 1

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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 your servants you have defied the Lord and have said, 'With the multitude of my chariots 1 I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the highest elevations of Lebanon. 1 I will cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees there, 1 and I will enter into its farthest high places, its most fruitful forest. 1

26Have you not heard how I determined it long ago 1 and worked it out in ancient times? Now I am bringing it to pass. 1 You are here to reduce impregnable cities into heaps of ruins. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 20:10Then Ben Hadad sent his reply to Ahab, and said, “May the gods do so to me and more also, if even the ashes of Samaria will be enough for all the people who follow me to have a handful each.”

Isaiah 10:13For he says, 1 “By my strength and by my wisdom I acted. I have understanding, 1 and I have removed the boundaries of the peoples. I have stolen their treasures, 1 and like a bull I have brought down the inhabitants. 1

Isaiah 19:5The waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will dry up and become empty. 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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