Isaiah 37:25-27
Legacy Standard Bible
25 I dug wells and drank waters,
And (A)with the sole of my feet I dried up
All the rivers of [a]Egypt.’
26 (B)Have you not heard?
Long ago I did it;
From days of old I (C)formed it.
Now (D)I have brought it to pass,
That (E)you should devastate fortified cities into (F)ruinous heaps.
27 So their inhabitants were short of power;
They were dismayed and put to shame;
They were as the (G)plant of the field and as the green herb,
As (H)grass on the rooftops [b]is scorched before it rises.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:25 Or the besieged place
- Isaiah 37:27 As in DSS and 2 Kin 19:26; M.T. as a plowed field
Isaiah 37:25-27
New International Version
25 I have dug wells in foreign lands[a]
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up(A) all the streams of Egypt.(B)’
26 “Have you not heard?
Long ago I ordained(C) it.
In days of old I planned(D) it;
now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
into piles of stone.(E)
27 Their people, drained of power,
are dismayed and put to shame.
They are like plants in the field,
like tender green shoots,
like grass(F) sprouting on the roof,(G)
scorched[b] before it grows up.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:25 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:24); Masoretic Text does not have in foreign lands.
- Isaiah 37:27 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 2 Kings 19:26); most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text roof / and terraced fields
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