Isaiah 37:21-25

English Standard Version

Sennacherib's Fall

²¹Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, ²²this is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him:

“‘She despises you, she scorns you—
^(A)the virgin daughter of Zion;
she wags her head behind you—
the daughter of Jerusalem.

²³“‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
    Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
    Against ^(B)the Holy One of Israel!
²⁴By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
    and you have said, ^(C)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
    to the far recesses of Lebanon,
^(D)to cut down its tallest cedars,
    its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
    its most fruitful forest.
²⁵I dug wells
    and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
    all ^(E)the streams ^(F)of Egypt.