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Isaiah 37:23-25
Common English Bible
Isaiah 37:23-25
Common English Bible
23 Whom did you insult and ridicule?
Against whom did you raise your voice
and look on with disdain?
It was against the holy one of Israel!
24 With your servants, you’ve insulted the Lord;
you said, “I, with my many chariots,
have gone up to the highest mountains,
to the farthest reaches of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
the best of its pine trees.
I have reached its most remote lodging place,
its best forest.
25 I have dug wells,
have drunk water in foreign lands.[a]
With my own feet, I dried up all of Egypt’s streams.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:25 Heb uncertain; DSS (1QIsaa) in foreign lands
Isaiah 37:23-25
New International Version
Isaiah 37:23-25
New International Version
23 Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed?(A)
Against whom have you raised your voice(B)
and lifted your eyes in pride?(C)
Against the Holy One(D) of Israel!
24 By your messengers
you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
‘With my many chariots(E)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
the utmost heights(F) of Lebanon.(G)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
the choicest of its junipers.(H)
I have reached its remotest heights,
the finest of its forests.
25 I have dug wells in foreign lands[a]
and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
I have dried up(I) all the streams of Egypt.(J)’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:25 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:24); Masoretic Text does not have in foreign lands.
Isaiah 37:23-25
New King James Version
Isaiah 37:23-25
New King James Version
23 “Whom have you reproached and blasphemed?
Against whom have you raised your voice,
And lifted up your eyes on high?
Against the Holy One of Israel.
24 By your servants you have reproached the Lord,
And said, ‘By the multitude of my chariots
I have come up to the height of the mountains,
To the limits of Lebanon;
I will cut down its tall cedars
And its choice cypress trees;
I will enter its farthest height,
To its fruitful forest.
25 I have dug and drunk water,
And with the soles of my feet I have dried up
All the brooks of [a]defense.’
Footnotes
- Isaiah 37:25 Or perhaps Egypt
Isaiah 37:23-25
English Standard Version
Isaiah 37:23-25
English Standard Version
23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled?
Against whom have you raised your voice
and lifted your eyes to the heights?
Against (A)the Holy One of Israel!
24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord,
and you have said, (B)With my many chariots
I have gone up the heights of the mountains,
to the far recesses of Lebanon,
(C)to cut down its tallest cedars,
its choicest cypresses,
to come to its remotest height,
its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells
and drank waters,
to dry up with the sole of my foot
all (D)the streams (E)of Egypt.
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