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24 You have sent your messengers to ·insult [defy; ridicule; mock] the Lord.
    You have said, “With my many chariots
I have gone to the tops of the mountains,
    to the ·highest [or remotest] mountains of Lebanon.
I have cut down its tallest cedars
    and its best ·pine [cypress] trees.
I have gone to its greatest heights
    and its ·best [densest] forests.
25 I have dug wells in foreign ·countries [lands]
    and drunk water there.
By the soles of my feet,
    I have ·dried [stopped] up all the rivers of Egypt.”

26 “‘King of Assyria, ·surely you have [L have you not…?] heard.
    Long ago I, the Lord, ·planned [determined; ordained] these things.
·Long ago [In ancient times/days of old] I ·designed them [planned it],
    and now I have ·made them happen [brought them to pass].
I allowed you to turn those ·strong, walled [fortified] cities
    into piles of ·rocks [rubble; ruins].

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24 By your messengers
    you have ridiculed the Lord.
And you have said,
    ‘With my many chariots(A)
I have ascended the heights of the mountains,
    the utmost heights(B) of Lebanon.(C)
I have cut down its tallest cedars,
    the choicest of its junipers.(D)
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(E) all the streams of Egypt.(F)

26 “Have you not heard?
    Long ago I ordained(G) it.
In days of old I planned(H) it;
    now I have brought it to pass,
that you have turned fortified cities
    into piles of stone.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:25 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:24); Masoretic Text does not have in foreign lands.