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2 Kings 19:24

22 Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!

23 Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest outposts, the densest of its forests.

I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

25 Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

26 Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

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BSB
I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”
KJV
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
WEB
I have dug and drunk strange waters, and I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt with the sole of my feet.”
ASV
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
DARBY
I have digged, and have drunk strange waters, And with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
BLB
I have dug and I have drunk strange waters, and I have dried up with the soles of my feet all the brooks of Egypt.”
ÅB
jeg gravde brønner og drakk av fremmede vann, og jeg tørker ut alle Egypts strømmer med mine fotsåler.
OTB
Jeg gravde brønner og drakk vann fra fremmede land,
Og med mine fotsåler tørket jeg opp
Alle Egyptens elver."'
B1930
jeg gravde brønner og drakk av fremmede vann, og jeg tørker ut alle Egyptens strømmer med mine fotsåler.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 20:10

    Then Ben-hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if enough dust remains of Samaria for each of my men to have a handful.”

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  • Exodus 15:9

    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’

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  • Isaiah 19:6

    The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

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  • 2 Samuel 17:13

    If he retreats to a city, all Israel will bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it down to the valley until not even a pebble can be found.”

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  • Daniel 4:30

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

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