Isaiah 37:24

22 this is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.

23 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!

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 heights, the densest of its forests.

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

26 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.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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 heights, the densest of its forests.
KJV
By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.
WEB
By your servants, you have defied the Lord, and have said, “With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
ASV
By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;
DARBY
By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; and I will enter into its furthest height, [into] the forest of its fruitful field.
BLB
By the hand of your servants you have reproached the Lord, and you have said, “By the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I have cut down the tallest of its cedars, the choicest of its cypress trees; and I have come to the height of its end, the forest of its Carmel.
ÅB
Ved dine tjenere har du hånet Herren og sagt: Med mine mange vogner dro jeg opp på fjellenes tinder, til Libanons øverste topper, og jeg hugger ned dets høyeste sedrer, dets herlige cypresser, og jeg trenger fram til dets øverste høyde, dets frodige skog;
OTB
Ved dine tjenere har du hånet Herren, og du har sagt: ‘Med mine mange vogner har jeg steget opp til fjellenes høyder, til Libanons ytterste avkroker. Jeg har hogd ned dets høyeste sedertrær, dets ypperste sypresser. Jeg har nådd dets fjerneste høyder, dets tetteste skog.
B1930
Ved dine tjenere har du hånet Herren og sagt: Med mine mange vogner drog jeg op på fjellenes tinder, til Libanons øverste topper, og jeg hugger ned dets høieste sedrer, dets herlige cypresser, og jeg trenger frem til dets øverste høide, dets frodige skog;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 14:8

    Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

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  • Isaiah 10:18

    The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.

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  • Isaiah 36:9

    For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?

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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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  • Daniel 4:8–14

    But at last, into my presence came Daniel (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods). And I told him the dream:

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  • Zechariah 11:1–2

    Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

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  • Isaiah 29:17

    In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

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  • Daniel 4:20–22

    The tree you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached the sky and was visible to all the earth,

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