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Isaiah 37:25

23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

24 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.

I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

26 Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

27 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

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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 water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
WEB
I have dug and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet I will dry up all the rivers of Egypt.”
ASV
I have digged and drunk water, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.
DARBY
I have digged and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the streams of Matsor.
BLB
I have dug, and I have drunk [foreign] water, and I have dried up with the soles of my feet all the rivers of Egypt.”
ÅB
jeg gravde brønner og drakk av dem, og jeg tørker ut alle Egypts strømmer med mine fotsåler.
OTB
Jeg har gravd brønner og drukket vann, og med mine føtters såle har jeg tørket opp alle Egypts bekker.’
B1930
jeg gravde brønner og drakk av dem, og jeg tørker ut alle Egyptens strømmer med mine fotsåler.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 20:10

    And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:10

    For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

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  • Isaiah 36:12

    But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

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  • 2 Kings 19:23–24

    By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

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