Isaiah 37:25

Isaiah 37:25 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)I have dug wells in foreign lands and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)I dug wells and drank waters, to dry up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I have dug and drunk water, And with the soles of my feet I have dried up All the brooks of defense.’

Context of Isaiah 37:25

23Who do you think it is that you have insulted? Who have you shouted at? Who have you looked at so proudly? The answer is the Holy God of Israel! 24You have sent your servants to insult the Lord God. You have said, ‘I have taken all my chariots and I have gone up high mountains, the highest mountains in Lebanon. I have cut down its tall cedar trees, and I have cut down its best pine trees. I went up to its highest places, and I went far into its forests. I dug wells and they gave me water to drink. My army marched through all the rivers in Egypt, and the rivers became dry.’ 26You said that, but now listen to this! You must surely have heard it already. I decided what to do a long time ago! Now I am causing it to happen. I decided that you would destroy strong cities so that they became heaps of stones. 27The people of those cities have no power. They are afraid and they are confused. They are like plants in a field, that cannot live for a long time. They are like fresh green grass, or grass that grows on the roof of a house. When a hot wind blows on them, it burns them and they die.

Isaiah 37:25 word by word

אֲנִ֥י קַ֖רְתִּי וְשָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם וְאַחְרִב֙ בְּכַף־פְּעָמַ֔י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I have diggedקוּרqûr · to digH6979
• and drunkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
• waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
• and with the soleכַּףkaph · palm: soleH3709
• of my feetפַּ֫עַםpa‛am pa‛ămâh · beatH6471
• have I dried upחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to dryH2717
• all the riversיְאֹרye'ôr · streamH2975
• of the besieged placesמָצוֹרmâtsôr · EgyptH4693

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:25

• Isaiah 36:12But the Assyrian army leader replied, ‘My master did not send me here to give this message only to your king and to you. The men who are sitting on the city wall also need to hear my master's message. Like you, they will soon have to eat their own dung and drink their own urine.’
• 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-Hadad sent men with another message to Ahab. He said, ‘I promise that my soldiers will completely destroy Samaria! There will be nothing left! There will not even be enough dirt to fill the hands of each of my soldiers. I pray that the gods will punish me very much if that does not happen!’
• 2 Kings 19:23You have sent your servants to insult the Lord God. You have said, ‘I have taken all my chariots and I have gone up high mountains, the highest mountains in Lebanon. I have cut down its tall cedar trees, and I have cut down its best pine trees. I went up to its highest places, and I went far into its forests.

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Water "Strange waters" - The word זרים zarim, strange, lost out of the Hebrew text in this place, is supplied from the other copy. A MS. supplies the word רבים rabbim, many, instead of it. With the sole of my feet - With my infantry. All the rivers of the besieged places "All the canals of fenced places" - The principal cities of Egypt, the scene of his late exploits, were chiefly defended by deep moats, canals, or large lakes, made by labor and art, with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25I have digged - That is, I have digged wells. This was regarded among eastern nations as an important achievement. It was difficult to find water, even by digging, in sandy deserts; and in a country abounding with rocks, it was an enterprise of great difficulty to sink a well. Hence, the possession of a well became a valuable property, and was sometimes the occasion of contention between neighboring tribes Genesis 26:20. Hence, also to stop up the wells…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25I have dug wells … I have dried up all the streams of Egypt: Sennacherib's boasts show his attitude of independence. However, the Lord alone is sovereign over nature (Isaiah 42:15; 43:19; 44:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. digged, and drunk water--In 2Ki 19:24, it is "strange waters." I have marched into foreign lands where I had to dig wells for the supply of my armies; even the natural destitution of water there did not impede my march. rivers of ... besieged places--rather, "the streams (artificial canals from the Nile) of Egypt." "With the sole of my foot," expresses that as soon as his vast armies marched into a region, the streams were drunk up by them; or rather…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:25

• Assyria
• Blasphemy
• Libnah

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Hezekiah
• Sennacherib
• Bible, the
• Chronicles, Books of
• Hezekiah (2)
• Isaiah
• fir, firs

Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings