2 Kings 19:25

2 Kings 19:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 fenced cities into ruinous heaps.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘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 have turned fortified cities into piles of stone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘Did you not hear long ago How I made it, From ancient times that I formed it? Now I have brought it to pass, That you should be For crushing fortified cities into heaps of ruins.
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But have you not heard? I decided this long ago. Long ago I planned it, and now I am making it happen. I planned for you to crush fortified cities into heaps of rubble.

Context of 2 Kings 19:25

23By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest lodging place, its most fruitful forest. 24I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and I dried up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.' "Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should turn fortified cities into heaps of ruins, 26while their inhabitants, shorn of strength, are dismayed and confounded, and have become like plants of the field and like tender grass, like grass on the housetops, blighted before it is grown. 27"But I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.

2 Kings 19:25 word by word

הֲלֹֽא־שָׁמַ֤עְתָּ לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙ אֹתָ֣הּ עָשִׂ֔יתִי לְמִ֥ימֵי קֶ֖דֶם וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָ עַתָּ֣ה הֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָ וּתְהִ֗י לַהְשׁ֛וֹת גַּלִּ֥ים נִצִּ֖ים עָרִ֥ים בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Hast thou not heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• long agoרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• I have doneעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• of ancientקֶ֫דֶםqedem qêdmâh · front: oldH6924
• timesיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that I have formedיָצַרyâtsar · to form: planH3335
• it? now have I broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay wasteשָׁאָהshâ'âh · to crashH7582
• fencedבָּצַרbâtsar · to gather/restrain/fortifyH1219
• citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• ruinousנָצָהnâtsâh · to desolateH5327
• heapsגַּלgal · heapH1530

Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:25

• Psalms 33:11The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the plans of his heart to all generations.
• Psalms 76:10Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.
• Isaiah 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger; the staff in their hands is my fury!
• Isaiah 37:26"'Have you not heard that I determined it long ago? I planned from days of old what now I bring to pass, that you should make fortified cities crash into heaps of ruins,
• Isaiah 45:7I form light and create darkness; I make well-being and create calamity; I am the Lord, who does all these things.
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning and from ancient times things not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand, and I will accomplish all my purpose,'
• Isaiah 54:16Behold, I have created the smith who blows the fire of coals and produces a weapon for its purpose. I have also created the ravager to destroy;
• Acts 4:27for truly in this city there were gathered together against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel,

Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Hast thou not heard - Here Jehovah speaks, and shows this boasting king that what he had done was done by the Divine appointment, and that of his own counsel and might he could have done nothing. It was because God had appointed them to this civil destruction that he had overcome them; and it was not through his might; for God had made their inhabitants of small power, so that he only got the victory over men whom God had confounded, dismayed, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Hast thou not heard long ago … - Rather, “Hast thou not heard, that from long ago I did this, from ancient times I fashioned it? etc.” The former part of the verse refers to the secret divine decrees, whereby the affairs of this world are determined and ordered from the very beginning of things. Sennacherib‘s boasting, however, proved that he did not know this, that he did not recognize himself simply as God‘s instrument - “the rod of His anger” Isaiah…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-34Verses 20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support during those two years. As…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26I have brought it to pass: God planned all of Sennacherib's great accomplishments.Read the comment

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Commentaries on 2 Kings 19

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