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.
• 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.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)I have dug wells in many foreign lands and refreshed myself with their water. With the sole of my foot, I stopped up all the rivers of Egypt!’

Context of Isaiah 37:25

23Who is it you have ridiculed and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! 24By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest heights, the finest of its forests. 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.’ 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 have turned fortified cities into piles of stone. 27Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

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 commander replied, “Was it only to your master and you that my master sent me to say these things, and not to the people sitting on the wall—who, like you, will have to eat their own excrement and drink their own urine?”
• 1 Kings 20:10Then Ben-Hadad sent another message to Ahab: “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if enough dust remains in Samaria to give each of my men a handful.”
• 2 Kings 19:23By your messengers you have ridiculed the Lord. And you have said, “With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost heights of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the choicest of its junipers. I have reached its remotest parts, the finest of 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)
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• 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