Isaiah 37:25

25 I have dug wells in foreign lands[a]and drunk the water there. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.’

Isaiah 37:25 in Other Translations

KJV
25 I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
ESV
25 I dug wells and drank waters, to dry up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.
NLT
25 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!’
MSG
25 I dug wells and drank my fill. I emptied the famous rivers of Egypt with one kick of my foot.
CSB
25 I dug [wells] and drank water. I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.

Isaiah 37:25 In-Context

23 Who 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!
24 By 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.
25 I have dug wells in foreign landsand 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.
27 Their 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.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Isaiah 19:6; Isaiah 44:27
  • 2. S Deuteronomy 11:10; S Isaiah 10:14; Daniel 4:30

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Dead Sea Scrolls (see also 2 Kings 19:24); Masoretic Text does not have "in foreign lands."
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