Verse 25
Isaiah 37:25
Free Bible Version
25
I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers in Egypt.’”
Original Language Text
hebrew
אֲנִ֥י קַ֖רְתִּי וְ/שָׁתִ֣יתִי מָ֑יִם וְ/אַחְרִב֙ בְּ/כַף פְּעָמַ֔/י כֹּ֖ל יְאֹרֵ֥י מָצֽוֹר
English Translation
I have cut off and drunk water, and I have destroyed with the palm of my hand all the canals of the Nile.
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Chapter 37 Context
1
When Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went into the Lord's Temple.
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He sent Eliakim the palace manager, Shebna, the scribe, and the leading priests, all wearing sackclo...
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They told him, “This is what Hezekiah says: Today is a day of trouble and of punishment. It's like w...
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4
Maybe the Lord your God (Elohim), hearing the message the army commander delivered on behalf of his...
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After Hezekiah's officials delivered his message to Isaiah,
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Isaiah replied to them, “Tell your master, This is what the Lord says: Don't be frightened by the wo...
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7
Look, I'm going to scare him—he'll hear a rumor, and he'll have to return to his own country. When h...
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8
The Assyrian army commander left and went back to join the king of Assyria, having heard the king ha...
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9
Sennacherib had received a message about Tirhakah, king of Ethiopia, that said, “Watch out! He is co...
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10
“Tell Hezekiah, king of Judah: ‘Don't let your God (Elohim), the one you're trusting in, fool you by...
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11
Look! You've heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the countries they've invaded— they de...
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12
Did the gods of the nations my forefathers destroyed save them—the gods of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and...
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13
Where today is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king o...
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14
Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers and read it. Then he went up to the Lord's Temple a...
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15
Hezekiah prayed to the Lord, saying,
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“Lord Almighty, God (Elohim) of Israel, you who live above the cherubim, you alone are God (Elohim)...
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Please listen with your ears, Lord, and hear; open your eyes, Lord, and see. Listen to the message t...
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18
Yes, it's true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have destroyed these nations and their lands.
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They have thrown their gods into the fire because they are not really gods—they are just the work of...
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20
Now, Lord our God (Elohim), please save us from him, in order that all the kingdoms of the earth may...
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21
Then Isaiah, son of Amoz, sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, “This is what the Lord, the God (Elohi...
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22
this is the word of the Lord condemning him: The virgin daughter of Zion scorns you and mocks you; t...
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23
Who have you been insulting and ridiculing? Who did you raise your voice against? Who did you look a...
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24
By your servants you have mocked the Lord. You said: ‘With my many chariots I have ascended to the h...
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25
I have dug wells and drunk water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rive...
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The Lord replies, “Haven't you heard? I decided it long ago; I planned it in the olden days. Now I a...
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Their people, powerless, are terrified and humiliated. They're like plants in a field, like soft gre...
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28
But I know you very well—where you live, when you come in, when you leave, and your furious anger ag...
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Because of your furious anger against me, and because I know how you disrespect me, I'm going to put...
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30
Hezekiah, this will be a sign to prove this is true: This year you'll eat what grows by itself. The...
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31
The remnant that's left of Judah will revive again, sending roots below and bearing fruit above.
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32
For a remnant will come out of Jerusalem, and survivors will come from Mount Zion. The intense deter...
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33
This is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: He shall not enter this city or shoot an arrow...
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34
He shall return the same way he came, and he shall not enter this city, says the Lord.
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35
I will defend this city and save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David.”
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36
Then the angel of the Lord went to the Assyrian camp and killed 185,000 of them. When the survivors...
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37
Sennacherib, king of Assyria, gave up and left. He returned home to Nineveh and stayed there.
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38
While he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer killed h...
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