Isaiah 37:24-26

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁴ “ ‘Through your servants you taunted Adonai.
You said, “With my many chariots
I have ascended the mountain heights
even in the far reaches of the L’vanon.
I cut down its tall cedars
and its best cypress trees.
I reached its remotest heights
and its best forests.
²⁵ I dug [wells] and drank the water.
The soles of my [soldiers’] feet
dried up all the rivers of Egypt.”

²⁶ “ ‘Haven’t you heard? Long ago I made it;
in antiquity I produced it;
and now I am making it happen:
you are turning fortified cities
into heaps of ruins,