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2 Kings 19:24 Meaning

I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

Context Explained

22Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.

23By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel.

24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

25Hast 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.

26Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

Key Themes

arrogancepowerdestruction

Related Cross References

  • Isaiah 37:25

    Both verses illustrate the Assyrian king's claims of power and conquest.

  • Proverbs 16:18

    This verse warns that pride goes before destruction, reflecting the fate of the Assyrian king.

  • Ezekiel 31:3

    This verse describes the downfall of a mighty tree, paralleling the Assyrian king's boastful claims.

Source: 2 Kings 19:24