NET Bible
"I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’"
— 2 Kings 19:24, NET Bible
“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.”
“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt. ”
“I have dug and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet will I dry up all the rivers of Egypt.'”
“I have cut down, and I have drunk strange waters, and have dried up with the soles of my feet all the shut up waters.”
“I have made water-holes and taken their waters, and with my foot I have made all the rivers of Egypt dry.”
“I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.”
This is what the LORD says about him:“The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you.
Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel!
Through your messengers you taunted the Sovereign Master,‘With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods.
I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.’
Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out. In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins.
Their residents are powerless, they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field, or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind.
I know where you live, and everything you do.