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以賽亞書 37：21-25
現代中文譯本（2019）
21 亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞送信給希西家王，告訴他：「上主—以色列的上帝已經垂聽了你控訴亞述皇帝西拿基立的禱告。
22 上主說：『西拿基立啊，耶路撒冷的人民在譏笑你，藐視你，向你搖頭。
23 你知道你侮辱的是誰？諷刺的是誰？你瞧不起我—以色列神聖的上帝。
24 你差遣使者向我誇耀，說你的戰車曾削平高山，甚至征服了黎巴嫩的最高山峰。你誇耀，你在那裡砍下了最高的香柏樹和最好的松樹，且深入到森林最深遠的地方。
25 你誇耀，你曾挖井喝水，而你的兵士把埃及的河流都踏乾了。
ESV
21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
22 this is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: “‘She despises you, she scorns you— the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you— the daughter of Jerusalem.
23 “‘Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
24 By your servants you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon, to cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses, to come to its remotest height, its most fruitful forest.
25 I dug wells and drank waters, to dry up with the sole of my foot all the streams of Egypt.
《聖經串珠注釋》
24-25 以這番話表達亞述的高傲自大：他的軍隊東征西討，所向披靡，能克服一切困難。往埃及途中不毛乾旱的沙地不能攔阻他的軍隊前進，因他可挖井喝水；他的軍隊也不受尼羅河及其支流的阻隔，可照樣踏過去。
