Isaiah 37:24
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By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.

thy servants.

Isaiah 37:4 It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabsaces, whom the king of the Assyrians his master hath sent to blaspheme the living God, and to reproach with words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up by prayer for the remnant that is left.

Isaiah 36:15-20 And let not Ezechias make you trust in the Lord, saying: The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be given into the hands of the king of the Assyrians. . . .

2 Kings 19:22,23 Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed? against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? against the holy one of Israel. . . .

by the

Isaiah 10:13,14 For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high. . . .

Isaiah 36:9 And how wilt thou stand against the face of the judge of one place, of the least of my master's servants? But if thou trust in Egypt, in chariots and in horsemen:

Exodus 15:9 The enemy said: I will pursue and overtake, I will divide the spoils, my soul shall have its fill: I will draw my sword, my hand shall slay them.

Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will call upon the name of the Lord, our God.

Daniel 4:30 The same hour the word was fulfilled upon Nabuchodonosor, and he was driven away from among men, and did eat grass, like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till his hairs grew like the feathers of eagles, and his nails like birds' claws.

Isaiah 10:18 And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.

Isaiah 14:8 The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to cut us down.

Ezekiel 31:3 Behold, the Assyrian like a cedar in Libanus, with fair branches, and full of leaves, of a high stature, and his top was elevated among the thick boughs.

Daniel 4:8-14,20-22 The tree was great and strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven: the sight thereof was even to the ends of all the earth. . . .

Zechariah 11:1,2 Open thy gates, O Libanus, and let fire devour thy cedars. . . .

of his Carmel.

Isaiah 29:17 Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest?

Context
The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied
23Whom hast thou reproached, and whom hast thou blasphemed, and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thy eyes on high? Against the Holy One of Israel. 24By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord: and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus: and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees, and will enter to the top of its height, to the forest of its Carmel.25I have digged, and drunk water, and have dried up with the sole of my foot, all the rivers shut up in banks.…
Cross References
2 Kings 19:23
By the hand of thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said: With the multitude of my chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the top of Libanus, and have cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir trees. And I have entered into the furthest parts thereof, and the forest of its Carmel.

Isaiah 10:13
For he hath said: By the strength of my own hand I have done it, and by my own wisdom I have understood: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have taken the spoils of the princes, and as a mighty man hath pulled down them that sat on high.

Isaiah 10:18
And the glory of his forest, and of his beautiful hill, shall be consumed from the soul even to the flesh, and he shall run away through fear.

Isaiah 10:33
Behold the sovereign Lord of hosts shall break the earthen vessel with terror, and the tall of stature shall be cut down, and the lofty shall be humbled.

Isaiah 10:34
And the thickets of the forest shall be cut down with iron, and Libanus with its high ones shall fall.

Isaiah 14:8
The fir trees also have rejoiced over thee, and the cedars of Libanus, saying: Since thou hast slept, there hath none come up to cut us down.

Jeremiah 22:7
And I will prepare against thee the destroyer and his weapons: and they shall cut down thy chosen cedars, and shall cast them headlong into the fire.

Jeremiah 46:8
Egypt riseth up like a flood, and the waves thereof shall be moved as rivers, and he shall say: I will go up and will cover the earth: I will destroy the city, and its inhabitants.

Lexicon
Through
בְּיַ֣ד (bə·yaḏ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

your servants
עֲבָדֶיךָ֮ (‘ă·ḇā·ḏe·ḵā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5650: Slave, servant

you have taunted
חֵרַ֣פְתָּ ׀ (ḥê·rap̄·tā)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2778: To pull off, to expose, to betroth, to carp at, defame, to spend the winter

the Lord,
אֲדֹנָי֒ (’ă·ḏō·nāy)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 136: The Lord

and you have said
וַתֹּ֗אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“With my many
בְּרֹ֥ב (bə·rōḇ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

chariots
רִכְבִּ֛י (riḵ·bî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7393: A vehicle, a team, cavalry, a rider, the upper millstone

I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

have ascended
עָלִ֛יתִי (‘ā·lî·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

to the heights
מְר֥וֹם (mə·rō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4791: Altitude

of the mountains,
הָרִ֖ים (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

to the far recesses
יַרְכְּתֵ֣י (yar·kə·ṯê)
Noun - fdc
Strong's Hebrew 3411: Flank, side, extreme parts, recesses

of Lebanon.
לְבָנ֑וֹן (lə·ḇā·nō·wn)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3844: Lebanon -- a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel

I have cut down
וְאֶכְרֹ֞ת (wə·’eḵ·rōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3772: To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant

its tallest
קוֹמַ֤ת (qō·w·maṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6967: Height

cedars,
אֲרָזָיו֙ (’ă·rā·zāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 730: A cedar tree

the finest
מִבְחַ֣ר (miḇ·ḥar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4005: Choicest, best

of its cypress trees.
בְּרֹשָׁ֔יו (bə·rō·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1265: A cypress, tree, a lance, a musical instrument

I have reached
וְאָבוֹא֙ (wə·’ā·ḇō·w)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

its farthest
קִצּ֔וֹ (qiṣ·ṣōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7093: An extremity, after

heights,
מְר֣וֹם (mə·rō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4791: Altitude

the densest
כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ׃ (kar·mil·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3759: A plantation, garden land, fruit, garden growth

of its forests.
יַ֖עַר (ya·‘ar)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3293: A copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb


Additional Translations
Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypress trees. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.By your servants have you reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.

By thy servants hast thou defied the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir-trees thereof; and I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field;

For thou hast reproached the Lord by messengers; for thou hast said, With the multitude of chariots have I ascended to the height of mountains, and to the sides of Libanus; and I have cropped the height of his cedars and the beauty of his cypresses; and I entered into the height of the forest region:

By thy servants thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the recesses of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, the choice of its cypresses; and I will enter into its furthest height, [into] the forest of its fruitful field.

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into his farthest height, the forest of his fruitful field.

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots have I come up to the hight of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down its tall cedars, and its choice fir-trees: and I will enter into the hight of its border, and the forest of its Carmel.

By your servants, have you defied the Lord, and have said, "With the multitude of my chariots I have come up to the height of the mountains, to the innermost parts of Lebanon. I will cut down its tall cedars and its choice fir trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.

By the hand of thy servants Thou hast reviled the Lord, and sayest: In the multitude of my chariots I have come up to a high place of hills, The sides of Lebanon, And I cut down the height of its cedars, The choice of its firs, And I enter the high place of its extremity, The forest of its Carmel.
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