{By thy...: Heb. By the hand of thy servants} {the tall...: Heb. the tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof} {the forest...: or, the forest and his fruitful field}

37:25

I have digged
<06979> (8804)_,

and drunk
<08354> (8804)

water
<04325>_;

and with the sole
<03709>

of my feet
<06471>

have I dried up
<02717> (8686)

all the rivers
<02975>

of the besieged places
<04693>_.

{besieged: or, fenced and closed}

37:26

Hast thou not heard
<08085> (8804)

long ago
<07350>_,

[how] I have done
<06213> (8804)

it; [and] of ancient
<06924>

times
<03117>_,

that I have formed
<03335> (8804)

it? now have I brought
<0935> (8689)

it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste
<07582> (8687)

defenced
<01219> (8803)

cities
<05892>

[into] ruinous
<05327> (8737)

heaps
<01530>_.

{Hast...: or, Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? should I now bring it to be laid waste, and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps?}

37:27

Therefore their inhabitants
<03427> (8802)

[were] of small
<07116>

power
<03027>_,

they were dismayed
<02865> (8804)

and confounded
<0954> (8804)_:

they were [as] the grass
<06212>

of the field
<07704>_,

and [as] the green
<03419>

herb
<01877>_,

[as] the grass
<02682>

on the housetops
<01406>_,

and [as corn] blasted
<07709>

before
<06440>

it be grown up
<07054>_.

{of small...: Heb. short of hand}

37:28

But I know
<03045> (8804)

thy abode
<03427> (8800)_,

and thy going out
<03318> (8800)_,

and thy coming in
<0935> (8800)_,

and thy rage
<07264> (8692)

against me. {abode: or, sitting}

37:29

Because thy rage
<07264> (8692)

against me, and thy tumult
<07600>_,

is come up
<05927> (8804)

into mine ears
<0241>_,

therefore will I put
<07760> (8804)

my hook
<02397>

in thy nose
<0639>_,

and my bridle
<04964>

in thy lips
<08193>_,

and I will turn thee back
<07725> (8689)

by the way
<01870>

by which thou camest
<0935> (8804)_.

37:30

And this [shall be] a sign
<0226>

unto thee, Ye shall eat
<0398> (8800)

[this] year
<08141>

such as groweth
<05599>

of itself; and the second
<08145>

year
<08141>

that which springeth
<07823>

of the same: and in the third
<07992>

year
<08141>

sow
<02232> (8798)

ye, and reap
<07114> (8798)_,

and plant
<05193> (8798)

vineyards
<03754>_,

and eat
<0398> (8798)

the fruit
<06529>

thereof.

37:31

And the remnant
<07604> (8737)

that is escaped
<06413>

of the house
<01004>

of Judah
<03063>

shall again
<03254> (8804)

take root
<08328>

downward
<04295>_,

and bear
<06213> (8804)

fruit
<06529>

upward
<04605>_:

{the remnant...: Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth}

37:32

For out of Jerusalem
<03389>

shall go forth
<03318> (8799)

a remnant
<07611>_,

and they that escape
<06413>

out of mount
<02022>

Zion
<06726>_:

the zeal
<07068>

of the LORD
<03068>

of hosts
<06635>

shall do
<06213> (8799)

this. {they...: Heb. the escaping}

37:33

Therefore thus saith
<0559> (8804)

the LORD
<03068>

concerning the king
<04428>

of Assyria
<0804>_,

He shall not come
<0935> (8799)

into this city
<05892>_,

nor shoot
<03384> (8686)

an arrow
<02671>

there, nor come before
<06923> (8762)

it with shields
<04043>_,

nor cast
<08210> (8799)

a bank
<05550>

against it.

37:34

By the way
<01870>

that he came
<0935> (8804)_,

by the same shall he return
<07725> (8799)_,

and shall not come
<0935> (8799)

into this city
<05892>_,

saith
<05002> (8803)

the LORD
<03068>_.

37:35

For I will defend
<01598> (8804)

this city
<05892>

to save
<03467> (8687)

it for mine own sake, and for my servant
<05650>

David's
<01732>

sake.