Isaiah 37 · Verse 24

Isaiah 37:24

By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast 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.
Isaiah 37:24, King James Version

Isaiah 37:24 in other translations

BSBThrough 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 remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.
WEBBy your servants, you have 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 cypress trees. I will enter into its farthest height, the forest of its fruitful field.
ASVBy 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;
YLTBy 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.
DARBYBy 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.
BBEYou have sent your servants with evil words against the Lord, and have said, With all my war-carriages I have come up to the top of the mountains, to the inmost parts of Lebanon; and its tall cedars will be cut down, and the best trees of its woods: I will come up into his highest places, into his thick woods.
WebsterBy 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.

What does Isaiah 37:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. said--virtually. Hast thou within thyself? height--imagery from the Assyrian felling of trees in Lebanon (Is 14:8; 33:9); figuratively for, "I have carried my victorious army through the regions most difficult of access, to the most remote lands." sides--rather, "recesses" [G. V. Smith]. fir trees--not cypresses, as some translate; pine foliage and cedars are still found on the northwest side of Lebanon [Stanley]. height of ... border--In 2Ki 19:23, "the lodgings of his borders." Perhaps on the ascent to the top there was a place of repose or caravansary, which bounded the usual attempts of persons to ascend [Barnes]. Here, simply, "its extreme height." forest of ... Carmel--rather, "its thickest forest." "Carmel" expresses thick luxuriance (see on Is 10:18; Is 29:17).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 By thy servants "By thy messengers" - The text has עבדיך abdeycha, thy servants; but the true reading seems to be מלאכיך malacheycha, thy messengers, as in the other copy, 2Kgs 19:23; and as the Septuagint and Syriac found it in their copies in this place. Reproached the Lord - אדני Adonai: but one of my MSS. has יהוה אדני Yehovah Adonai, Jehovah the Lord. This reading is not found, I think, in any other MS., but several have יהוה Yehovah for אדני Adonai. I will enter into the height of his border "I will penetrate into his extreme retreats" - The text has מרום marom, the height which seems to have been taken by mistake from the line but one above. Two MSS. have here מלון malon, the lodge or retreat; which is the word in the other copy, 2Kgs 19:23, and I think is the true reading. The forest of has Carmel - The forest and his fruitful field; that is, I will possess myself of the whole country.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Isaiah 37:24 in the original Hebrew

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בְּיַ֣דbe.Yadby [the] hand ofH3027
עֲבָדֶיךָ֮'a.va.dei.Khaservants yourH5650
חֵרַ֣פְתָּ\׀che.Raf.tayou have tauntedH2778
אֲדֹנָי֒'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
וַתֹּ֗אמֶרva.To.merand you have saidH559
בְּרֹ֥בbe.Rowith [the] abundance ofH7230
רִכְבִּ֛יrikh.Bichariotry myH7393
אֲנִ֥י'a.NiIH589
עָלִ֛יתִי'a.Li.tiI have gone upH5927
מְר֥וֹםme.Rom[the] height[s] ofH4791
הָרִ֖יםha.RimmountainsH2022
יַרְכְּתֵ֣יyar.ke.Tei[the] remotest parts ofH3411
לְבָנ֑וֹןle.va.NonLebanonH3844
וְאֶכְרֹ֞תve.'ekh.Rotso I may cut downH3772
קוֹמַ֤תko.Mat[the] height ofH6967
אֲרָזָיו֙'a.ra.Zavcedars itsH730
מִבְחַ֣רmiv.Char[the] choicest ofH4005
בְּרֹשָׁ֔יוbe.ro.Shavpines itsH1265
וְאָבוֹא֙ve.'a.Vo'so I may comeH935
מְר֣וֹםme.Rom[to the] height ofH4791
קִצּ֔וֹki.Tzoend itsH7093
יַ֖עַרYa.'ar[the] forest ofH3293
כַּרְמִלּֽוֹ\׃kar.mi.Loorchard itsH3759

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Cross references for Isaiah 37:24

  • Isaiah 14:8

    Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.

  • Isaiah 10:18

    And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth.

  • Isaiah 36:9

    How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master’s servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

  • Daniel 4:8-14

    But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: …

  • Zechariah 11:1-2

    Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down.

  • Isaiah 29:17

    Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

  • Daniel 4:20-22

    The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth.

  • Isaiah 10:13-14

    For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped.

  • Isaiah 37:4

    It may be the Lord thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left.

  • Ezekiel 31:3-18

    Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. …

  • Isaiah 36:15-20

    Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thy servants. Heb. the hand of they servants.
4; 36:15-20; 2Ki 19:22,23
By the.
10:13,14; 36:9; Ex 15:9; Ps 20:7; Da 4:30
tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof. Heb.tallness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof.
10:18; 14:8; Eze 31:3-18; Da 4:8-14,20-22; Zec 11:1,2
of his Carmel. or, and his fruitful field.
29:17

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Context

  • Isaiah 37:23

    Whom 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.

  • Isaiah 37:24

    By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast 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.

  • Isaiah 37:25

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

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Isaiah 37:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por mano de tus siervos denostaste al Señor, y dijiste: Yo con la multitud de mis carros subiré á las alturas de los montes, á las laderas del Líbano; cortaré sus altos cedros, sus hayas escogidas; vendré después á lo alto de su límite, al monte de su Carmel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Par tes serviteurs, tu as outragé le Seigneur, et tu as dit: Avec la multitude de mes chars j’ai gravi le haut des montagnes, les parties reculées du Liban, et je couperai ses hauts cèdres, l’élite de ses cyprès, et je parviendrai jusqu’à sa dernière cime, à la forêt de son Carmel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Durch deine Knechte hast du den Herrn verhöhnt und hast gesprochen: "Mit meiner Wagen Menge habe ich die Höhen der Berge erstiegen, das äußerste Ende des Libanon; und ich werde umhauen den Hochwuchs seiner Cedern, die Auswahl seiner Cypressen, und ich werde kommen auf seine äußerste Höhe, in seinen Gartenwald.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In manu servorum tuorum exprobrasti Domino, et dixisti: In multitudine quadrigarum mearum ego ascendi altitudinem montium juga Libani; et succidam excelsa cedrorum ejus, et electas abietes illius, et introibo altitudinem summitatis ejus, saltum Carmeli ejus.