2 Kings 19:22-25

Rotherham(i) 22 Whom, hast thou reproached, and insulted? and, against whom, hast thou lifted high thy voice? yea thou hast proudly raised thine eyes, against the Holy One of Israel. 23 Through thy messengers, thou hast reproached My Lord, and hast said––With my multitude of chariots, have I ascended the height of the mountains, the recesses of Lebanon,––and have cut down its tallest cedars, its choicest firs, and have entered the shelter of its summit, its thick garden forests. 24 I, have digged, and have drunk foreign waters,––and have dried up, with the soles of my feet, all the streams of besieged places. 25 Hast thou not heard––that, long ago, that, is what I appointed, and, from days of old, devised it? Now, have I brought it to pass, that thou mightest serve to lay waste, in desolate ruins, fortified cities;