Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

2 Kings 19:25

Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Hast thou not heard how I have done it long ago, and formed it of ancient times? now have I brought it to pass, that it should be thine to lay waste fortified cities into ruinous heaps.

KJV

Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps.

⋯

Commentary

1 voice

Voices on this verse

loading…

Original language & word study

16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲלֹֽא־ha.lo'-¿ notH3808 →
שָׁמַ֤עְתָּsha.Ma'.tahave you heardH8085 →
לְמֵֽרָחוֹק֙le.me.ra.chOk<to> from distant [time]H7350 →
אֹתָ֣הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853 →
עָשִׂ֔יתִי'a.Si.tiI appointedH6213 →
לְמִ֥ימֵיle.Mi.mei<to> from days ofH3117 →
קֶ֖דֶםKe.demantiquityH6924 →
וִֽיצַרְתִּ֑יהָvi.tzar.Ti.haand I planned itH3335 →
עַתָּ֣ה'a.TahnowH6258 →
הֲבֵיאתִ֗יהָha.vei.Ti.haI have brought itH935 →
וּתְהִ֗יu.te.Hiand you areH1961 →
לַהְשׁ֛וֹתlah.Shot[about] to make desolateH7582 →
גַּלִּ֥יםga.LimheapsH1530 →
נִצִּ֖יםni.TzimruinedH5327 →
עָרִ֥ים'a.RimcitiesH5892 →
בְּצֻרֽוֹת׃be.tzu.RotfortifiedH1219 →

The walk

Related verses

15 strongest cross-references

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 45:7I form the light and create the darkness; I bring prosperity and create calamity. I, the LORD, do all these things.Isaiah 10:5–6Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.Isaiah 46:10–11I declare the end from the beginning, and ancient times from what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and all My good pleasure I will accomplish.’Isaiah 37:26–27Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble.Micah 1:6Therefore I will make Samaria a heap of rubble in the open field, a planting area for a vineyard. I will pour her stones into the valley and expose her foundations.Isaiah 54:16Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.Isaiah 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!Psalms 33:11The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.Acts 4:27–28In fact, this is the very city where Herod and Pontius Pilate conspired with the Gentiles and the people of Israel against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed.Psalms 76:10Even the wrath of man shall praise You; with the survivors of wrath You will clothe Yourself.1 Kings 15:29As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,Habakkuk 1:12Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.Jeremiah 26:18“Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and told all the people of Judah that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.’Joshua 8:28So Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanent heap of ruins, a desolation to this day.Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.

Featured studies on this passage

Walks through 2 Kings 19

Assyria, MannaFest

Open the study →

About 2 Kings

Sennacherib's Army Is Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Sennacherib's Army Is Destroyed — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
2 Kings: the study guide →Read chapter 19 →The featured study →
Continue: 2 Kings 19 →