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23 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?

At whom have you shouted
and looked so arrogantly?[a]
At the Holy One of Israel![b]
24 Through your messengers you taunted the Lord,[c]
“With my many chariots I climbed up
the high mountains,
the slopes of Lebanon.
I cut down its tall cedars
and its best evergreens.
I invaded its remotest regions,[d]
its thickest woods.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 37:23 tn Heb “and lifted your eyes on high?” Cf. NIV “lifted your eyes in pride”; NRSV “haughtily lifted your eyes.”
  2. Isaiah 37:23 sn See the note on the phrase “the Holy One of Israel” in 1:4.
  3. Isaiah 37:24 tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (ʾadonay).
  4. Isaiah 37:24 tn Heb “the height of its extremity”; ASV “its farthest height.”