“I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.”
Isaiah continues the enumeration, establishing that the Assyrian king has dug wells in foreign lands and drunk water, and has dried up with the sole of his feet all the rivers of Egypt. The claim to military achievement and the metaphorical domination of waters emphasize the king's assertion of comprehensive power. The oracle records the Assyrian king's claims of supremacy and his boasting.
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