Isaiah 37:26

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 defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

Reply of God to Sennacherib.

Hast thou not heard long ago, (how) I have done it? - join, rather, with "I have done it." Thou dost boast that it is all by thy counsel and might; but it is I who, long ago, have ordered it so (); thou wast but the instrument in my hands (; ). This was the reason why 'the inhabitants were of small power before thee' () - namely, that I ordered it so; yet thou art in my hands, and I know thy ways (), and I will check thee ().

(And) of ancient times, that I have formed it Connect also "(And) of ancient times, that I have formed it" - `I from ancient times have arranged ("formed") it.' Compare ; ; ; .