Isaiah 37:18

all the nations, and their countries R.V., following the received text, has "all the countries (lit., lands) and their land." But the true reading is preserved in the corresponding verse of 2 Kings, which A.V. has rightly followed here.

have laid waste This verb is never used of nations, except in ch. Isaiah 60:12. It differs by a single letter from "laid under the ban" in Isaiah 37:11, and ought probably to be altered accordingly.