2 Kings 19:21

This is the word that Yahweh has spoken about him: 1 “The virgin daughter of Zion 2 despises you and laughs you to scorn. 1 The daughter of Jerusalem 2 shakes her head at you. 1

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This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.

In Context

20Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah, saying, “Yahweh, the God of Israel says, 'Because you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.

22Whom have you defied and insulted? 2 Against whom have you exalted your voice 1 and lifted up your eyes in pride? 2 Against the Holy One of Israel! 1

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Cross References

Psalms 9:14Oh, that I might proclaim all your praise. 1 In the gates of the daughter of Zion 1 I will rejoice in your salvation! 1

Psalms 109:25I am disdained by my accusers; 1 when they see me, they shake their heads. 1

Isaiah 1:8The daughter of Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, 1 like a shed in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city. 1

Isaiah 23:12He said, “You will not rejoice again, oppressed virgin daughter of Sidon; 1 arise, pass over to Cyprus; but neither there you will have rest.” 1

Isaiah 47:1Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter of Babylon; 1 sit on the ground without a throne, daughter of the Chaldeans. 1 You will no longer be called dainty and delicate. 1

Jeremiah 14:17Say this word to them: 'Let my eyes flow with tears, night and day. 1 Do not let them stop, for there will be a great collapse of the virgin daughter of my people— 1 a great and incurable wound. 1

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 19:21-35

Sennacherib's Fall Predicted. ( b. c. 710.) 20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 21 This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted… Read the whole commentary →

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