2 Kings 19:28

Because, thy raging against me, and thy contempt, have come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my ring in thy nose, and my bit in thy lips, and will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.

In Context

27Howbeit, thine abode, and thy coming out and thy going in, I know,—and thy raging against me.

29And, this unto thee, is the sign—Eating, this year, the growth of scattered seeds, and, in the second year, that which groweth after,—then, in the third year, sow ye and reap, plant ye vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof;

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:33By the way that he cometh in, by the same, shall he return,—and, into this city, shall he not enter, declareth Yahweh!

Job 41:2Wilt thou put a rush-cord on his nose? or, with a thorn, wilt thou pierce his jaw?

Psalms 2:1Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?

Psalms 10:13Wherefore hath the lawless one blasphemed God? He hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it]!

Psalms 46:6Nations have roared, Kingdoms have tottered, He hath uttered his voice, Earth melteth.

Psalms 74:4Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine appointed meeting, They have set their ensigns as tokens!

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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