2 Kings 19:28

Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise — it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.

Young's Literal Translation

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

27And thy sitting down, and thy going out, And thy coming in, I have known, And thine anger towards Me;

29And this to thee [is] the sign, Food of the year [is] the spontaneous growth, And in the second year the self-produced, And in the third year sow ye, and reap, And plant vineyards, and eat their fruits.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:33In the way that he cometh in — In it he turneth back, And unto this city he doth not come in, The affirmation of Jehovah —

Job 41:2Dost thou put a reed in his nose? And with a thorn pierce his jaw?

Psalms 2:1Why have nations tumultuously assembled? And do peoples meditate vanity?

Psalms 10:13Wherefore hath the wicked despised God? He hath said in his heart, 'It is not required.'

Psalms 46:6Troubled have been nations, Moved have been kingdoms, He hath given forth with His voice, earth melteth.

Psalms 74:4Roared have thine adversaries, In the midst of Thy meeting-places, They have set their ensigns as ensigns.

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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