"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 b…" — 2 Kings 19:28

2 Kings 19:28 · KJV

“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.”

— 2 Kings 19:28

Verse 27

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. {abode: or, sitting}

Verse 29

And this {shall be} a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.

2 Kings 19 — Context

Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were {as} the grass of the field, and {as} the green herb, {as} the grass on the housetops, and {as corn} blasted before it be grown up. {of small...: Heb. short of hand}

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. {abode: or, sitting}

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.

And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. {remnant...: Heb. escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth}

Cross References

Ezekiel 29:4

But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.

Ezekiel 38:4

And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts {of armour, even} a great company {with} bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:

2 Kings 19:33

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

Amos 4:2

The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Isaiah 30:28

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and {there shall be} a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing {them} to err.

Job 41:2

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Psalms 83:2

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Psalms 93:3-4

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

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