Berean Standard Bible
2 Kings 19:28
28Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
2 Kings 19:28 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.’
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back By the way which you came.
Context of 2 Kings 19:28
26Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown. 27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’ 29And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 30And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
Read all of 2 Kings 192 Kings 19:28 word by word
יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
- Becauseיַעַןya‛an · becauseH3282
- your rageרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
- and arroganceשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
- against Meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
- have reachedעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
- My earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
- I will putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
- My hookחַחchâch châchîy · hookH2397
- in your noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
- and My bitמֶ֫תֶגmetheg · bridleH4964
- in your mouthשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
- I will send you backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
- the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
- ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- you cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
Cross-references for 2 Kings 19:28
- Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
- Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked man renounced God? He says to himself, “You will never call me to account.”
- Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
- Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
- Luke 6:11But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
- John 15:18If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
- Acts 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Psalms 65:7You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
- Psalms 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
- Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
- Job 41:2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.
- Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
- Amos 4:2The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 19:28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28I will put my hook in thy nose - This seems to be an allusion to the method of guiding a buffalo; he has a sort of ring put into his nose, to which a cord or bridle is attached, by which he can be turned to the right, or to the left, or round about, according to the pleasure of his driver.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28Thy tumult - Rather, “thy arrogance.” I will put my hook in nose - Rather, “my ring.” The sculptures show that the kings of Babylon and Assyria were in the habit of actually passing a ring through the flesh of their more distinguished prisoners, of attaching a thong or a rope to it, and of thus leading them about as with a “bridle.” In Assyria the ring was, at least ordinarily, passed through the lower lip; while in Babylonia it appears to have been…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-34Verses 20-34 All Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which he undertakes to protect. The invasion of the Assyrians probably had prevented the land from being sown that year. The next is supposed to have been the sabbatical year, but the Lord engaged that the produce of the land should be sufficient for their support during those two years. As…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28I know your sitting down: See Psalms 44:21; 94:11. My hook … and My bit: The Assyrian records describe similar harsh treatment of prisoners. The Lord would treat Sennacherib as he and his ancestors treated those they conquered.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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