2 Kings 19:28

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

26Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind. 27But I know your sitting down, your going out and your coming in, and your raging against me. Because your raging against me and your arrogance have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came. 29“This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 30The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

2 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because thy rageרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• against me and thy tumultשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into mine earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• therefore I will putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• my hookחַחchâch châchîy · hookH2397
• in thy noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• and my bridleמֶ֫תֶגmetheg · bridleH4964
• in thy lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• and I will turn thee backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• by which thou camestבּוֹאbô' · 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 7:6Rise up, Lord, in your anger; lift yourself up against the fury of my adversaries; awake for me; you have ordained a judgment.
• Psalms 10:13Why has the wicked person despised God? He says to himself, “You will not demand an account.”
• Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms topple; the earth melts when he lifts his voice.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves.
• Luke 6:11They, however, were filled with rage and started discussing with one another what they might do to Jesus.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, understand that it hated me before it hated you.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your ancestors did, you do also.
• Psalms 65:7You silence the roar of the seas, the roar of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.
• Psalms 74:4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where you met with us. They set up their emblems as signs.
• Psalms 83:2See how your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have acted arrogantly.
• Job 41:2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
• Psalms 32:9Do not be like a horse or mule, without understanding, that must be controlled with bit and bridle or else it will not come near you.
• Ezekiel 29:4I will put hooks in your jaws and make the fish of your streams cling to your scales. I will haul you up from the middle of your Nile, 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, including horses and riders, who are all splendidly dressed, a huge assembly armed with large and small shields, all of them brandishing swords.
• Amos 4:2The Lord God has sworn by his holiness: Look, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, every last one of you 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