New King James Version
2 Kings 19:28
28Because 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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
Context of 2 Kings 19:28
26Therefore their inhabitants had little power; They were dismayed and confounded; They were as the grass of the field And the green herb, As the grass on the housetops And grain blighted before it is grown. 27‘But I know your dwelling place, Your going out and your coming in, And your rage against Me. 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. 29‘This shall be a sign to you: You shall eat this year such as grows of itself, And in the second year what springs from the same; Also in the third year sow and reap, Plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. 30And the remnant who have escaped of the house of Judah Shall again take root downward, And bear fruit upward.
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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 people plot a vain thing?
- Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; Lift Yourself up because of the rage of my enemies; Rise up for me to the judgment You have commanded!
- Psalms 10:13Why do the wicked renounce God? He has said in his heart, “You will not require an account.”
- Psalms 46:6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted.
- Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, O Lord, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves.
- Luke 6:11But they were filled with rage, and discussed with one another what they might do to Jesus.
- John 15:18“If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you.
- Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
- Psalms 65:7You who still the noise of the seas, The noise of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples.
- Psalms 74:4Your enemies roar in the midst of Your meeting place; They set up their banners for signs.
- Psalms 83:2For behold, Your enemies make a tumult; And those who hate You have lifted up their head.
- Job 41:2Can you put a reed through his nose, Or pierce his jaw with a hook?
- Psalms 32:9Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you.
- Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
- Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and lead you out, with all your army, horses, and horsemen, all splendidly clothed, a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords.
- Amos 4:2The Lord God has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days shall come upon you When He will take you away with fishhooks, 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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