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

26That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall. 27“But I know you well— where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against me. 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.” 29Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true: “This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit. 30And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and will grow up and flourish.

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 are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
• Psalms 7:6Arise, O Lord, in anger! Stand up against the fury of my enemies! Wake up, my God, and bring justice!
• Psalms 10:13Why do the wicked get away with despising God? They think, “God will never call us to account.”
• Psalms 46:6The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!
• Psalms 93:3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
• Luke 6:11At this, the enemies of Jesus were wild with rage and began to discuss what to do with him.
• John 15:18“If the world hates you, remember that it hated me first.
• Acts 7:51“You stubborn people! You are heathen at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you!
• Psalms 65:7You quieted the raging oceans with their pounding waves and silenced the shouting of the nations.
• Psalms 74:4There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries; there they set up their battle standards.
• Psalms 83:2Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
• Job 41:2Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its jaw with a spike?
• Psalms 32:9Do not be like a senseless horse or mule that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
• Ezekiel 29:4I will put hooks in your jaws and drag you out on the land with fish sticking to your scales.
• Ezekiel 38:4I will turn you around and put hooks in your jaws to lead you out with your whole army—your horses and charioteers in full armor and a great horde armed with shields and swords.
• Amos 4:2The Sovereign Lord has sworn this by his holiness: “The time will come when you will be led away with hooks in your noses. Every last one of you will be dragged away like a fish on a hook!

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