2 Kings 19:28 “Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I wil…”

2 Kings 19:28

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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into 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 by which you came.’

American Standard Version

Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vp to mine eares, I will put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lippes, and will bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.

Darby Translation

Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.

Young's Literal Translation

Because of thine anger towards Me, And thy noise — it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And have caused thee to turn back, In the way in which thou camest.

Bible in Basic English

Because your wrath against me and your words of pride have come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

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Cross references

“thy rage”

Psalm 2:1–5 Psalm 7:6 Psalm 46:6 Luke 6:11 John 15:18 Acts 7:51

Psalm 2:1–5 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 7:6 · BSB

Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.

Psalm 46:6 · BSB

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Luke 6:11 · BSB

But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.

John 15:18 · BSB

If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

Acts 7:51 · BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

“thy tumult”

Psalm 65:7 Psalm 74:4 Psalm 74:23 Psalm 83:2

Psalm 65:7 · BSB

You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.

Psalm 74:4 · BSB

Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

Psalm 74:23 · BSB

Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

Psalm 83:2 · BSB

See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

“I will put”

Ezekiel 29:4 Ezekiel 38:4 Amos 4:2 Job 41:2 Psalm 32:9

Ezekiel 29:4 · BSB

But 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 38:4 · BSB

I 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 4:2 · BSB

The 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.

Job 41:2 · BSB

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Psalm 32:9 · BSB

Do 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.

“by the way”

2 Kings 19:33 2 Kings 19:36 2 Kings 19:37

2 Kings 19:33 · BSB

He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city, declares the LORD.

2 Kings 19:36 · BSB

So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.

2 Kings 19:37 · BSB

One day, while he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer put him to the sword and escaped to the land of Ararat. And his son Esar-haddon reigned in his place.

Also

Isaiah 30:28 Ezekiel 19:9

Isaiah 30:28 · BSB

His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

Ezekiel 19:9 · BSB

With hooks they caged him and brought him to the king of Babylon. They brought him into captivity so that his roar was heard no longer on the mountains of Israel.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

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.

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