KJV King James Version
This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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2 Kings 19:21
This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
WEB World English Bible
This is the word that Yahweh has spoken concerning him: “The virgin daughter of Zion has despised you and ridiculed you. The daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you.
ASV American Standard Version
This is the word that Jehovah hath spoken concerning him: The virgin daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
this is the word that Jehovah spake concerning him: ‘Trampled on thee—laughed at thee, Hath the virgin daughter of Zion Behind thee shaken the head—Hath the daughter of Jerusalem?
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 19
18 And have cast their gods into the fire: for they [were] no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.
19 Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou [art] the LORD God, [even] thou only.
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, [That] which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 This [is] the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, [and] laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted [thy] voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? [even] against the Holy [One] of Israel.
23 By thy messengers thou hast reproached the Lord, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, [and into] the forest of his Carmel.
24 I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
זֶ֣הH2088 · zehthisהַדָּבָ֔רH1697 · da.varwordאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֶּ֥רH1696 · da.varto speak: speakיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעָלָ֑יוH5921 · aluponבָּזָ֨הH959 · ba.zahto despiseלְךָ֜H9031 · kayouלָעֲגָ֣הH3932 · la.agto mockלְךָ֗H9031 · kayouבְּתוּלַת֙H1330 · be.tu.lahvirginבַּת־H1323 · batdaughterצִיּ֔וֹןH6726 · tsiy.yonZionאַחֲרֶ֙יךָ֙H310 · a.charafterרֹ֣אשׁH7218 · roshheadהֵנִ֔יעָהH5128 · nu.ato shakeבַּ֖תH1323 · batdaughterיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃H3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Lamentations 2:13What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach [is] great like the sea: who can heal thee?Matthew 27:39And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,Jeremiah 14:17Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.Job 16:4I also could speak as ye [do]: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.Psalm 109:25I became also a reproach unto them: [when] they looked upon me they shaked their heads.Isaiah 37:21-35Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria:Lamentations 2:15All that pass by clap [their] hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, [saying, Is] this the city that [men] call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?Psalm 22:7-8All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],Jeremiah 46:11Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; [for] thou shalt not be cured.Isaiah 47:5Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms.Isaiah 23:12And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest.Psalm 137:8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy [shall he be], that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.Jeremiah 31:4Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.Micah 4:8And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem.Lamentations 1:15The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty [men] in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, [as] in a winepress.Isaiah 1:8And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.Isaiah 23:10Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: [there is] no more strength.Amos 5:2The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; [there is] none to raise her up.
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