KJV 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.
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2 Kings 19:28
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’
WEB World English Bible
Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore will I 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.”
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — 2 Kings 19
25 Hast thou not heard long ago [how] I have done it, [and] of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities [into] ruinous heaps.
26 Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.
27 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
28 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.
29 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof.
30 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD [of hosts] shall do this.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יַ֚עַןH3282 · ya.anbecauseהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣H7264 · ra.gazto trembleאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖H7600 · sha.a.nansecureעָלָ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבְאָזְנָ֑יH241 · o.zenearוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יH7760 · sumto set: makeחַחִ֜יH2397 · chachhookבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָH639 · aphface: angerוּמִתְגִּי֙H4964 · me.tegbridleבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָH8193 · sa.phahlipsוַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָH7725 · shuvto return: returnבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבָּ֥אתָH935 · boto come (in): comeבָּֽהּ׃H9034 · haher
Cross-references
Ezekiel 29:4But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.2 Kings 19:33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.Ezekiel 38:4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:Amos 4:2The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.Isaiah 30:28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.Job 41:2Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?Psalm 65:7Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.Psalm 10:13-14Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require [it].Psalm 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.Psalm 32:9Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.Psalm 7:6Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me [to] the judgment [that] thou hast commanded.Psalm 46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.Luke 6:11And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.Psalm 74:4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.John 15:18If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you.Psalm 93:3-4The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.Acts 7:51Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.Ezekiel 19:9And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel.
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