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.’
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.
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.’
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- thy rage
- Psalm 2:1–5; Psalm 7:6; Psalm 10:13, 14; Psalm 46:6; Psalm 93:3, 4; Luke 6:11; John 15:18, 23, 24; Acts 7:51
- thy tumult
- Psalm 65:7; Psalm 74:4, 23; Psalm 83:2
- I will put
- This alludes to the method by which the common people manage their beasts in the East, especially the dromedaries, which are governed by a bridle fastened to a ring, which runs through the nostril of the beast.
- Job 41:2; Psalm 32:9; Ezekiel 29:4; Ezekiel 38:4; Amos 4:2
- by the way
- 2 Kings 19:33, 36, 37