2 Kings 19:28

²⁶ Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.

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

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.’

²⁹ And 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.

³⁰ And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: 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.’
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.
WEB: 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.’
ASV: 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.
DARBY: 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.
BLB: Because your raging against me and your tumult have come up to My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way in which you came.’

ÅB: Fordi du raser mot meg, og din overmodige trygghet har nådd opp til mine ører, så vil jeg legge min ring i din nese og mitt bissel mellom dine lepper og føre deg tilbake den vei du kom.
OTB: På grunn av ditt raseri mot Meg,
Og fordi din arroganse har nådd Mine ører,
Vil Jeg sette Min krok i din nese
Og Min tømme i dine lepper,
Og Jeg vil vende deg tilbake den veien du kom.
B1930: Fordi du raser mot mig, og din overmodige trygghet har nådd op til mine ører, så vil jeg legge min ring i din nese og mitt bissel mellem dine leber og føre dig tilbake den vei du kom.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 29:4
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.
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2 Kings 19:33
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
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Ezekiel 38:4
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.
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Amos 4:2
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.
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Isaiah 30:28
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.
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Job 41:2
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
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Psalms 7:6
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
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Psalms 93:3–4
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
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