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I will make you return by the same road on which you came.” <a href="/esv/2_kings/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come into my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came. <a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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.’ <a href="/kjv/2_kings/19.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/2_kings/19.htm">New King James Version</a> Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to 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 which you came. <a href="/nasb_/2_kings/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘Because of your raging against Me, And because your complacency has 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 by which you came. <a href="/nasb/2_kings/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance has come up to 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 which you came. <a href="/nasb77/2_kings/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance has come up to 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 which you came. <a href="/lsb/2_kings/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Because of your raging against Me, And because your presumptuousness has come up to 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 which you came. <a href="/amp/2_kings/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance and complacency 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 [to Assyria] by the way that you came. <a href="/csb/2_kings/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Because your raging against me and your arrogance have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came. <a href="/hcsb/2_kings/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Because your raging against Me and your arrogance have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came.&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_kings/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/2_kings/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I have seen your pride and the tremendous hatred you have for me. Now I will put a hook in your nose, a bit in your mouth, then I will send you back to where you came from. <a href="/erv/2_kings/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> Because of thy raging against me, and for that 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. <a href="/gwt/2_kings/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Since you rage against me and your boasting has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. I will make you go back the way you came. <a href="/gnt/2_kings/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth, and take you back by the same road you came." <a href="/isv/2_kings/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> Because of your rage against me, your complacency has reached my ears. I'll put my hook into your nostrils and my bit into your mouth. Then I'll turn you back on the road by which you came.' <a href="/msb/2_kings/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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.? <a href="/net/2_kings/19.htm">NET Bible</a> Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came." <a href="/nheb/2_kings/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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." <a href="/wbt/2_kings/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into my 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. <a href="/web/2_kings/19.htm">World English Bible</a> 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.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_kings/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Because of your anger toward Me, "" And your noise—it came up into My ears, "" I have put My hook in your nose, "" And My bridle in your lips, "" And have caused you to turn back "" In the way in which you came. <a href="/ylt/2_kings/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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. <a href="/slt/2_kings/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Because thy wrath against me, and thine arrogance came up into mine ears, and I put my hook in thy nose and my bit into thy lips, and I turned thee back in the way which thou camest in it.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_kings/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou hast been mad against me, and thy pride hath come up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way, by which thou camest. <a href="/cpdv/2_kings/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You have been maddened against me, and your arrogance has ascended to my ears. And so, I will place a ring in your nose, and a bit between your lips. And I will lead you back along the way by which you came. <a href="/nabre/2_kings/19.htm">New American Bible</a> Because you rage against me, and your smugness has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, And make you leave by the way you came. <a href="/nrsvce/2_kings/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Because you have raged against me and your arrogance has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will turn you back on the way by which you came.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_kings/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Because you have dared and raged against me, and your blasphemy has come to my ears, therefore I will put a hook in your nose and a bit in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came. <a href="/hpbt/2_kings/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because you have been presumptuous and you were arrogant against me, and your blasphemy went up in my ear, I shall put a ring into your nose and a bridle into your lips, and I shall turn you back into the way by which you came.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_kings/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Because of thy raging against Me, And for that thy tumult 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. <a href="/sep/2_kings/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Because thou was angry against me, and thy fierceness is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hooks in thy nostrils, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. <a href="/parallel/2_kings/19-28.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FiLs3w_mMFQ?start=6932" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_kings/19.htm">The Fall of Sennacherib Prophesied</a> …27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. 28<a href="/hebrew/3282.htm" title="3282: ya·‘an (Adv) -- From an unused root meaning to pay attention; properly, heed; by implication, purpose; used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause.">Because</a> <a href="/hebrew/7264.htm" title="7264: hiṯ·rag·gez·ḵā (V-Hitpael-Inf:: 2ms) -- To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed. A primitive root; to quiver.">your rage</a> <a href="/hebrew/7600.htm" title="7600: wə·ša·’ă·nan·ḵā (Conj-w:: Adj-msc:: 2ms) -- At ease, secure. From sha'an; secure; in a bad sense, haughty.">and arrogance</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- To, into, towards. ">against Me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">have reached</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ḇə·’ā·zə·nāy (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 1cs) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">My ears,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wə·śam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">I will put</a> <a href="/hebrew/2397.htm" title="2397: ḥa·ḥî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Hook, ring, fetter. Once chachiy; from the same as chowach; a ring for the nose.">My hook</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: bə·’ap·pe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in your nose</a> <a href="/hebrew/4964.htm" title="4964: ū·miṯ·gî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A bridle. From an unused root meaning to curb; a bit.">and My bit</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: biś·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fdc:: 2ms) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">in your mouth;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯî·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">I will send you back</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: bad·de·reḵ (Prep-b, Art:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">the way</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">you came.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- "></a> 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/37-29.htm">Isaiah 37:29</a> 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.’ <a href="/psalms/32-9.htm">Psalm 32:9</a> 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. <a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4</a> 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. <a href="/job/41-1.htm">Job 41:1-2</a> “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope? / Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook? <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a> 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. <a href="/psalms/18-9.htm">Psalm 18:9-10</a> He parted the heavens and came down with dark clouds beneath His feet. / He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind. <a href="/isaiah/10-12.htm">Isaiah 10:12</a> So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes. <a href="/isaiah/10-15.htm">Isaiah 10:15</a> Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! <a href="/isaiah/37-23.htm">Isaiah 37:23-24</a> Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel! / Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests. <a href="/isaiah/37-26.htm">Isaiah 37:26-27</a> Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it; in days of old I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, that you should crush fortified cities into piles of rubble. / 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. <a href="/isaiah/37-35.htm">Isaiah 37:35</a> ‘I will defend this city and save it for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David.’” <a href="/nahum/1-13.htm">Nahum 1:13</a> For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.” <a href="/psalms/33-10.htm">Psalm 33:10</a> The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples. <a href="/psalms/46-9.htm">Psalm 46:9</a> He makes wars to cease throughout the earth; He breaks the bow and shatters the spear; He burns the shields in the fire. <a href="/psalms/76-12.htm">Psalm 76:12</a> He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Because your rage against me and your tumult is 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.thy rage.<a href="/psalms/2-1.htm">Psalm 2:1-5</a> Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? … <a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Psalm 7:6</a> Arise, 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.<a href="/psalms/10-13.htm">Psalm 10:13,14</a> Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it… thy tumult.<a href="/psalms/65-7.htm">Psalm 65:7</a> Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.<a href="/psalms/74-4.htm">Psalm 74:4,23</a> Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs… <a href="/psalms/83-2.htm">Psalm 83:2</a> For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.I will put.<a href="/job/41-2.htm">Job 41:2</a> Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?<a href="/psalms/32-9.htm">Psalm 32:9</a> Be 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.<a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4</a> But 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.by the way.<a href="/2_kings/19-33.htm">2 Kings 19:33,36,37</a> By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_kings/19-27.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/1_samuel/15-23.htm">Arrogance</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-11.htm">Bit</a> <a href="/2_samuel/8-1.htm">Bridle</a> <a href="/1_kings/13-22.htm">Camest</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-7.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/joshua/9-4.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/matthew/17-27.htm">Hook</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Insolence</a> <a href="/2_kings/18-20.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/2_kings/4-34.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-13.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-9.htm">Nose</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-22.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-27.htm">Rage</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-35.htm">Raged</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-27.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/2_kings/11-16.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/2_kings/12-16.htm">Ring</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-27.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/2_samuel/18-29.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-25.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-40.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-16.htm">Words</a> <a href="/2_kings/17-17.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_kings/21-6.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/job/35-12.htm">Arrogance</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-13.htm">Bit</a> <a href="/job/30-11.htm">Bridle</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-13.htm">Camest</a> <a href="/2_kings/24-15.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/job/4-21.htm">Cord</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-12.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">Hook</a> <a href="/psalms/75-5.htm">Insolence</a> <a href="/job/2-10.htm">Lips</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/12-23.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-28.htm">Noise</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">Nose</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-6.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">Rage</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-34.htm">Raged</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-11.htm">Raging</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/13-9.htm">Reached</a> <a href="/ezra/1-4.htm">Ring</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/9-24.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/job/39-7.htm">Tumult</a> <a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-33.htm">Way</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-11.htm">Words</a> <a href="/2_kings/21-15.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">2 Kings 19</div>1. <a href="/2_kings/19-1.htm">Hezekiah, in mourning, sends to Isaiah to pray for them.</a> 6. <a href="/2_kings/19-6.htm">Isaiah comforts them.</a> 8. <a href="/2_kings/19-8.htm">Sennacherib, going to encounter Tirhakah, sends a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah.</a> 14. <a href="/2_kings/19-14.htm">Hezekiah's prayer.</a> 20. <a href="/2_kings/19-20.htm">Isaiah's prophecy of the destruction of Sennacherib, and the good of Zion.</a> 35. <a href="/2_kings/19-35.htm">An angel slays the Assyrians.</a> 36. <a href="/2_kings/19-36.htm">Sennacherib is slain by his own sons.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, kings often boasted of their conquests and power, attributing their success to their own might rather than acknowledging any divine authority. This arrogance is reminiscent of other biblical figures like Pharaoh in Exodus, who also defied God. The phrase "have reached My ears" indicates that God is fully aware of human actions and attitudes, emphasizing His omniscience and justice. It echoes the biblical theme that God hears the cries of the oppressed and the boasts of the proud, as seen in <a href="/psalms/94-9.htm">Psalm 94:9</a>.I will put My hook in your nose This imagery is drawn from the Assyrian practice of leading captives with hooks through their noses, a method used to humiliate and control prisoners. It signifies God's intention to humble Sennacherib and demonstrates His power over even the mightiest of earthly rulers. The use of such vivid imagery underscores the severity of divine judgment. This act of divine retribution is a reversal of roles, where the oppressor becomes the oppressed, highlighting God's justice and sovereignty.and My bit in your mouth The bit, like a hook, is a tool of control, used to direct animals. This metaphor suggests that God will guide Sennacherib's actions, despite the king's previous defiance. It reflects the biblical principle that God can direct the hearts of kings, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/21.htm">Proverbs 21:1</a>. This phrase also serves as a reminder of God's ultimate authority over human affairs, reinforcing the idea that no one is beyond His control.I will send you back the way you came This prophecy foretells the retreat of the Assyrian army from Jerusalem, which is fulfilled later in the chapter. Historically, Sennacherib's campaign against Judah was halted, and he returned to Nineveh without capturing Jerusalem. This outcome demonstrates God's protection of His people and the fulfillment of His promises. The phrase also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God delivering His people from their enemies, as seen in the Exodus story. It serves as a testament to God's faithfulness and His ability to thwart the plans of those who oppose Him.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hezekiah.htm">Hezekiah</a> The King of Judah during the time of the Assyrian threat. He was a faithful king who sought the Lord's guidance and protection. 2. <a href="/topical/s/sennacherib.htm">Sennacherib</a> The King of Assyria, known for his military campaigns and arrogance against the God of Israel. 3. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, under siege by the Assyrian army during this event. 4. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> The prophet who delivered God's message to King Hezekiah, assuring him of divine intervention against Assyria. 5. <a href="/topical/a/assyria.htm">Assyria</a> A powerful empire known for its military might and conquests, threatening Judah during this period.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_nations.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Nations</a> God is in control of all nations and their leaders. No matter how powerful a nation may seem, it is ultimately subject to God's authority and judgment. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a> Pride leads to downfall. Sennacherib's arrogance against God resulted in his defeat. We must guard our hearts against pride and remain humble before God. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a> Hezekiah's response to the Assyrian threat was to seek God in prayer. In times of trouble, our first response should be to turn to God, trusting in His power and wisdom. <a href="/topical/g/god_hears_and_responds.htm">God Hears and Responds</a> God hears the cries of His people and responds to their needs. He is attentive to the prayers of the righteous and acts on their behalf. <a href="/topical/d/divine_retribution.htm">Divine Retribution</a> God's justice is sure. Those who oppose Him and His people will face His judgment. We can trust that God will vindicate His name and His people in His perfect timing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_kings_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Kings 19</a> <a href="/q/did_invaders_use_hooks_on_israel.htm">Amos 4:2–3 – Is there any historical evidence that the Assyrians or other invaders literally led Israel into captivity with hooks? </a> <a href="/q/why_punish_a_nation_for_one_king's_acts.htm">Why does 2 Chronicles 28:19 say God directly punishes an entire nation for one king's actions?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_isaiah_37_and_2_kings_19_differ.htm">Why do Isaiah 37:33-35 and parallel biblical accounts (e.g., 2 Kings 19) differ in describing Sennacherib's retreat and the exact nature of the Assyrian defeat?</a> <a href="/q/do_2_chron._28_and_2_kings_16_conflict.htm">Does King Ahaz's portrayal in 2 Chronicles 28 conflict with the account in 2 Kings 16?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_kings/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(28) Because thy rage . . . is come up.--Literally, Because of thy rage . . . and of thy self confidence (<a href="/isaiah/32-9.htm" title="Rise up, you women that are at ease; hear my voice, you careless daughters; give ear to my speech.">Isaiah 32:9</a>; <a href="/isaiah/32-11.htm" title="Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones: strip you, and make you bore, and gird sackcloth on your loins.">Isaiah 32:11</a>; <a href="/isaiah/32-18.htm" title="And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places;">Isaiah 32:18</a>) which hath come up. Or else the construction is changed: Because of thy rage . . . and because that thy self-confidence is come up . . .I will put my hook . . . lips.--Comp. the Note on <a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm" title="Why the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.">2Chronicles 33:11</a>, where this threat is shown to be no mere figure of speech. Keil's remark, however, is also to the purpose: "The metaphor is taken from wild animals, which are thus held in check--the ring in the nose of lions (<a href="/ezekiel/19-4.htm" title="The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt.">Ezekiel 19:4</a>), and other wild beasts (<a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm" title="But I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales.">Ezekiel 29:4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm" title="And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle 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.">Isaiah 30:28</a>), the bridle in the mouth of intractable horses" (<a href="/psalms/32-9.htm" title="Be you 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 to you.">Psalm 32:9</a>). This agrees with "I will turn thee back," &c. (With this last comp. <a href="/2_kings/18-24.htm" title="How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?">2Kings 18:24</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_kings/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult - rather, thy arrogancy (see the Revised Version); שׁאנן is rather the quiet security of extreme pride and self-confidence than "tumult" - is come up into mine ears - i.e. has attracted my notice - therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips. The imagery is most striking. Captive kings were actually so treated by the Assyrians themselves. A hook or split-ring was thrust through the cartilage of the nose, or the fleshy part of the under lip, with a rope or thong attached to it, and in this guise they were led into the monarch's presence, to receive their final sentence at his hands. In the sculptures of Sargon at Khorsabad we see three prisoners brought before him in this fashion, one of whom he seems to be about to kill with a spear ('Ancient Monarchies,' vol. 1. p. 367). In another sculpture set up by a Babylonian king, his vizier brings before him two captives similarly treated, but with the ring, apparently, passed through the cartilage of their noses (ibid., vol. 3. p. 436) Manasseh seems to have received the same treatment at the hands of the "captains" (<a href="/2_chronicles/33-11.htm">2 Chronicles 33:11</a>) who brought him a prisoner to Esarhaddon at Babylon. Other allusions to the practice in Scripture will be found in <a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm">Isaiah 30:28</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/29-4.htm">Ezekiel 29:4</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/38-4.htm">Ezekiel 38:4</a>. The threat in the present passage was, of course, not intended to be understood life-rally, but only as a declaration that God would bring down the pride of Sennacherib, humiliate him, and reduce him to a state of abject weakness and abasement. And I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest (comp. ver. 33). The meaning is clear. Sennacherib would not be allowed to come near Jerusalem. He would hurry back by the low coast route (<a href="/2_kings/18-17.htm">2 Kings 18:17</a>), by which he had made his invasion. <a href="/commentaries/2_kings/19-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Because יַ֚עַן (ya·‘an) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3282.htm">Strong's 3282: </a> Heed, purpose, to indicate the reason, cause your rage הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ (hiṯ·rag·gez·ḵā) Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7264.htm">Strong's 7264: </a> To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed and arrogance וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ (wə·ša·’ă·nan·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7600.htm">Strong's 7600: </a> Secure, haughty against Me אֵלַ֔י (’ê·lay) Preposition | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to have reached עָלָ֣ה (‘ā·lāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively My ears, בְאָזְנָ֑י (ḇə·’ā·zə·nāy) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear I will put וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י (wə·śam·tî) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set My hook חַחִ֜י (ḥa·ḥî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2397.htm">Strong's 2397: </a> A ring for, the nose in your nose בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ (bə·’ap·pe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire and My bit וּמִתְגִּי֙ (ū·miṯ·gî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4964.htm">Strong's 4964: </a> A bridle in your mouth; בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ (biś·p̄ā·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - fdc | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> The lip, language, a margin I will send you back וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ (wa·hă·ši·ḇō·ṯî·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again the way בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ (bad·de·reḵ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action you came.’ בָּ֥אתָ (bā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_kings/19-28.htm">2 Kings 19:28 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_kings/19-28.htm">OT History: 2 Kings 19:28 Because of your raging against me (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_kings/19-27.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Kings 19:27"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19:27" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_kings/19-29.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Kings 19:29"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Kings 19:29" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>