2 Kings 19:28 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.

Thou and Ye

  • thy, thee, thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • His fall is prophesiedAll Sennacherib's motions were under the Divine cognizance. God himself undertakes to defend the city; and that person, that place, cannot but be safe, which...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • 2 Kings 19:33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.
  • Ezekiel 29:4 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.
  • Job 41:2 Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?
  • Ezekiel 38:4 And 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 4:2 The 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.

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Topics

  • Assyria Sennacherib
  • Blasphemy Rabshakeh, in the siege of Jerusalem
  • Bridle Figurative
  • Faith Hezekiah
  • God delivering them from the army of the Assyrians

Kings of Israel & Judah

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Because thy rage יַעַן yaʿan Conjunction הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ hitraggezkā רָגַז Verb · hithpael infinitive construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
  • against me and thy tumult אֵלַי ʾēlay Preposition · with suffix: first person common singular וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ wĕšaʾănankā שַׁאֲנָן Adjective · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • is come up עָלָה ʿālâ עָלָה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular
  • into mine ears בְאָזְנָי bĕʾoznāy אֹזֶן Noun · feminine dual construct · with preposition, suffix: first person common singular
  • therefore I will put וְשַׂמְתִּי wĕśamtî שׂוּם Verb · qal sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and
  • my hook חַחִי ḥaḥî חָח Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • in thy nose בְּאַפֶּךָ bĕʾappekā אַף Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • and my bridle וּמִתְגִּי ûmitgî מֶתֶג Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, suffix: first person common singular
  • in thy lips בִּשְׂפָתֶיךָ biśpātêkā שָׂפָה Noun · feminine dual construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • and I will turn thee back וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ wahăšibōtîkā שׁוּב Verb · hiphil sequential perfect, first person common singular · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular
  • by the way בַּדֶּרֶךְ badderek דֶּרֶךְ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
  • by which thou camest אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative בָּאתָ bāʾtā בּוֹא Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular בָּהּ bāh Preposition · with suffix: third person feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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