2 Kings 19:28-30
Contemporary English Version
28 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,[a]
then I will send you back
to where you came from.
29 Hezekiah, I will tell you what's going to happen. This year you will eat crops that grow on their own, and the next year you will eat whatever springs up where those crops grew. But the third year you will plant grain and vineyards, and you will eat what you harvest. 30 Those who survive in Judah will be like a vine that puts down deep roots and bears fruit.
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- 19.28 I will put … your mouth: This is how the Assyrians treated their prisoners, and now the Lord will treat Sennacherib the same way.
2 Kings 19:28-30
New International Version
28 Because you rage against me
and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(A) in your nose
and my bit(B) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(C)
by the way you came.’
29 “This will be the sign(D) for you, Hezekiah:
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