II Kings 19:28
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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.’
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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.
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.
He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
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.
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.
Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?
If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
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.
You stilled the roaring of the seas, the pounding of their waves, and the tumult of the nations.