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.

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:

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

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.

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst 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.

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require {it}.

Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people.

Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers {did}, so {do} ye.

The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before {it hated} you.

Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? {rage: or, tumultuously assemble} {imagine: Heb. meditate}

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.

Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. {increaseth: Heb. ascendeth}

The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

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.

And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. {in chains: or, in hooks}

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.

He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns {for} signs.

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; {imaginations: or, reasonings}

By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.

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.

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst 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.

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:

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh.

He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of {other} lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand.

Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standardbearer fainteth. {both...: Heb. from the soul, and even to the flesh}

Who can discover the face of his garment? {or} who can come {to him} with his double bridle? {with: or, within}

For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.

Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard {them}. {boasted: Heb. magnified}