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.
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Barnes' Notes
Thy tumult - Rather, “thy arrogance.” I will put my hook in nose - Rather, “my ring.” The sculptures show that the kings of Babylon and Assyria were in the habit of actually passing a ring through the…
Adam Clarke
I will put my hook in thy nose - This seems to be an allusion to the method of guiding a buffalo; he has a sort of ring put into his nose, to which a cord or bridle is attached, by which he can be…
We have here the gracious copious answer which God gave to Hezekiah's prayer. The message which he sent him by the same hand (Kg2 19:6, Kg2 19:7), one would think, was an answer sufficient to his…
Cambridge Bible
is come up into mine ears So the cry of Sodom is said (Gen 18:21) to come upunto God, and grieve Him. See also Jas 5:4 where the cries of the oppressed labourers are said to be -entered into the ears…
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