2 Kings 19:21

21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: "She despises you, she scorns you-- 1the virgin daughter of Zion; she 2wags her head behind you-- the daughter of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 19:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 19:21

(See Gill on 2 Kings 19:1)

2 Kings 19:21 In-Context

19 So now, O LORD our God, save us, please, from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, O LORD, are God alone."
20 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Your prayer to me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.
21 This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him: "She despises you, she scorns you-- the virgin daughter of Zion; she wags her head behind you-- the daughter of Jerusalem.
22 "Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
23 By your messengers you have mocked the Lord, and you have said, 'With my many chariots I have gone up the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon; I felled its tallest cedars, its choicest cypresses; I entered its farthest lodging place, its most fruitful forest.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Lamentations 2:13
  • 2. Job 16:4; Psalms 22:7; Psalms 109:25; Lamentations 2:15
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