2 Kings 19:21–28

²¹This is the word the Lord has spoken against him:

Virgin Daughter Zion^q

despises you and scorns you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head behind your back.^r

²²Who is it you mocked and blasphemed?^s

Against whom have you raised your voice

and lifted your eyes in pride?

Against the Holy One of Israel!^t

²³You have mocked the Lord^A through^B your messengers.^u

You have said, ‘With my many chariots^v

I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,

to the far recesses of Lebanon.

I cut down its tallest cedars,

its choice cypress trees.

I came to its farthest outpost,

its densest forest.

²⁴I dug wells

and drank water in foreign lands.

I dried up all the streams of Egypt^w

with the soles of my feet.’

²⁵Have you not heard?^x

I designed it long ago;

I planned it in days gone by.

I have now brought it to pass,^y

and you have crushed fortified cities

into piles of rubble.

²⁶Their inhabitants have become powerless,

dismayed, and ashamed.

They are plants of the field,

tender grass,

grass on the rooftops,^z

blasted by the east wind.

²⁷But I know your sitting down,^aa

your going out and your coming in,

and your raging against me.

²⁸Because your raging against me

and your arrogance have reached my ears,

I will put my hook in your nose^ab

and my bit in your mouth;

I will make you go back

the way you came.