2 Kings 19:21–28
19:21 This is what the Lord says about him:29
“The virgin daughter Zion30
despises you, she makes fun of you;
Daughter Jerusalem
shakes her head after you.31
19:22 Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at?
At whom have you shouted,32
and looked so arrogantly?33
At the Holy One of Israel!34
19:23 Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master,35
‘With my many chariots36
I climbed up the high mountains,
the slopes of Lebanon.
I cut down its tall cedars,
and its best evergreens.
I invaded its most remote regions,37
its thickest woods.
water in foreign lands.38
With the soles of my feet I dried up
all the rivers of Egypt.’
19:25 39 Certainly you must have heard!40
Long ago I worked it out,
In ancient times I planned41 it;
and now I am bringing it to pass.
The plan is this:
Fortified cities will crash
into heaps of ruins.42
19:26 Their residents are powerless,43
they are terrified and ashamed.
They are as short-lived as plants in the field,
or green vegetation.44
They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops45
when it is scorched by the east wind.46
and everything you do.47
19:28 Because you rage against me,
and the uproar you create has reached my ears;48
I will put my hook in your nose,49
and my bridle between your lips,
and I will lead you back the way
you came.”