2 Kings 19:21–28

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

Virgin Daughter Zion ^p

despises you and scorns you:

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head behind your back. ^qr

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 ^uthrough ^vyour messengers. ^w

You have said:

With my many chariots ^x

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 I drank foreign waters.

I dried up all the streams of Egypt ^y

with the soles of my feet.

²⁵Have you not heard? ^z

I designed it long ago;

I planned it in days gone by.

I have now brought it to pass, ^a

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, ^b

blasted by the east wind. ^c

²⁷But I know your sitting down, ^de

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 ^f

and My bit in your mouth;

I will make you go back

the way you came.