2 Kings 19:20-21

Isaiah Prophesies Sennacherib's Fall

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 v I have heard.

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

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:5
    Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Lamentations 2:13
    What can I say for you, to what compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? What can I liken to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is vast as the sea; who can heal you?
  3. Cross References
    Job 16:4
    I also could speak as you do, if you were in my place; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you.
    Psalms 22:7
    All who see me mock me; they make mouths at me; they wag their heads.
    Psalms 109:25
    I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they wag their heads.
    Lamentations 2:15
    All who pass along the way clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem: "Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?
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