2 Kings 3:17

3:17 for this is what the Lord says, ‘You will not feel ¹  any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.’

2 Kings 19:21

19:21 This is what the Lord says about him: ² 

“The virgin daughter Zion ³ 

despises you, she makes fun of you;

Daughter Jerusalem

shakes her head after you. ⁴ 

2 Kings 19:28

19:28 Because you rage against me,

and the uproar you create has reached my ears; ⁵ 

I will put my hook in your nose, ⁶ 

and my bridle between your lips,

and I will lead you back the way

you came.”

[3:17]  ¹ tn Heb “see.”

[19:21]  ² tn Heb “this is the word which the Lord has spoken about him.”

[19:21]  ³ sn Zion (Jerusalem) is pictured here as a young, vulnerable daughter whose purity is being threatened by the would-be Assyrian rapist. The personification hints at the reality which the young girls of the city would face if the Assyrians conquer it.

[19:21]  ⁴ sn Shaking the head was a mocking gesture of derision.

[19:28]  ³ tc Heb “and your complacency comes up into my ears.” The parallelism is improved if שַׁאֲנַנְךְ (sha’anankh), “your complacency,” is emended to שַׁאֲוַנְךְ (sha’avankh), “your uproar.” See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 237-38.

[19:28]  ⁴ sn The word picture has a parallel in Assyrian sculpture. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 238.