of Judah to tell him: "The god you are trusting in has told you that you will not fall into my hands, but don't let that deceive you.

The Assyrian official told them that the emperor wanted to know what made King Hezekiah so confident.

Do you think I have attacked your country and destroyed it without the LORD's help? The LORD himself told me to attack it and destroy it."

"But I know everything about you, what you do and where you go. I know how you rage against me.

I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth, and take you back by the same road you came."

That is the fate of those who shake their fists at God and defy the Almighty.

They are proud and rebellious; they stubbornly hold up their shields and rush to fight against God.

Why do the nations plan rebellion? Why do people make their useless plots?

"Let us free ourselves from their rule," they say; "let us throw off their control."

Nations are terrified, kingdoms are shaken; God thunders, and the earth dissolves.

The ocean depths raise their voice, O LORD; they raise their voice and roar.

The LORD rules supreme in heaven, greater than the roar of the ocean, more powerful than the waves of the sea.

What are you plotting against the LORD? He will destroy you. No one opposes him more than once.

From you, Nineveh, there came someone full of wicked schemes, who plotted against the LORD.

They would not have been guilty of sin if I had not come and spoken to them; as it is, they no longer have any excuse for their sin.

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul! Why do you persecute me?"

Your enemies have shouted in triumph in your Temple; they have placed their flags there as signs of victory.

Don't forget the angry shouts of your enemies, the continuous noise made by your foes.

Look! Your enemies are in revolt, and those who hate you are rebelling.

When Pilate saw that it was no use to go on, but that a riot might break out, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, "I am not responsible for the death of this man! This is your doing!"

The people listened to Paul until he said this; but then they started shouting at the top of their voices, "Away with him! Kill him! He's not fit to live!"

He sends the wind in front of him like a flood that carries everything away. It sweeps nations to destruction and puts an end to their evil plans.

Can you put a rope through his snout or put a hook through his jaws?

Don't be stupid like a horse or a mule, which must be controlled with a bit and bridle to make it submit."

I am going to put a hook through your jaw and make the fish in your river stick fast to you. Then I will pull you up out of the Nile, with all the fish sticking to you.

I will turn him around, put hooks in his jaws, and drag him and all his troops away. His army, with its horses and uniformed riders, is enormous, and every soldier carries a shield and is armed with a sword.

As the Sovereign LORD is holy, he has promised, "The days will come when they will drag you away with hooks; every one of you will be like a fish on a hook.