Bible Strands
2 Kings 19:21
This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Isaiah relays a divine oracle to King Hezekiah concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria.
The words — The Hebrew terms בָּזָה (ba.Zah) and לָעֲגָה (la.'a.Gah) literally render “she has despised” and “she has mocked.”
The thread — Jerusalem’s scornful posture appears in Lamentations 2:13, Job 16:4, and Jeremiah 14:17.
Why it lands — The text records the Virgin Daughter of Zion actively despising and mocking her enemy, demanding the reader recognize that human pride meets divine reversal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
This is the word that the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee.
Cross-references
- Lamentations 2:13 What can I say for you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can ever heal you?
- Job 16:4 I could also speak like you if you were in my place; I could heap up words against you and shake my head at you.
- Jeremiah 14:17 You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.
- Matthew 27:39 And those who passed by heaped abuse on Him, shaking their heads
- Psalms 22:7 All who see me mock me; they sneer and shake their heads:
- Psalms 109:25 I am an object of scorn to my accusers; when they see me, they shake their heads.
- Isaiah 37:21 Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent a message to Hezekiah: “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Because you have prayed to Me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,
- Lamentations 2:15 All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth?”
- Psalms 9:14 that I may declare all Your praises—that within the gates of Daughter Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation.
- Psalms 137:8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.