Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales.
I will put
The fish
General references
Bible References
I will put
Ezekiel 38:4
and I will turn you around, and I will place hooks in your cheeks, and I will bring you out and all of your horses and horsemen {fully armed}, all of them, great crowd, holding shield, and small shield, [and] holding swords, all of them.
2 Kings 19:28
Because you are raging against me, and your arrogance has come up in my ears, I will put my nose ring in your nose and my bridle in your mouth. And I will turn you back on the way that you have come.
Job 41:1
"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or {can you tie down its mouth with a cord}?
Isaiah 37:29
Because you were enraged {against} me, and your noise has come up to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle on your lips, and I will turn you back on the way [by] which you came.
Amos 4:2
My Lord Yahweh has sworn by his holiness that, "Behold, the days are coming upon you {when they} will take you away with hooks, even the last of you with fishing hooks.
The fish
Habakkuk 1:14
You make humankind like fish of the sea, like crawling creatures that have no ruler among them.
General references
Job 41:2
Can you put a rope in its nose? Or can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?
Psalm 105:29
He turned their waters into blood and it killed their fish.