KJV King James Version
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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Isaiah 37:29
Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
WEB World English Bible
Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came.
ASV American Standard Version
Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Because of thy anger towards Me, And thy noise—it came up into Mine ears, I have put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I have caused thee to turn back In the way in which thou camest.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 37
26 Hast thou not heard long ago, [how] I have done it; [and] of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities [into] ruinous heaps.
27 Therefore their inhabitants [were] of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were [as] the grass of the field, and [as] the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and [as corn] blasted before it be grown up.
28 But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.
29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.
30 And this [shall be] a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat [this] year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.
31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
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יַ֚עַןH3282 · ya.anbecauseהִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣H7264 · ra.gazto trembleאֵלַ֔יH413 · elto(wards)וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖H7600 · sha.a.nansecureעָלָ֣הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseבְאָזְנָ֑יH241 · o.zenearוְשַׂמְתִּ֨יH7760 · sumto set: makeחַחִ֜יH2397 · chachhookבְּאַפֶּ֗ךָH639 · aphface: angerוּמִתְגִּי֙H4964 · me.tegbridleבִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָH8193 · sa.phahlipsוַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָH7725 · shuvto return: returnבַּדֶּ֖רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichבָּ֥אתָH935 · boto come (in): comeבָּֽהּ׃H9034 · haher
Cross-references
Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, [that] when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.Isaiah 30:28And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.Ezekiel 38:4And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts [of armour, even] a great company [with] bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords:Isaiah 37:34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD.Ezekiel 29:4But 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.Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but [that] rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed [his] hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye [to it].2 Kings 19:27-28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.Psalm 74:4Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.Amos 4:2The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.Nahum 1:9-11What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.Psalm 83:2For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.Psalm 32:9Be ye not as the horse, [or] as the mule, [which] have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.Psalm 2:1-3Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?Psalm 46:6The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted.Isaiah 37:10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.Psalm 74:23Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually.Job 15:25-26For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty.Acts 9:4And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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