Isaiah 37:29 “Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I wil…”

Isaiah 37:29

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.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will 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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Because thou ragest against me, and thy tumult is come vnto mine eares, therefore will I put mine hooke in thy nostrels, and my bridle in thy lips, and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest.

Darby Translation

Because thy raging against me and thine arrogance is come up into mine ears, I will put my ring in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will make thee go back by the way by which thou camest.

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.

Bible in Basic English

Because your wrath against me and your pride have come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my cord in your lips, and I will make you go back by the way you came.

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Cross references

“rage”

Isaiah 37:10 Isaiah 36:4 Isaiah 36:10 Psalm 2:1–3 Psalm 46:6 Nahum 1:9–11

Isaiah 37:10 · BSB

“Give this message to Hezekiah king of Judah: ‘Do not let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you by saying that Jerusalem will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.

Isaiah 36:4 · BSB

The Rabshakeh said to them, “Tell Hezekiah that this is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: What is the basis of this confidence of yours?

Isaiah 36:10 · BSB

So now, was it apart from the LORD that I have come up against this land to destroy it? The LORD Himself said to me, ‘Go up against this land and destroy it.’”

Psalm 2:1–3 · BSB

Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?

Psalm 46:6 · BSB

Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.

Nahum 1:9–11 · BSB

Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.

“tumult”

Psalm 74:4 Psalm 74:23 Psalm 83:2 Matthew 27:24 Acts 22:22

Psalm 74:4 · BSB

Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,

Psalm 74:23 · BSB

Do not disregard the clamor of Your adversaries, the uproar of Your enemies that ascends continually.

Psalm 83:2 · BSB

See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.

Matthew 27:24 · BSB

When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that instead a riot was breaking out, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd. “I am innocent of this man’s blood, ” he said. “You bear the responsibilit…

Acts 22:22 · BSB

The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

“will I”

Isaiah 30:28 Ezekiel 38:4 Ezekiel 29:4 Job 41:2 Psalm 32:9 Amos 4:2

Isaiah 30:28 · BSB

His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

Ezekiel 38:4 · BSB

I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.

Ezekiel 29:4 · BSB

But I will put hooks in your jaws and cause the fish of your streams to cling to your scales. I will haul you up out of your rivers, and all the fish of your streams will cling to your scales.

Job 41:2 · BSB

Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Psalm 32:9 · BSB

Do not be like the horse or mule, which have no understanding; they must be controlled with bit and bridle to make them come to you.

Amos 4:2 · BSB

The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.

Also

Isaiah 37:34 Isaiah 10:12

Isaiah 37:34 · BSB

He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.

Isaiah 10:12 · BSB

So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.

30And this will be a sign to you, O Hezekiah: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what springs from the same. But in the third year you will sow and reap; you will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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