Isaiah 37:29

Isaiah 37:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Because you rage against me and because your insolence has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will make you return by the way you came.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Because your rage against Me and your tumult Have come up to 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 which you came.” ’

Context of Isaiah 37:29

27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown. 28But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me. 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.’ 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. 31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.

Isaiah 37:29 word by word

יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• Becauseיַעַןya‛an · becauseH3282
• your rageרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• and arroganceשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
• against Meאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• have reachedעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• My earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• I will putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• My hookחַחchâch châchîy · hookH2397
• in your noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• and My bitמֶ֫תֶגmetheg · bridleH4964
• in your mouthשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• I will send you backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:29

• Isaiah 37:10“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 36:4The 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?
• 2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
• Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
• Psalms 93:3The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
• Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
• John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
• Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
• Psalms 74:4Your foes have roared within Your meeting place; they have unfurled their banners as signs,
• Psalms 83:2See how Your enemies rage, how Your foes have reared their heads.
• Matthew 27:24When 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 responsibility.”
• Acts 22:22The 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!”
• Isaiah 30:28His 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.
• Job 41:2Can you put a cord through his nose or pierce his jaw with a hook?

Commentaries on Isaiah 37:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Will I put my hook in thy nose - Et fraenum meum: Jonathan vocem מתג metheg, interpretatus est זמם zemam, i.e., annulum, sive uncum, eumque ferreum, quem infigunt naribus camelae: eoque trahitur, quoniam illa feris motibus agitur: et hoc est, quod discimus in Talmude; et camela cum annulo narium: scilicet, egreditur die sabbathi. "And my bridle: Jonathan interprets the word metheg by zemam, a ring, or that iron hook which they put in the nostrils of a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Because thy rage and thy tumult - Or rather, thy pride, thy insolence, thy vain boasting. Therefore will I put my hook in thy nose - This is a most striking expression, denoting the complete control which God had over the haughty monarch, and his ability to direct him as he pleased. The language is taken from the custom of putting a ring or hook in the nose of a wild animal for the purpose of governing and guiding it. The most violent animals may be thus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29My hook … My bit: The Assyrians would be taken away like animals, just as they had done to many of their captives.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. tumult--insolence. hook in ... nose--Like a wild beast led by a ring through the nose, he shall be forced back to his own country (compare Job 41:1, 2; Eze 19:4; 29:4; 38:4). In a bas-relief of Khorsabad, captives are led before the king by a cord attached to a hook, or ring, passing through the under lip or the upper lip, and nose.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 37:29

• Assyria
• Blasphemy
• Libnah

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Commentaries on Isaiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings