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

27Their inhabitants have become powerless, dismayed, and ashamed. They are plants of the field, tender grass, grass on the rooftops, blasted by the east wind. 28But I know your sitting down, your going out and your coming in, and your raging against me. Because your raging against me and your arrogance have reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth; I will make you go back the way you came. 30“‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. 31The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Because thy rageרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• against me, and thy tumultשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
• is come upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: riseH5927
• into mine earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• therefore will I putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• my hookחַחchâch châchîy · hookH2397
• in thy noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• and my bridleמֶ֫תֶגmetheg · bridleH4964
• in thy lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• and I will turn thee backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• by the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• by which thou camestבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:29

• Isaiah 37:10“Say this to King Hezekiah of Judah: ‘Don’t let your God, on whom you rely, deceive you by promising that Jerusalem won’t be handed over to the king of Assyria.
• Isaiah 36:4The royal spokesman said to them, “Tell Hezekiah: The great king, the king of Assyria, says this: What are you relying on?
• 2 Kings 19:27But I know your sitting down, your going out and your coming in, and your raging against me.
• Job 15:25For he has stretched out his hand against God and has arrogantly opposed the Almighty.
• Psalms 2:1Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
• Psalms 46:6Nations rage, kingdoms topple; the earth melts when he lifts his voice.
• Psalms 93:3The floods have lifted up, Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their pounding waves.
• Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will bring it to complete destruction; oppression 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 they have no excuse for their sin.
• Acts 9:4Falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
• Psalms 74:4Your adversaries roared in the meeting place where you met with us. They set up their emblems as signs.
• Psalms 83:2See how your enemies make an uproar; those who hate you have acted arrogantly.
• Matthew 27:24When Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but that a riot was starting instead, he took some water, washed his hands in front of the crowd, and said, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. See to it yourselves!”
• Acts 22:22They listened to him up to this point. Then they raised their voices, shouting, “Wipe this man off the face of the earth! He should not be allowed to live!”
• Isaiah 30:28His breath is like an overflowing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction and to put a bridle on 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