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

27And their inhabitants were powerless, they were dismayed and put to shame; they were [as] the grass of the field and the green herb, [as] the grass on the housetops, and grain blighted before it be grown up. 28But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 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. 30And this [shall be] the sign unto thee: there shall be eaten this year such as groweth of itself; and in the second year that which springeth of the same; but in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof. 31And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall 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

• ragingרָגַזrâgaz · to trembleH7264
• arroganceשַׁאֲנָןsha'ănân · secureH7600
• comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• noseאַף'aph · face: noseH639
• bridleמֶ֫תֶגmetheg · bridleH4964
• lipsשָׂפָהώâphâh ώepheth · lipsH8193
• makeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870

Cross-references for Isaiah 37:29

• Isaiah 37:10Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying: Let not thy God, upon whom thou reliest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.
• Isaiah 36:4And Rab-shakeh said to them, Say now to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What confidence is this in which thou trustest?
• 2 Kings 19:27But I know thine abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, And thy raging against me.
• Job 15:25For he hath stretched out his hand against God, and strengthened himself against the Almighty:
• Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in tumultuous agitation, and [why] do the peoples meditate a vain thing?
• Psalms 46:6The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved; he uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Psalms 93:3The floods lifted up, O Jehovah, the floods lifted up their voice; the floods lifted up their roaring waves.
• Nahum 1:9What do ye imagine against Jehovah? He will make a full end: trouble shall not rise up the second time.
• John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
• Acts 9:4and falling on the earth he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why dost thou persecute me?
• Psalms 74:4Thine adversaries roar in the midst of thy place of assembly; they set up their signs [for] signs.
• Psalms 83:2For behold, thine enemies make a tumult; and they that hate thee lift up the head.
• Matthew 27:24And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye [to it].
• Acts 22:22And they heard him until this word, and lifted up their voice, saying, Away with such a one as that from the earth, for it was not fit he should live.
• Isaiah 30:28and his breath as an overflowing torrent, which reacheth even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction, and [to put] a bridle into the jaws of the peoples, that causeth them to go astray.
• Job 41:2Wilt thou put a rush-rope into his nose, and pierce his jaw with a spike?

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