New Living Translation
Isaiah 37:29
29And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.”
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
27That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall. 28“But I know you well— where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against me. And because of your raging against me and your arrogance, which I have heard for myself, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth. I will make you return by the same road on which you came.” 30Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Here is the proof that what I say is true: “This year you will eat only what grows up by itself, and next year you will eat what springs up from that. But in the third year you will plant crops and harvest them; you will tend vineyards and eat their fruit. 31And you who are left in Judah, who have escaped the ravages of the siege, will put roots down in your own soil and grow up and flourish.
Read all of Isaiah 37Isaiah 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“This message is for King Hezekiah of Judah. Don’t let your God, in whom you trust, deceive you with promises that Jerusalem will not be captured by the king of Assyria.
- Isaiah 36:4Then the Assyrian king’s chief of staff told them to give this message to Hezekiah: “This is what the great king of Assyria says: What are you trusting in that makes you so confident?
- 2 Kings 19:27“But I know you well— where you stay and when you come and go. I know the way you have raged against me.
- Job 15:25For they shake their fists at God, defying the Almighty.
- Psalms 2:1Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?
- Psalms 46:6The nations are in chaos, and their kingdoms crumble! God’s voice thunders, and the earth melts!
- Psalms 93:3The floods have risen up, O Lord. The floods have roared like thunder; the floods have lifted their pounding waves.
- Nahum 1:9Why are you scheming against the Lord? He will destroy you with one blow; he won’t need to strike twice!
- John 15:22They would not be guilty if I had not come and spoken to them. But now they have no excuse for their sin.
- Acts 9:4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul! Saul! Why are you persecuting me?”
- Psalms 74:4There your enemies shouted their victorious battle cries; there they set up their battle standards.
- Psalms 83:2Don’t you hear the uproar of your enemies? Don’t you see that your arrogant enemies are rising up?
- Matthew 27:24Pilate saw that he wasn’t getting anywhere and that a riot was developing. So he sent for a bowl of water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood. The responsibility is yours!”
- Acts 22:22The crowd listened until Paul said that word. Then they all began to shout, “Away with such a fellow! He isn’t fit to live!”
- Isaiah 30:28His hot breath pours out like a flood up to the neck of his enemies. He will sift out the proud nations for destruction. He will bridle them and lead them away to ruin.
- Job 41:2Can you tie it with a rope through the nose or pierce its 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
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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
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