Isaiah 37:29

Because of your furious anger against me, and because I know how you disrespect me, I'm going to put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will force you to return the same way you came.

Free Bible Version

In The 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.

In Context

28But I know you very well—where you live, when you come in, when you leave, and your furious anger against me.

30Hezekiah, this will be a sign to prove this is true: This year you'll eat what grows by itself. The second year you'll eat what grows from that. But in the third year you'll sow and reap, you'll plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

Read all of Isaiah 37

Cross References

2 Kings 19:27But I know you very well—where you live, when you come in, when you leave, and your furious anger against me.

Job 41:2Can you thread a rope through its nose? Can you pass a hook through its jaw?

Psalms 32:9You mustn't be like a horse or a mule that doesn't know which way to go without a bit or a bridle. Otherwise they can't be controlled.”

Psalms 74:4The enemy shouted in triumph right where you met with us. There they set up their war banners as signs of their victory.

Psalms 83:2Can't you hear the roars of your enemies? Can't you see how those who hate you are defiantly lifting up their heads?

Isaiah 10:12Once the Lord has finished all his work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, he will punish the king of Assyria for his terrible arrogance and for the conceited look in his eyes.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 37:22-38

Sennacherib Threatened; Sennacherib Destroyed. ( b. c. 710.) 21 Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: 22 This is the word which the Lord hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 37:29