Isaiah 37:29

Because thy rage against Me, 1 and thy insolence, is come up into Mine ears, 1 therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, 1 and My bit in thy sfatayim (lips), 1 and I will turn thee back 1 by the derech by which thou camest.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 thy sitting, 1 and thy going out, and thy coming in, 1 and thy rage against Me. 1

30And this shall be HaOt unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth from the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant kramim (vineyards), and eat the fruit thereof.

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Cross References

2 Kings 19:27But I know thy sitting, 1 and thy going out, and thy coming in, 1 and thy rage against Me. 1

Job 41:2None is so foolhardy that dare stir him up. 1 Mi (who) then is able to stand before Me? 1

Psalms 32:9Be ye not like the sus, or like the pered (mule), which have no binah; 1 whose mouth must be harnessed with bit and bridle, 1 else they come not near thee. 1

Psalms 74:4Thine enemies roar in the midst of Thy Mo'ed (place of meeting); 1 they set up their banners for otot (signs). + 74:4 i.e., their heathen insignia 1

Psalms 83:2Keep not Thou silent, O Elohim; 1 hold not Thy peace, and be not still, O El (G-d). 1

Isaiah 10:12Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when Adonoi hath performed His whole work upon Mount Tziyon and on Yerushalayim, I will punish the fruit of the proud lev of Melech Ashur, and the tiferet of his haughty eyes. 1

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 →

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