ISAIAH 37:29

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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Isaiah 37:29 Translation & Meaning

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Because יַ֚עַן Properly, heed; by implication, purpose (sake or account); used adverbially to indicate the reason or cause Because
thy rage הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ To quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear) rage
against אֵלַ֔י Near, with or among; often in general, to against
me, and thy tumult, וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ Secure; in a bad sense, haughty tumult
is come up עָלָ֣ה To ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative come up
into mine ears, בְאָזְנָ֑י Broadness. i.e., (concrete) the ear (from its form in man) ears
therefore will I put וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י To put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) therefore put
my hook חַחִ֜י A ring for the nose (or lips) hook
in thy nose, בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ Properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire nose
and my bridle וּמִתְגִּי֙ A bit bridle
in thy lips, בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ The lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.) lips
and I will turn thee back וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָ To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again turn back
by the way בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ A road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb way
by which אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc by which
thou camest. בָּ֥אתָ To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) camest

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  • 27  Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

  • 28  But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

  • 29  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.

  • 30  And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

  • 31  And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:




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