Isaiah 37:29

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy 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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Because hitragezkā ʾēlay, and-šaʾănankā arose in-ʾoznāy, wə-śamtî ḥaḥî in-ʾappekā ûmitgî in-śəpātekā, wahăšîbōtîkā in-the-derek ʾăšer-bāʾtā in-it.

Grammar Details

• *hitragezkā*: verb, hithpael infinitive construct with 2ms suffix - your raging
• *ʾēlay*: preposition with 1cs suffix - against me
• *šaʾănankā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2ms suffix - your complacency/arrogance
• *ʾoznāy*: noun, feminine dual construct with 1cs suffix - my ears
• *wə-śamtî*: conjunction + verb, qal perfect 1st person common singular - and I will put
• *ḥaḥî*: noun, masculine singular construct with 1cs suffix - my hook
• *ʾappekā*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2ms suffix - your nose
• *ûmitgî*: conjunction + noun, masculine singular construct with 1cs suffix - and my bridle
• *śəpātekā*: noun, feminine plural construct with 2ms suffix - your lips
• *wahăšîbōtîkā*: conjunction + verb, hiphil perfect 1st person common singular with 2ms suffix - and I will turn you back
• *derek*: noun, feminine singular - way/road
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which
• *bāʾtā*: verb, qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you came

Word Meanings

• *hitragezkā*: your raging/being agitated/being angry
• *šaʾănankā*: your complacency/arrogance/self-assurance
• *śamtî*: I will put/place/set
• *ḥaḥî*: my hook/ring
• *ʾappekā*: your nose/nostrils/face
• *mitgî*: my bridle/bit
• *śəpātekā*: your lips/mouth
• *hăšîbōtîkā*: I will turn you back/return you/bring you back
• *derek*: way/road/path
• *bāʾtā*: you came/entered

Referenced Verses

• Isa 30:28 : 28 and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.
• Ezek 38:4 : 4 and I will turn thee about, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords;
• Isa 37:34 : 34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and he shall not come unto this city, saith Jehovah.
• Ezek 29:4 : 4 And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales; and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick unto thy scales.
• Isa 10:12 : 12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, that, when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
• Amos 4:2 : 2 The Lord Jehovah hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that they shall take you away with hooks, and your residue with fish-hooks.
• Nah 1:9-9 : 9 What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time. 10 For entangled like thorns, and drunken as with their drink, they are consumed utterly as dry stubble. 11 There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.
• Matt 27:24 : 24 So when Pilate saw that he prevailed nothing, but rather that a tumult was arising, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this righteous man; see ye [to it].
• John 15:22-23 : 22 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
• Acts 9:4 : 4 and he fell upon the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
• Acts 22:22 : 22 And they gave him audience unto this word; and they lifted up their voice, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
• Isa 36:4 : 4 And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest?
• Isa 36:10 : 10 And am I now come up without Jehovah against this land to destroy it? Jehovah said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it.
• Isa 37:10 : 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
• 2 Kgs 19:27-28 : 27 But I know thy sitting down, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy raging against me. 28 Because of thy raging against me, and because thine arrogancy 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.
• Job 15:25-26 : 25 Because he hath stretched out his hand against God, And behaveth himself proudly against the Almighty; 26 He runneth upon him with a [stiff] neck, With the thick bosses of his bucklers;
• Job 41:2 : 2 Canst thou put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook?
• Ps 2:1-3 : 1 Why do the nations rage, And the peoples meditate a vain thing? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, And the rulers take counsel together, Against Jehovah, and against his anointed, [saying], 3 Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
• Ps 32:9 : 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; Whose trappings must be bit and bridle to hold them in, [Else] they will not come near unto thee.
• Ps 46:6 : 6 The nations raged, the kingdoms were moved: He uttered his voice, the earth melted.
• Ps 74:4 : 4 Thine adversaries have roared in the midst of thine assembly; They have set up their ensigns for signs.
• Ps 74:23 : 23 Forget not the voice of thine adversaries: The tumult of those that rise up against thee ascendeth continually.
• Ps 83:2 : 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult; And they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
• Ps 93:3-4 : 3 The floods have lifted up, O Jehovah, The floods have lifted up their voice; The floods lift up their waves. 4 Above the voices of many waters, The mighty breakers of the sea, Jehovah on high is mighty.