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28 Thou hast been mad against me, and thy pride hath come up to my ears: therefore I will put a ring in thy nose, and a bit between thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way, by which thou camest.

29 And to thee, O Ezechias, this shall be a sign: Eat this year what thou shalt find: and in the second year, such things as spring of themselves: but in the third year sow and reap: plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.

30 And whatsoever shall be left of the house of Juda, shall take root downward, and bear fruit upward.

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28 Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(A) in your nose
    and my bit(B) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(C)
    by the way you came.’

29 “This will be the sign(D) for you, Hezekiah:

“This year you will eat what grows by itself,(E)
    and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
    plant vineyards(F) and eat their fruit.
30 Once more a remnant(G) of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root(H) below and bear fruit above.

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