Isaiah 37:27-29

Complete Jewish Bible

²⁷while their inhabitants, shorn of power,
are disheartened and ashamed,
weak as grass, frail as plants,
like grass on the rooftops
or grain scorched by the east wind.

²⁸“ ‘But I know when you sit, when you leave,
when you enter — and when you rage against me.
²⁹And because of your rage against me,
because of your pride that has reached my ears,
I am putting my hook in your nose
and my bridle on your lips;
and I will make you return
by the way on which you came.

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