Isaiah 37:30

"Because of your raging against me, and because your arrogance has come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came."

Key Reflection

This verse signifies God's response to Assyria's defiance and pride against Him. By using imagery of a hook and bridle on an animal, it depicts God’s authority and control over nations, indicating that He will guide them back to His path through discipline and correction.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And this shall be a sign unto thee -It is evident that the discourse here is turned from Sennacherib to Hezekiah. Such transitions, without distinctly indicating them, are common in Isaiah. God had in the previous verses, in the form of a direct personal address, foretold the defeat of Sennacherib, and thc confusion of his plans. He here turns and gives to Hezekiah the assurance that Jerusalem would be delivered. On the meaning of the word ‘sign,’ see the note atIsaiah 7:14. Commentators have been much perplexed in the exposition of the passage before us, to know how that which was to occur one, two, or three years after the event, could be a sign of the fulfillment of the prophecy.

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