Isaiah 37:22–29

²²this is the word the Lord has spoken against him:

Virgin Daughter Zion^ac

despises you and scorns you;

Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head^ad

behind your back.

²³Who is it you have mocked^ae and blasphemed?

Against whom have you raised your voice

and lifted your eyes in pride?^af

Against the Holy One of Israel!^ag

²⁴You have mocked the Lord through your servants.

You have said, “With my many chariots^ah

I have gone up to the heights of the mountains,

to the far recesses of Lebanon.

I cut down its tallest cedars,

its choice cypress trees.

I came to its distant heights,

its densest forest.

²⁵I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands.

I dried up all the streams of Egypt

with the soles of my feet.”^ai

²⁶Have you not heard?^aj

I designed it long ago;

I planned it in days gone by.^ak

I have now brought it to pass,

and you have crushed fortified cities^al

into piles of rubble.

²⁷Their inhabitants have become powerless,

dismayed, and ashamed.

They are plants of the field,

tender grass,

grass on the rooftops,

blasted by the east wind.^B

²⁸But I know your sitting down,

your going out and your coming in,^a

and your raging against me.

²⁹Because your raging against me

and your arrogance have reached my ears,^b

I will put my hook in your nose^c

and my bit in your mouth;^d

I will make you go back

the way you came.