Isaiah 37:22–29

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

Virgin Daughter Zion ⁿ

despises you and scorns you:

Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head ^o

behind your back. ^p

²³Who is it you have mocked ^qand blasphemed?

Who have you raised your voice against

and lifted your eyes in pride? ^r

Against the Holy One of Israel! ^s

²⁴You have mocked the Lord through ^tyour servants.

You have said, “With my many chariots ^u

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 ^vand drank water.

I dried up all the streams of Egypt

with the soles of my feet.” ^w

²⁶Have you not heard? ^x

I designed it long ago;

I planned it in days gone by. ^y

I have now brought it to pass,

and you have crushed fortified cities ^z

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. ^a

²⁸But I know ^byour sitting down,

your going out and your coming in, ^c

and your raging against Me.

²⁹Because your raging against Me

and your arrogance have reached My ears, ^d

I will put My hook in your nose ^e

and My bit in your mouth; ^f

I will make you go back

the way you came.