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27 But [O Sennacherib] I [the Lord] know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against Me.

28 Because your raging against Me and your arrogance and careless ease have come to 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 you came, O king of Assyria.

29 And [Hezekiah, says the Lord] this shall be the sign [of these things] to you: you shall eat this year what grows of itself, also in the second year what springs up voluntarily. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

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27 “‘But I know(A) where you are
    and when you come and go
    and how you rage against me.
28 Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(B) in your nose
    and my bit(C) in your mouth,
and I will make you return(D)
    by the way you came.’

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

“This year you will eat what grows by itself,(F)
    and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year sow and reap,
    plant vineyards(G) and eat their fruit.

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