tumult. arrogance.
My hook, &c. Assyrian sculptures represent captives thus led. Jehovah would treat them as they treated others.
turn thee back. See Hezekiah's reference to this (Psalms 129:4; Psalms 129:6). App-67.
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Isaiah 37:29
29 Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest.