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Isaiah 37:28 Meaning

But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

Context Explained

26Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps.

27Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.

28But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me.

29Because 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.

30And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof.

Key Themes

fearpowerlessnessjudgment

Related Cross References

  • Psalm 37:2

    This verse compares the fate of the wicked to grass that withers.

  • Isaiah 40:6-8

    The transience of human life is highlighted, similar to the imagery of grass.

  • Matthew 6:30

    Jesus reminds us that God cares for even the grass of the field.

Source: Isaiah 37:28