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29 I have received the report of that rage and that pride of yours, and now I will put a hook through your nose and a bit in your mouth and will take you back by the same road you came.”

30 Then Isaiah said to King Hezekiah, “Here is a sign of what will happen. This year and next you will have only wild grain to eat, but the following year you will be able to plant grain and harvest it, and plant vines and eat grapes. 31 Those in Judah who survive will flourish like plants that send roots deep into the ground and produce fruit.

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29 Because you rage against me
    and because your insolence(A) has reached my ears,
I will put my hook(B) in your nose(C)
    and my bit in your mouth,
and I will make you return
    by the way you came.(D)

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

“This year(F) you will eat what grows by itself,
    and the second year what springs from that.
But in the third year(G) sow and reap,
    plant vineyards(H) and eat their fruit.(I)
31 Once more a remnant of the kingdom of Judah
    will take root(J) below and bear fruit(K) above.

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