“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.”
Isaiah prophesies that God will put a hook in the Assyrian king's nose and a bridle in his mouth, and will turn him back by the way he came. The imagery of hook and bridle invokes the treatment of a tamed beast, establishing that the mighty Assyrian king will be reduced to complete subjugation. The promise of return by the way he came suggests reversal and the restoration of the status quo.
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