² Can you ^(A)put a reed through his nose,
Or pierce his jaw with a ^[a]hook?

²⁹ Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore ^(A)I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will ^(B)turn you back
By the way which you came.” ’

⁴ But ^(A)I will put hooks in your jaws,
And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;
I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,
And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
⁵ I will leave you in the wilderness,
You and all the fish of your rivers;
You shall fall on the ^[a]open ^(B)field;
^(C)You shall not be picked up or ^[b]gathered.
^(D)I have given you as food
To the beasts of the field
And to the birds of the heavens.

27 In that day the Lord with His severe sword, great and strong,
Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent,
^(A)Leviathan that twisted serpent;
And He will slay ^(B)the reptile that is in the sea.

²⁸ Because your rage against Me and your tumult
Have come up to My ears,
Therefore ^(A)I will put My hook in your nose
And My bridle in your lips,
And I will turn you back
^(B)By the way which you came.