Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn?

Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron.

Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day.

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?