Isaiah 30:31
29 You will sing as on the night of a holy festival, and your heart will rejoice like one who walks to the music of a flute, going up to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel.
30 And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
32 And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
33 For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
- KJV
- For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
- WEB
- For through the LORD’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
- ASV
- For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite [him].
- DARBY
- For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be broken down: he will smite [him] with the rod.
- BLB
- For at the voice of YHWH Assyria will be shattered; with the rod He will strike.
- ÅB
- For Herrens røst skal Assur forferdes, han som slår med kjeppen.
- OTB
- Ved Herrens røst skal Assyria bli knust; han vil slå dem med sin stav.
- B1930
- For Herrens røst skal Assur forferdes, han som slår med kjeppen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 5:5–6
And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Read in contextIsaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
Read in contextIsaiah 11:4
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Read in contextPsalms 125:5
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
Read in contextPsalms 17:13–14
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
Read in contextIsaiah 10:24
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
Read in contextIsaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
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