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Isaiah 30:27-33
Modern English Version
Isaiah 30:27-33
Modern English Version
Judgment on Assyria
27 See, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
burning with His anger, and its burden is heavy;
His lips are full of indignation,
and His tongue as a devouring fire.
28 And His breath is as an overflowing stream
which reaches to the middle of the neck,
to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity;
and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people,
causing them to err.
29 You shall have songs,
as in the night when a festival is kept,
and gladness of heart,
as when one goes with a flute
to come into the mountain of the Lord,
to the Mighty One of Israel.
30 The Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard,
and shall show the descending of His arm
with the indignation of His anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire,
with scattering, and cloudburst, and hailstones.
31 For through the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall be beaten down
when He strikes with a rod.
32 And every blow of the rod of punishment
which the Lord shall lay on him
shall be with tambourines and harps;
and in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33 For Topheth has been long prepared,
indeed, for the king it has been prepared.
He has made it deep and large,
a pile of fire with much wood;
the breath of the Lord,
like a stream of brimstone,
kindles it.
Isaiah 30:27-33
Lexham English Bible
Isaiah 30:27-33
Lexham English Bible
Judgment against Assyria
27 Look! The name of Yahweh comes from afar,
burning with his anger and heaviness of cloud.
His lips are full of indignation,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire.
28 And his breath is like an overflowing river;
it reaches up to the neck
to shake the nations with the sieve of worthlessness;
and a bridle that leads astray is on the jawbones of the peoples.
29 You shall have a song[a] as in the night when a holy festival is kept,
and a gladness of heart like one who goes with the flute,
to go to the mountain of Yahweh, to the rock of Israel.
30 And Yahweh will cause the majesty of his voice to be heard,
and he will cause the descent of his arm to be seen,
in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire,
with a cloudburst and a rainstorm and stones[b] of hail.
31 Indeed, Assyria will be shattered by the voice of Yahweh;
he strikes with the rod.
32 And every stroke of the staff of foundation[c] that Yahweh lays will be on it with timbrels and lyres,
and he will fight against it[d] with battles of brandishing.
33 For Topheth has been prepared from yesterday;
indeed, it is made ready for the king.
He makes its pile of wood deep and wide;
he makes fire and wood abundant.[e]
The breath of Yahweh burns in it like a stream of sulfur.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:29 Literally “There shall be a song for you”
- Isaiah 30:30 Hebrew “stone”
- Isaiah 30:32 Some translations emend this to “discipline”
- Isaiah 30:32 The reading tradition (Qere) has “them”
- Isaiah 30:33 Literally “numerous”
Isaiah 30:27-33
New International Version
Isaiah 30:27-33
New International Version
27 See, the Name(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
with burning anger(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,(C)
and his tongue is a consuming fire.(D)
28 His breath(E) is like a rushing torrent,(F)
rising up to the neck.(G)
He shakes the nations in the sieve(H) of destruction;
he places in the jaws of the peoples
a bit(I) that leads them astray.
29 And you will sing
as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;(J)
your hearts will rejoice(K)
as when people playing pipes(L) go up
to the mountain(M) of the Lord,
to the Rock(N) of Israel.
30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(O)
and will make them see his arm(P) coming down
with raging anger(Q) and consuming fire,(R)
with cloudburst, thunderstorm(S) and hail.(T)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(U)
with his rod he will strike(V) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
with his punishing club(W)
will be to the music of timbrels(X) and harps,
as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(Y)
33 Topheth(Z) has long been prepared;
it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(AA) of the Lord,
like a stream of burning sulfur,(AB)
sets it ablaze.(AC)
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