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32 And every stroke of the staff of foundation[a] that Yahweh lays will be on it with timbrels and lyres,
    and he will fight against it[b] 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.[c]
        The breath of Yahweh burns in it like a stream of sulfur.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:32 Some translations emend this to “discipline”
  2. Isaiah 30:32 The reading tradition (Qere) has “them”
  3. Isaiah 30:33 Literally “numerous”

32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(A)
will be to the music of timbrels(B) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(C)
33 Topheth(D) 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(E) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,(F)
    sets it ablaze.(G)

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