Isaiah 30:27-33
Legacy Standard Bible
27 Behold, (A)the name of Yahweh comes from afar;
(B)Burning is His anger and heavy is His [a]smoke;
His lips are filled with (C)indignation
And His tongue is like a (D)consuming fire;
28 His (E)breath is like an overflowing torrent,
Which (F)reaches to the neck,
To (G)shake the nations back and forth in a [b]sieve of worthlessness,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples (H)the bridle which staggers one to ruin.
29 You will have [c]songs as in the night when you set yourself apart as holy for the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of Yahweh, to the Rock of Israel.
30 And Yahweh will cause [d]His splendid voice to be heard,
And the [e]descending of His arm to be seen in raging anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour, and hailstones.
31 For (I)at the voice of Yahweh (J)Assyria will be dismayed,
When He strikes with the (K)rod.
32 And every [f]blow of the [g](L)appointed staff,
Which Yahweh will cause to rest upon him,
Will be with the music of (M)tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, (N)waving weapons He will fight them.
33 For [h](O)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[i]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (P)breath of Yahweh, like a torrent of (Q)brimstone, sets it afire.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:27 Lit uplifting
- Isaiah 30:28 Lit sifting of the worthless
- Isaiah 30:29 Lit the song
- Isaiah 30:30 Lit the majesty of His voice
- Isaiah 30:30 Lit descent
- Isaiah 30:32 Lit passing
- Isaiah 30:32 Lit staff of foundation
- Isaiah 30:33 The place of human sacrifice to Molech
- Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile
Isaiah 30:27-33
Common English Bible
Assyria punished
27 Look there! The Lord is coming from far away;
his anger blazing, his smoke-cloud thick.
His lips are full of fury;
his tongue is like a devouring fire.
28 His breath is like a raging river that reaches up to the neck,
to shake the nations with a sieve of destruction,
and to put a misleading rein on the people’s jaws.
29 There will be singing for you
as on the night that people celebrate a festival.
The heart will be joyful as it is when one goes with a flute
to the Lord’s mountain,
to the rock of Israel.
30 The Lord will unleash his majestic voice
and display his crushing arm
in furious anger, with a flame of consuming fire,
in stormy rain and hail.
31 The Lord’s voice will terrify Assyria;
with a rod he will smite it.
32 And every crack that is made in the foundation wall,
which the Lord will bring down upon him,
will be accompanied by timbrels and lyres.
The Lord will raise his arm and fight against Assyria in battle. 33 His place for burning[a] was arranged long ago;
it is indeed made ready for a king.
God has made its wood pile wide and deep,
fire and wood in abundance.
The breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, ignites it.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:33 Heb Topheth
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