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
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”
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