27 Behold, (A)the name of the Lord comes from a [a]remote place;
(B)Burning is His anger and [b]dense is His [c]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 [d]sieve,
And to put in the jaws of the peoples (H)the bridle which [e]leads to ruin.
29 You will have [f]songs as in the night when you keep the festival,
And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute,
To go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
30 And the Lord will cause [g]His voice of authority to be heard,
And the [h]descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,
And in the flame of a consuming fire
In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones.
31 For (I)at the voice of the Lord (J)Assyria will be terrified,
When He strikes with the (K)rod.
32 And every [i]blow of the [j](L)rod of punishment,
Which the Lord will lay on him,
Will be with the music of (M)tambourines and lyres;
And in battles, (N)brandishing weapons, He will fight them.
33 For [k](O)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[l]A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;
The (P)breath of the Lord, like a torrent of (Q)brimstone, sets it afire.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:27 Lit distance
  2. Isaiah 30:27 Lit heaviness
  3. Isaiah 30:27 Lit uplifting
  4. Isaiah 30:28 Lit sifting of the worthless
  5. Isaiah 30:28 Lit misleads
  6. Isaiah 30:29 Lit the song
  7. Isaiah 30:30 Lit the majesty of His voice
  8. Isaiah 30:30 Lit descent
  9. Isaiah 30:32 Lit passing
  10. Isaiah 30:32 Lit staff of foundation
  11. Isaiah 30:33 I.e. the place of human sacrifice to Molech
  12. Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile