27 Behold, (A)the name of the Lord comes from a [a]remote place;
(B)His anger is burning and [b]dense with [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 river,
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 leads astray.
29 You will have [e]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 [f]His voice of authority to be heard,
And the [g]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 [h]blow of the [i](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 [j](O)Topheth has long been ready,
Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.
He has made it deep and large,
[k]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 30:29 Lit the song
  6. Isaiah 30:30 Lit the majesty of His voice
  7. Isaiah 30:30 Lit descent
  8. Isaiah 30:32 Lit passing
  9. Isaiah 30:32 Lit staff of foundation
  10. Isaiah 30:33 I.e., the place of human sacrifice to Molech
  11. Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile

27 Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire; 28 and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err shall be in the jaws of the peoples. 29 Ye shall have a song as in the night [a]when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel. 30 And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with [b]a blast, and tempest, and hailstones. 31 For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him. 32 And every [c]stroke of the [d]appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing of his arm will he fight with them. 33 For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:29 Or, when a feast is hallowed
  2. Isaiah 30:30 Or, crashing
  3. Isaiah 30:32 Hebrew passing.
  4. Isaiah 30:32 Or, staff of doom (Hebrew foundation)