Isaiah 30:27-33
English Standard Version
27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke;[a]
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
28 (A)his breath is (B)like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
and to place on the jaws of the peoples (C)a bridle that leads astray.
29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, (D)as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to (E)the mountain of the Lord, to (F)the Rock of Israel. 30 And the Lord (G)will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger (H)and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst (I)and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, (J)when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them (K)will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. (L)Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33 For (M)a burning place[b] has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, (N)its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; (O)the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.
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- Isaiah 30:27 Hebrew in weight of uplifted clouds
- Isaiah 30:33 Or For Topheth
Isaiah 30:27-33
New American Standard Bible
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 30:27 Lit distance
- Isaiah 30:27 Lit heaviness
- 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 I.e., the place of human sacrifice to Molech
- Isaiah 30:33 Lit Its pile
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