Isaiah 30:32

Isaiah 30:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
• New International Version (NIV)Every stroke the Lord lays on them with his punishing club will be to the music of timbrels and harps, as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And in every place where the staff of punishment passes, Which the Lord lays on him, It will be with tambourines and harps; And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it.

Context of Isaiah 30:32

30And the Lord will make His majestic voice heard, And show the descending of His arm [striking] in [His] fierce anger, And in the flame of a devouring fire, In the crashing sound of heavy rain, cloudburst, and hailstones. 31For at the voice of the Lord the Assyrians will be terrified, When He strikes [them] with the rod. And every blow of the rod of punishment, Which the Lord will lay on them, Will be to the music of Israel’s tambourines and lyres; And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight Assyria. 33For Topheth [in Hinnom] has long been ready; Indeed, it has been prepared for the [Assyrian] king. He has made it deep and wide, A pit of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone (blazing sulfur), kindles and fans it.

Isaiah 30:32 word by word

וְהָיָ֗ה כֹּ֤ל מַֽעֲבַר֙ מַטֵּ֣ה מֽוּסָדָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר יָנִ֤יחַ יְהוָה֙ עָלָ֔יו בְּתֻפִּ֖ים וּבְכִנֹּר֑וֹת וּבְמִלְחֲמ֥וֹת תְּנוּפָ֖ה נִלְחַם־בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• every placeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• where the groundedמוּסָדָהmûsâdâh · appointmentH4145
• staffמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: rodH4294
• shall passמַעֲבָרma‛ăbâr ma‛ăbârâh · fordH4569
• which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall layנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• shall be with tabretsתֹּףtôph · tambourineH8596
• and harpsכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658
• and in battlesמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• of shakingתְּנוּפָהtenûphâh · wave offeringH8573
• will he fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:32

• Isaiah 30:29You will have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, And joy of heart as when one marches [in procession] with a flute, To go to the [temple on the] mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.
• Isaiah 24:8The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases, The noise of those who rejoice ends, The joy of the harp ceases.
• Genesis 31:27Why did you run away secretly and deceive me and not tell me, so that [otherwise] I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with [music on the] tambourine and lyre?
• 1 Samuel 10:5After that you will come to the hill of God where the garrison of the Philistines is; and when you come there to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place [of worship] with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, and they will be prophesying.
• Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a flock, And their children skip about.
• Psalms 81:1Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).
• Isaiah 2:19They [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] will go into the caves of the rocks And into the holes of the ground [fleeing] From the terror and dread of the Lord And from the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to terrify the earth.
• Isaiah 11:15And the Lord will utterly destroy The tongue of the Sea of Egypt; And with His scorching wind He will wave His hand over the River; He will strike and divide it into seven channels And make [it possible for] people [to] walk over in sandals.
• Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
• Job 16:12I was [living] at ease, but He crushed me and broke me apart, And He has seized me by the neck and has shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target.
• Hebrews 12:26His voice shook the earth [at Mount Sinai] then, but now He has given a promise, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the [starry] heaven.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 30:32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32The grounded staff "The rod of his correction" - For מוסדה musadah, the grounded staff, of which no one yet has been able to make any tolerable sense, Le Clerc conjectured מוסרה musarah, of correction; (see Proverbs 22:15;); and so it is in two MSS., (one of them ancient), and seems to be so in the Bodleian MS. The Syriac has בדה דשוע deshuebedah, Virgo domans, vet subjectionis, "the taming rod, or rod of subjection." With tabrets and harps - With every…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 32And in every place - Margin, Every passing of the rod founded.‘ Lowth renders it, Whenever shall pass the rod of correction.‘ The whole design of the passage is evidently to foretell the sudden destruction of the army of the Assyrians, and to show that this would be accomplished by the agency of God. The idea seems to be, that in all those places where the rod of the Assyrian would pass, that is, where he would cause devastation and desolation, there…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 27-33Verses 27-33 God curbs and restrains from doing mischief. With a word he guides his people into the right way, but with a bridle he turns his enemies upon their own ruin. Here, in threatening the ruin of Sennacherib's army, the prophet points at the final and everlasting destruction of all impenitent sinners. Tophet was a valley near Jerusalem, where fires were continually burning to destroy things that were hurtful and offensive, and there the idolatrous…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 32tambourines and lyres: Instruments once silenced in judgment (Isaiah 24:8) would be used again by God's people. This time, they would celebrate the Lord's goodness instead of becoming spiritually complacent (see Isaiah 5:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3232. grounded--rather, "decreed," "appointed" [Maurer]. staff--the avenging rod. him--the Assyrian; type of all God's enemies in every age. Margin and Maurer construe, "Every passing through (infliction, Is 28:15) of the appointed rod, which, &c., shall be with tabrets," that is, accompanied with joy on the part of the rescued peoples. battles of shaking--that is, shock of battles (Is 19:16; compare "sift ... sieve," Is 30:28). with it--namely, Assyria.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 30:32

• Assyria
• Harp
• Music

In the dictionaries

• Ensign
• Hezekiah
• Note
• Ordain
• Stay
• Ford
• Ground; Grounded
• Isaiah
• Music
• Pass, Passage, Passenger

Commentaries on Isaiah 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings