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

30The Lord will make his majestic voice heard. He will come down with all his might, with furious anger, with fire storms, windstorms, rainstorms, and hailstones. 31At the sound of the Lord, the people of Assyria will be shattered. He will strike them with his rod. To the sound of tambourines and lyres, the Lord will pound on them. He will fight them in battle, swinging his fists. 33Topheth was prepared long ago. It was made ready for the king. It was made deep and wide and piled high with plenty of burning logs. The Lord’s breath will be like a flood of burning sulfur, setting it on fire.

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 sing a song like the song you sing on a festival night. Your hearts will be happy like someone going out with a flute on the way to the Lord’s mountain, to the rock of Israel.
• Isaiah 24:8Joyful tambourine music stops. Noisy celebrations cease. Joyful harp music stops.
• Genesis 31:27Why did you leave secretly and trick me? You didn’t even tell me you were leaving. I would have sent you on your way rejoicing, with songs accompanied by tambourines and lyres.
• 1 Samuel 10:5After that, you will come to the hill of God, where the Philistines have a military post. When you arrive at the city, you will meet a group of prophets prophesying as they come from the worship site. They will be led by men playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre.
• Job 21:11They send their little children out ⌞to play⌟ like a flock of lambs, and their children dance around.
• Psalms 81:1Sing joyfully to God, our strength. Shout happily to the God of Jacob.
• Isaiah 2:19People will go into caves in the rocks and into holes in the ground because of the Lord’s terrifying presence and the honor of his majesty when he rises to terrify the earth.
• Isaiah 11:15The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian Sea. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River with his scorching wind and divide it into seven streams so that people can walk over it in their sandals.
• Isaiah 19:16At that time Egyptians will act like women. They will tremble and be terrified because the Lord of Armies will shake his fist at them.
• Job 16:12I was at ease, and he shattered me. He grabbed me by the back of the neck and smashed ⌞my skull⌟. He set me up as his target,
• Hebrews 12:26When God spoke to your ancestors, his voice shook the earth. But now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the sky.”

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