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Isaiah 30:31
31The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria; with his rod he will strike them down.
Isaiah 30:31 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he strikes with his rod.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For through the voice of the Lord Assyria will be beaten down, As He strikes with the rod.
- New Living Translation (NLT)At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
Context of Isaiah 30:31
29And you will sing as on the night you celebrate a holy festival; your hearts will rejoice as when people playing pipes go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel. 30The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail. The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria; with his rod he will strike them down. 32Every 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. 33Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its fire pit has been made deep and wide, with an abundance of fire and wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
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כִּֽי־מִקּ֥וֹל יְהוָ֖ה יֵחַ֣ת אַשּׁ֑וּר בַּשֵּׁ֖בֶט יַכֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 30:31
- Isaiah 30:30The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice and will make them see his arm coming down with raging anger and consuming fire, with cloudburst, thunderstorm and hail.
- Isaiah 37:32For out of Jerusalem will come a remnant, and out of Mount Zion a band of survivors. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
- Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian’s defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.
- Isaiah 10:5“Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of my anger, in whose hand is the club of my wrath!
- Psalms 17:13Rise up, Lord, confront them, bring them down; with your sword rescue me from the wicked.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the Lord will banish with the evildoers. Peace be on Israel.
- Micah 5:5And he will be our peace when the Assyrians invade our land and march through our fortresses. We will raise against them seven shepherds, even eight commanders,
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:31
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 31Which smote with a rod "He that was ready to smite with his staff" - "Post אשור ashshur, forte excidit אשר asher ." - Secker. After אשור ashshur, probably אשר asher, "which, "has been omitted.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 31For through the voice of the - Lord By the command of the Lord; that is, his voice going forth in the manner specified in Isaiah 30:30. Which smote with a rod - Who was accustomed to smite as with a rod; that is, his government was tyrannical and severe. As he had been accustomed to smite in that manner, so he would now meet the proper reward of his oppression of the nations.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. 31scepter: The Lord, the true King, would be victorious over the threatening Assyrian king.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3131. The Assyrian rod which beat shall itself be beaten, and that by the mere voice of the Lord, that is, an unseen divine agency (Is 10:5, 24).Read the comment
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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
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