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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And as the Lord strikes them with his rod of punishment, his people will celebrate with tambourines and harps. Lifting his mighty arm, he will fight the Assyrians.

Context of Isaiah 30:32

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. 31The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria; with his rod he will strike them down. 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. 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.

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 30:29And 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.
• Isaiah 24:8The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.
• Genesis 31:27Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn’t you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?
• 1 Samuel 10:5“After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying.
• Job 21:11They send forth their children as a flock; their little ones dance about.
• Psalms 81:1Sing for joy to God our strength; shout aloud to the God of Jacob!
• Isaiah 2:19People will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from the fearful presence of the Lord and the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to shake the earth.
• Isaiah 11:15The Lord will dry up the gulf of the Egyptian sea; with a scorching wind he will sweep his hand over the Euphrates River. He will break it up into seven streams so that anyone can cross over in sandals.
• Isaiah 19:16In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the Lord Almighty raises against them.
• Job 16:12All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;
• Hebrews 12:26At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

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