Isaiah 30:31
in Isaiah 30For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him.
KJV
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
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This verse in Isaiah 30
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
For through the voice of the - Lord By the command of the Lord; that is, his voice going forth in the manner specified in Isa 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.
This site's exposition
Assyria will be shattered
on Isaiah 30:31-33
Assyria falls "at the voice of the LORD". For the king, "Topheth has long been prepared", its pyre "deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood". Adam Clarke and Albert Barnes noted that the power Judah fled to Egypt to escape stood under a judgment prepared long ago.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 30 and following) And the Lord will cause the glory of His voice to be heard, and He will show the terror of His arm in the threat of His fury and the devouring flame of fire. He will strike with whirlwind and hailstones. At the voice of the Lord, Assyria will tremble, struck down like a virgin, and there will be a passage firmly established by the rod: which the Lord will cause to rest upon him with timbrels and harps, and in battles He will conquer them in principal places.
The Medieval Church1 voice
Second, he places the infliction of the punishment, showing the Assyrian's horror: for at the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall fear.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
That was a transient rod; but against the Assyrian shall go forth a grounded staff, that shall give a steady blow, shall stick close to him and strike home, so as to leave an impression upon him. It is a staff with a foundation, founded upon the enemies' deserts and God's determinate counsel. It is a consumption determined ( ch. x.
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For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down,....
Against the Syrians they sought to the Assyrians, 2 Kings xvi. Against the Assyrians they here sought to the Egyptians, and Rabshakeh upbraided them with so doing, 2 Kings xviii. How this sin of theirs is described, and what there was in it that was provoking to God.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Which 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.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מִקּ֥וֹל | mikol | from [the] voice of | H6963 → | 506 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יֵחַ֣ת | yechat | it will be shattered | H2865 → | 52 times |
| אַשּׁ֑וּר | ʾashur | Assyria | H804 → | 151 times |
| בַּשֵּׁ֖בֶט | bashevet | with the rod | H7626 → | 190 times |
| יַכֶּֽה׃ | yakeh | he will strike | H5221 → | 499 times |
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
מִקּ֥וֹלfrom [the] voice of
mikolH6963 →506 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יֵחַ֣תit will be shattered
yechatH2865 →52 times
אַשּׁ֑וּרAssyria
ʾashurH804 →151 times
בַּשֵּׁ֖בֶטwith the rod
bashevetH7626 →190 times
יַכֶּֽה׃he will strike
yakehH5221 →499 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
it leads to
- Isaiah 14:25
I will break Assyria in My land; I will trample him on My mountain. His yoke will be taken off My people, and his burden removed from their shoulders.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 30:8
On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
- Isaiah 10:26–27
And the LORD of Hosts will brandish a whip against them, as when He struck Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will raise His staff over the sea, as He did in Egypt.
- Nahum 1:13
For I will now break their yoke from your neck and tear away your shackles.”
- Isaiah 14:25
Through
Isaiah 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the…
it leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
- Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath…
- 2 Thessalonians 2:8
Through
Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
it leads to
- Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
- Proverbs 2:15
whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
- Isaiah 59:8
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Isaiah; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.