For through Yahweh’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
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For through Yahweh’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
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For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
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For through the voice of the LORD shall Asshur be dismayed, the rod with which He smote.
Cross-references (11)
Passages linked to Isaiah 30:31 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 9:4 For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
- Isaiah 10:5 Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
- Isaiah 11:4 but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
- Micah 5:5-6 He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men. They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in its gates. He will deliver us from the Assyrian, when he invades our land, and when he marches within our border.
- Psalms 17:13-14 Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword; from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children.
- Psalms 125:5 But as for those who turn away to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
- Isaiah 10:12 Therefore it will happen that when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his arrogant looks.
- Isaiah 10:15 Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
- Isaiah 10:24 Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
- Isaiah 30:30 Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 37:32-38 For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’ “Therefore Yahweh says concerning the king of Assyria, ‘He will not come to this city, nor shoot an arrow there, neither will he come before it with shield, nor cast up a mound against it. He will return the way that he came, and he won’t come to this city,’ says Yahweh. ‘For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David’s sake.’ ” Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, went away, returned to Nineveh, and stayed there. As he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons struck him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. Esar Haddon his son reigned in his place.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain God’s plague.
God’s plague.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 30:31 For through the voice of the LORD…
Isa 30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, [which] smote with a rod.
Ver. 31. Which smote with a rod.] Isa 10:5. Now he is broken in pieces with God’s iron rod, {Psa 2:9} Iustissimae talionis exemplum.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The voice of the Lord; that voice mentioned in…
The voice of the Lord; that voice mentioned in the last verse.
Which smote with a rod; which was the rod wherewith God smote his and other people, Isa 10:5,6. He who used to smite others shall now be smitten himself. Or, as the words may be, and by others are, rendered, he (the Lord last mentioned) shall smite him with a rod, or with his rod.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For through the voice of the Lord shall the…
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down,.... As anything is by a storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain: or "fear", or be "affrighted", as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; Sennacherib, the Assyrian monarch, and that part of his army which escaped, though not destroyed by it, were put into the utmost consternation: this shows that the prophecy in the context refers to the overthrow of the Assyrian army by the angel, when besieging Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; though the Assyrian is sometimes used for any enemy of God's people at other times, particularly antichrist, and especially the eastern antichrist, the Turk:
which smote with a rod; other nations, particularly the Jews, whom the Assyrian is expressly said to smite with a rod; and because he was an instrument in God's hand for the chastising of that people, he is called the rod of his anger, Isa 10:5 but now he that smote shall be smitten himself; him whom God used as a rod to correct others, he will smite with his rod, for his own correction: for this may be understood of God, and be rendered thus, "with a rod, he", that is, God, "shall smite" the Assyrian, as before; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi. The Targum interprets the "rod" of dominion.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 31. Which smote with a rod - "He…
Verse 31. Which smote with a rod - "He that was ready to smite with his staff"] אשור "Post ashshur, forte excidit אשר asher." - SECKER. After אשור ashshur, probably אשר asher, "which," has been omitted.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain For through the voice of the - Lord By…
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.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rod. Sennacherib is terrified, who a few days before…
Rod. Sennacherib is terrified, who a few days before insulted the living God.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The Assyrian rod which beat shall itself be beaten,…
The Assyrian rod which beat shall itself be beaten, and that by the mere voice of the Lord, that is, an unseen divine agency (Isa 10:5, Isa 10:24).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 31. Assyria is here named for the first time…
31. Assyria is here named for the first time as the object of the judgment. The voice of Jehovah is the thunder, as in Isa_30:30. For beaten down render panic-stricken.
which smote with a rod] (cf. ch. Isa_10:24) Or “when He (Jehovah) smites with the rod.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (31) Shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote…
(31) Shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.—Better, and He (Jehovah) shall smite with the rod. Asshur appears as the foremost and most dreaded enemy of Judah. The prediction points to the destruction of the armies of Sennacherib.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For through the voice of the Lord shall the…
For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down; rather, for at the voice of the Lord shall Assyria be dismayed (compare the first clause of ver. 30). Which smote with a rod; rather, with the rod will he (i.e. Jehovah) smite.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 For at the voice of Yahweh, Assyria will be…
For at the voice of Yahweh, Assyria will be shattered
This can be stated in active form. AT: "For when Yahweh speaks he will shatter the soldiers of Assyria" (See: Active or Passive)
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Assyria will be shattered
Isaiah speaks of Assyria's fear as if Assyria is an object that Yahweh's voice shatters. AT: "Assyria will be terrified" (See: Metaphor)
Assyria
Here this represents the soldiers of Assyria. (See: Metonymy)
Every stroke of the appointed rod that Yahweh will lay on them
Yahweh causing an army to defeat the Assyrians is spoken of as if Yahweh would hit the Assyrians with a rod. (See: Metaphor)
will be accompanied
This can be stated in active form. AT: "the people of Judah will accompany it" (See: Active or Passive)
tambourines
This is a musical instrument with a head like a drum that can be hit and with pieces of metal around the side that sound when the instrument is shaken. See how you translated this in Isaiah 5:12.
he battles and fights with them
Yahweh causing the enemy army to defeat the Assyrians is spoken of as if Yahweh were a warrior who would fight along with the enemy army. (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 30:31 royal scepter: The Lord, the true King, would…
30:31 royal scepter: The Lord, the true King, would be victorious over the threatening Assyrian king.
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