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Isaiah 30:27-31:9
New International Version
Isaiah 30:27-31:9
New International Version
27 See, the Name(A) of the Lord comes from afar,
with burning anger(B) and dense clouds of smoke;
his lips are full of wrath,(C)
and his tongue is a consuming fire.(D)
28 His breath(E) is like a rushing torrent,(F)
rising up to the neck.(G)
He shakes the nations in the sieve(H) of destruction;
he places in the jaws of the peoples
a bit(I) that leads them astray.
29 And you will sing
as on the night you celebrate a holy festival;(J)
your hearts will rejoice(K)
as when people playing pipes(L) go up
to the mountain(M) of the Lord,
to the Rock(N) of Israel.
30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(O)
and will make them see his arm(P) coming down
with raging anger(Q) and consuming fire,(R)
with cloudburst, thunderstorm(S) and hail.(T)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(U)
with his rod he will strike(V) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
with his punishing club(W)
will be to the music of timbrels(X) and harps,
as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(Y)
33 Topheth(Z) 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(AA) of the Lord,
like a stream of burning sulfur,(AB)
sets it ablaze.(AC)
Woe to Those Who Rely on Egypt
31 Woe(AD) to those who go down to Egypt(AE) for help,
who rely on horses,(AF)
who trust in the multitude of their chariots(AG)
and in the great strength of their horsemen,
but do not look to the Holy One(AH) of Israel,
or seek help from the Lord.(AI)
2 Yet he too is wise(AJ) and can bring disaster;(AK)
he does not take back his words.(AL)
He will rise up against that wicked nation,(AM)
against those who help evildoers.
3 But the Egyptians(AN) are mere mortals and not God;(AO)
their horses(AP) are flesh and not spirit.
When the Lord stretches out his hand,(AQ)
those who help will stumble,
those who are helped(AR) will fall;
all will perish together.(AS)
4 This is what the Lord says to me:
“As a lion(AT) growls,
a great lion over its prey—
and though a whole band of shepherds(AU)
is called together against it,
it is not frightened by their shouts
or disturbed by their clamor(AV)—
so the Lord Almighty will come down(AW)
to do battle on Mount Zion and on its heights.
5 Like birds hovering(AX) overhead,
the Lord Almighty will shield(AY) Jerusalem;
he will shield it and deliver(AZ) it,
he will ‘pass over’(BA) it and will rescue it.”
6 Return,(BB) you Israelites, to the One you have so greatly revolted(BC) against. 7 For in that day(BD) every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold(BE) your sinful hands have made.(BF)
8 “Assyria(BG) will fall by no human sword;
a sword, not of mortals, will devour(BH) them.
They will flee before the sword
and their young men will be put to forced labor.(BI)
9 Their stronghold(BJ) will fall because of terror;
at the sight of the battle standard(BK) their commanders will panic,(BL)”
declares the Lord,
whose fire(BM) is in Zion,
whose furnace(BN) is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 30:27-31:9
King James Version
Isaiah 30:27-31:9
King James Version
27 Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:
28 And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
29 Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
30 And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
31 For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32 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.
33 For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
31 Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord!
2 Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.
3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the Lord shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.
4 For thus hath the Lord spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the Lord of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof.
5 As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it.
6 Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted.
7 For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
8 Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.
9 And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem.
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