Isaiah 30:32

And in every place where the matteh (rod) of punishment shall pass, which Hashem shall lay upon him, + 30:32 Ashur it shall be with tambourines and kinnorot; and in milchamot (battles) of brandishing will He fight against them.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

31For through the voice of Hashem shall the Assyrian be crushed, which struck with a shevet (rod).

33For Tophet + 30:33 i.e., the place where humans are sacrificed to Molech in Gey Hinnom is ordained of old; indeed, for Melech + 30:33 Molech it is prepared. He hath made it deep and wide; the fire pit thereof is eish and much wood; the nishmat Hashem (breath of Hashem ), like a stream of gofrit (brimstone, burning sulfur), doth kindle it. + 30:33 See Isa 66:24

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Cross References

Genesis 31:27Why didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with simchah, and with shirim (songs), with tof (timbrel, tambourine) and with kinnor (harp)?

2 Chronicles 32:8With him is zero'a basar, but with us is Hashem Eloheinu to help us, and to fight milchamoteinu (our battles). And HaAm took heart upon the words of Chizkiyahu (Yechizkiyahu) Melech Yehudah.

Job 21:11They send forth their little ones like a tzon, 1 and their yeladim jump about. 1

Isaiah 2:19And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, 1 and into the caves of aphar, 1 for pachad (terror of) Hashem, 1 and for the hadar of His majesty, 1 when He ariseth to shake ha'aretz. 1

Isaiah 11:15And Hashem shall utterly destroy the leshon Yam Mitzrayim (tongue of the Red Sea); 1 and with His scorchimg Ruach shall He shake His Yad over the Nahar, + 11:15 i.e., Euphrates River 1 and shall break it into seven streams, 1 and make men go over dryshod. 1

Isaiah 24:8The mirth of tambourines ceaseth, 1 the noise of them that rejoice endeth, 1 the joy of the kinnor (harp) ceaseth. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:28-33

Judgments on Assyria. ( b. c. 720.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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