Isaiah 31:8

Then shall the Assyrian fall by a cherev, not of an ish (man); 1 and a cherev not of adam (of mortals) shall devour him; 1 so he shall flee from before the cherev, 1 and his bochrim shall become forced laborers. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7For in that day every ish shall cast away his elilim of kesef, and his elilim of zahav, which your own hands have made unto you as a chet. 1

9And his rock shall pass away in magor (terror), 1 and his sarim shall desert the nes (battle flag) in panic, 1 saith Hashem, Whose fire is in Tziyon, 1 and His furnace in Yerushalayim.

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Cross References

Genesis 49:15And he saw that a menuchah (resting place) was tov, 1 and haaretz that it was pleasant; 1 and bowed his shoulder to bear, 1 and became oved (submitting, enslaved) at forced labor. 1

2 Chronicles 32:21And Hashem sent a malach, which destroyed all the fighting gibborim, and the nagid and sar in the machaneh of the melech Assyria. So he withdrew in boshet panim (shamefaced disgrace) to his own land. And when he was entered the bais elohav, they that came forth of his own loins + 32:21 i.e., his sons cut him down there with the cherev.

Isaiah 10:16Therefore shall HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os 1 send among his fat ones leanness; 1 and instead of his kavod there will be kindled a burning 1 like the blazing of eish. 1

Isaiah 10:33Hinei, HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os, 1 shall chop the bough with great power; 1 and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down; 1 the haughty shall be humbled. 1

Isaiah 17:13The nations shall roar like the roaring of mayim rabbim; 1 but He shall rebuke them, 1 and they shall flee far off, 1 and shall be chased as the motz (chaff) of the harim before the ruach, 1 and like whirling dust before the storm. 1

Isaiah 30:27Hinei, the Shem of Hashem cometh from afar, 1 burning is His anger, and heavy is His cloud; 1 His safatayim (lips) are full of indignation, 1 and His lashon is like a devouring eish; 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 31:7-9

A Call to Repentance; Deliverance of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 720.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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