Isaiah 31:9

And 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.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

8Then 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

Read all of Isaiah 31

Cross References

Leviticus 6:13This is the korban of Aharon and of his Banim, which they shall offer unto Hashem in the Yom Himmashach (Day he is anointed, i.e., assumes office, seven-day ordination); the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a continual minchah, half of it in the boker, and half thereof at erev.

Deuteronomy 32:37And He shall say, Where are their elohim, 1 their tzur in whom they trusted, 1

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 11:10And in Yom HaHu there shall be a Shoresh Yishai, which shall stand for a nes (banner) for the peoples; to Him + 11:10 Moshiach will the Goyim seek; and His menucha (resting place) shall be kavod.

Isaiah 18:3All ye inhabitants of the Tevel, 1 and dwellers of Eretz, 1 when a nes (battle flag) is lifted up on the harim, look; 1 and when a shofar is blown, listen! 1

Isaiah 30:33For 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

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Isaiah 31:9