Isaiah 30:28

His breath is like [SIM] a flood that covers his enemies up to their necks. He will separate [MET] the nations in order to destroy some of them; it is as though he will put hooks in their mouths and take them away.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

27It is as though we see Yahweh coming from far away; he is extremely angry, and there are thick clouds of smoke around him. By what he says [MTY] he shows that he is angry; what he says is like [SIM] a devastating/destructive fire.

29But his people will sing joyfully like they sing during the nights when they celebrate a holy festival. They will be very joyful, like [SIM] a large group of his people are joyful when they go up to Zion Hill in Jerusalem, along with men playing flutes when they are all going there to worship Yahweh. He is like [MET] a huge rock under which we Israeli people are safe.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 17:14Absalom and all the other Israeli men who were with him said, “What Hushai suggests is better than what Ahithophel suggested.” The reason that happened was that Yahweh had determined that if they would accept the good advice that Ahithophel had given them, they would have been able to defeat/kill David. But as a result of their doing what Hushai suggested, Yahweh would cause a disaster to happen to Absalom.

2 Kings 19:28So, because you have raged against me, and because I have heard [MTY] you speak very proudly/arrogantly, it will be as though I will put a hook in your nose and an iron ◄bit/piece of metal► in your mouth in order that I can lead you where I want you to go, and I will force you to return to your own country on the same road on which you came here, without conquering Jerusalem.” '

Psalms 18:15The bottom of the ocean became visible, and the foundations of the earth were uncovered, when Yahweh rebuked his enemies when he snorted.

Proverbs 26:3It is necessary to whip a horse and to put a bridle on a donkey to force them to go where we want them to go, and similarly [SIM] it is often necessary to strike foolish people with a stick to cause them to do what is right.

Isaiah 11:4He will judge the cases of needy people fairly; and he will act justly toward poor people. He will punish evil people as a result of what he decides [MTY]; he will get rid of wicked people because of [MTY] their behavior.

Isaiah 17:14And, even though you people of Israel will be terrified, in the morning your enemies will all be gone/dead. That is what will happen to those who invade our land and then steal our possessions.

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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