Isaiah 30:33

For a place of burning was prepared long ago. Indeed, it is prepared for the king, and God has made it deep and wide. 1 The pile is ready with a fire and much wood. 1 The breath of Yahweh, like a stream of brimstone, will set it on fire.

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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.

In Context

32Every stroke of the appointed rod that Yahweh will lay on them 1 will be accompanied with the music of tambourines and harps as he battles and fights with them. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:24For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

Psalms 40:5Many, Yahweh my God, are the wonderful deeds that you have done, 1 and your thoughts which are about us cannot be numbered; 1 if I declared and spoke of them, 1 they would be more than could be counted. 1

Isaiah 30:27Look, the name of Yahweh comes from a distant place, burning with his anger and in dense smoke. 1 His lips are full of fury, and his tongue is like a devouring fire. 1

Isaiah 37:38Later, as he was worshiping in the house of Nisrok his god, his sons Adrammelek and Sharezer killed him with the sword. Then they escaped into the land of Ararat. Then Esarhaddon his son reigned in his place.

Jeremiah 19:6Therefore, see, the days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when this place will no longer be called Topheth, the Valley of Ben Hinnom, for it will be the Valley of Slaughter.

Ezekiel 32:22Assyria is there with all her assembly. Her graves surround her; 1 all of them were killed by the sword. 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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