Isaiah 30:31

Translations

Modern

For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.

Traditional

For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

Literal

For at the voice of YHWH Assyria will be shattered; with the rod He will strike.

Latin

A voce enim Domini pavebit Assur virga percussus.

Original

Hebrew

English

For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.

Notes

Isaiah 30:31

scepter: The Lord, the true King, would be victorious over the threatening Assyrian king.

Isaiah 30:27–33

In this prophecy of judgment against the nations, Isaiah foretold that Assyria’s power would be broken by God’s strong arm, not by the Egyptians.

Isaiah 30:18–33

This prophecy of salvation gave promises of hope. It helped Israel look away from their present suffering.

Instead, it pointed them toward the glorious future that God had prepared for his people.

Isaiah 30:1–33

After warning Judah of judgment due to their stubbornness and reliance on Egypt (Isaiah 30:1–17), God promised to show compassion to his people and defeat their enemies.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Isaiah 9:4
For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
Isaiah 11:4
…but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
Micah 5:5–6
And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
Isaiah 10:5
Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
Psalm 125:5
But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
Psalm 17:13–14
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
Isaiah 10:24
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
Isaiah 10:15
Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
Isaiah 37:32–38
For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Isaiah 10:12
So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.

Places

Assyria: A powerful ancient empire, often in conflict with Israel

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Assyria: Prophecies Concerning

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