Isaiah 31:9

Translations

Modern

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And his stronghold will pass away at the terror, and his princes will be frightened at the banner,” says YHWH, whose fire unto Him is in Zion, and a furnace unto Him is in Jerusalem.

Latin

Et fortitudo ejus a terrore transibit, et pavebunt fugientes principes ejus, dixit Dominus: cujus ignis est in Sion et caminus ejus in Jerusalem.

Original

Hebrew

English

Their rock will pass away for fear, and their princes will panic at the sight of the battle standard,” declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, whose furnace is in Jerusalem.

Notes

Isaiah 31:9

princes will panic: This happened when Sennacherib ran to Nineveh after God destroyed 185,000 troops (see Isaiah 37:36–37).
God was the fire or flame that would consume Assyria.

Isaiah 31:4–9

This prophecy concerned God’s protection of Jerusalem and its rescue from the Assyrians.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah Salvation in Isaiah Zion

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Malachi 4:1
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
Isaiah 29:6
…you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
Isaiah 18:3
All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
Zechariah 2:5
For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
Isaiah 10:17
And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a flame. In a single day it will burn and devour Assyria’s thorns and thistles.
Isaiah 4:4
…when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
Leviticus 6:13
The fire shall be kept burning on the altar continually; it must not be extinguished.
Deuteronomy 32:37
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
Isaiah 11:10
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
Isaiah 30:33
For Topheth has long been prepared; it has been made ready for the king. Its funeral pyre is deep and wide, with plenty of fire and wood. The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of burning sulfur, sets it ablaze.
Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Ezekiel 22:18–22
“Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me. All of them are copper, tin, iron, and lead inside the furnace; they are but the dross of silver.

Places

Jerusalem: The capital of Israel, a holy city for three religions

Glossary

Isaiah, Book of Zion

Topics

Assyria: Predictions Respecting: Destruction of Assyria: Prophecies Concerning Ensign: General Scriptures Concerning God: Preserver

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