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Isaiah 30:31

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Isaiah 30:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite [him].” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite [him].
Isaiah 30:31 — American Standard Version

Context — Isaiah 30

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
28and his breath is as an overflowing stream, that reacheth even unto the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction: and a bridle that causeth to err [shall be] in the jaws of the peoples.
29Ye shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come unto the mountain of Jehovah, to the Rock of Israel.
30And Jehovah will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
31For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite [him].
32And every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with [the sound of] tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing [of his arm] will he fight with them.
33For a Topheth is prepared of old; yea, for the king it is made ready; he hath made it deep and large; the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of Jehovah, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, &c.] As anything is by a storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain: or “fear”, or be “affrighted”, as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; Sennacherib, the Assyrian monarch, and that part of his army which escaped, though not destroyed by it, were put into the utmost consternation: this shows that the prophecy in the context refers to the overthrow of the Assyrian army by the angel, when besieging Jerusalem in Hezekiah’s time; though the Assyrian is sometimes used for any enemy of God’s people at other times, particularly antichrist, and especially the eastern antichrist, the Turk: [which] smote with a rod;…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The Assyrian rod which beat shall itself be beaten, and that by the mere voice of the Lord, that is, an unseen divine agency (Isa 10:5, Isa 10:24).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“30:31 royal scepter: The Lord, the true King, would be victorious over the threatening Assyrian king.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the voice: Isa 30:30, Isa 37:32-38 which smote: Isa 9:4, Isa 10:5, Isa 10:15, Isa 10:24; Psa 17:13, Psa 17:14, Psa 125:5; Mic 5:5, Mic 5:6 Isaiah 30:32”
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