Isaiah 30:27-33

The Lord Will Be Gracious

27 Behold, the name of the Lord comes from afar,
burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke; 1
his lips are full of fury,
and his tongue is like a devouring fire;
28 g his breath is h like an overflowing stream
that reaches up to the neck;
to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction,
and to place on the jaws of the peoples i a bridle that leads astray.

29 You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart, j as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to k the mountain of the Lord, to l the Rock of Israel. 30 And the Lord m will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger n and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst o and storm and hailstones. 31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, p when he strikes with his rod. 32 And every stroke of the appointed staff that the Lord lays on them q will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres. r Battling with brandished arm, he will fight with them. 33 For s a burning place 2 has long been prepared; indeed, for the king it is made ready, t its pyre made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; u the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:4
    But with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
    2 Thessalonians 2:8
    And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth and bring to nothing by the appearance of his coming.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 8:8
    And it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass on, reaching even to the neck, and its outspread wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel.
    Nahum 1:8
    But with an overflowing flood he will make a complete end of the adversaries, and will pursue his enemies into darkness.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 37:29
    Because you have raged against me and your complacency has come to my ears, I will put my hook in your nose and my bit in your mouth, and I will turn you back on the way by which you came.
  4. Cross References
    1 Samuel 10:5
    After that you shall come to Gibeath-elohim, where there is a garrison of the Philistines. And there, as soon as you come to the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying.
    1 Kings 1:40
    And all the people went up after him, playing on pipes, and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth was split by their noise.
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 2:3
    And many peoples shall come, and say: "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths." For out of Zion shall go the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 26:4
    Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
    Isaiah 44:8
    Fear not, nor be afraid; have I not told you from of old and declared it? And you are my witnesses! Is there a God besides me? There is no Rock; I know not any.
    Deuteronomy 32:18
    You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 18:13
    The Lord also thundered in the heavens, and the Most High uttered his voice, hailstones and coals of fire.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 29:6
    You will be visited by the Lord of hosts with thunder and with earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 28:2
    Behold, the Lord has one who is mighty and strong; like a storm of hail, a destroying tempest, like a storm of mighty, overflowing waters, he casts down to the earth with his hand.
    Joshua 10:11
    And as they fled before Israel, while they were going down the ascent of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died. There were more who died because of the hailstones than the sons of Israel killed with the sword.
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:4
    For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.
    Micah 6:9
    The voice of the Lord cries to the city - and it is sound wisdom to fear your name: "Hear of the rod and of him who appointed it!
  11. Cross References
    Exodus 15:1
    Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord, saying, "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea.
  12. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:15
    And the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and will wave his hand over the River with his scorching breath, and strike it into seven channels, and he will lead people across in sandals.
    Isaiah 19:16
    In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.
    Isaiah 2:19
    And people shall enter the caves of the rocks and the holes of the ground, from before the terror of the Lord, and from the splendor of his majesty, when he rises to terrify the earth.
  13. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:10
    And he defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, that no one might burn his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech.
    Jeremiah 7:31
    And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 24:9 - 10
    Therefore thus says the Lord God : Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great.
  15. Cross References
    Psalms 18:8
    Smoke went up from his nostrils, and devouring fire from his mouth; glowing coals flamed forth from him.
    Ezekiel 20:48
    All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
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