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30 The Lord will give a mighty shout[a]
and intervene in power,[b]
with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire,[c]
with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.
31 Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria;[d]
he will beat them with a club.
32 Every blow from his punishing cudgel[e]
with which the Lord will beat them[f]
will be accompanied by music from the[g] tambourine and harp,
and he will attack them with his weapons.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:30 tn Heb “the Lord will cause the splendor of his voice to be heard.”
  2. Isaiah 30:30 tn Heb “and reveal the lowering of his arm.”
  3. Isaiah 30:30 tn Heb “and a flame of consuming fire.”
  4. Isaiah 30:31 tn Heb “Indeed by the voice of the Lord Assyria will be shattered.”
  5. Isaiah 30:32 tc The Hebrew text has “every blow from a founded [i.e., “appointed”?] cudgel.” The translation above, with support from a few medieval Hebrew mss, assumes an emendation of מוּסָדָה (musadah, “founded”) to מוּסָרֹה (musaroh, “his discipline”).
  6. Isaiah 30:32 tn Heb “which the Lord lays on him.”
  7. Isaiah 30:32 tn Heb “will be with” (KJV similar).
  8. Isaiah 30:32 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and with battles of brandishing [weapons?] he will fight against him.” Some prefer to emend וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת (uvemilkhamot, “and with battles of”) to וּבִמְחֹלוֹת (uvimkholot, “and with dancing”). Note the immediately preceding references to musical instruments.

30 The Lord will cause people to hear his majestic voice(A)
    and will make them see his arm(B) coming down
with raging anger(C) and consuming fire,(D)
    with cloudburst, thunderstorm(E) and hail.(F)
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria;(G)
    with his rod he will strike(H) them down.
32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(I)
will be to the music of timbrels(J) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(K)

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