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32 Every stroke that the Lord inflicts upon Assyria
    with his punishing rod
will be accompanied by the sound
    of timbrels and lyres
as he engages in battle
    with his uplifted hand.
33 The pyre has been ready for a long time,
    prepared for the king.
His pyre is deep and broad,
    with fire and wood in abundance.
And the breath of the Lord, like a steam of sulfur,
    will set it ablaze.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:33 A place for human sacrifices to the god Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom, outside Jerusalem.

32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(A)
will be to the music of timbrels(B) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(C)
33 Topheth(D) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(E) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,(F)
    sets it ablaze.(G)

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