But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel!
Isaiah 30:31 - Revised Standard Version The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he smites with his rod. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition At the voice of the Lord the Assyrians will be stricken with dismay and terror, when He smites them with His rod. American Standard Version (1901) For through the voice of Jehovah shall the Assyrian be dismayed; with his rod will he smite him. Common English Bible The LORD’s voice will terrify Assyria; with a rod he will smite it. Catholic Public Domain Version For at the voice of the Lord, Assur will dread being struck with the staff. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For at the voice of the Lord the Assyrian shall fear being struck with the rod. |
But those who turn aside upon their crooked ways the Lord will lead away with evildoers! Peace be in Israel!
When the Lord has finished all his work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem he will punish the arrogant boasting of the king of Assyria and his haughty pride.
Shall the axe vaunt itself over him who hews with it, or the saw magnify itself against him who wields it? As if a rod should wield him who lifts it, or as if a staff should lift him who is not wood!
Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts: “O my people, who dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrians when they smite with the rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.
And the Lord of hosts will wield against them a scourge, as when he smote Midian at the rock of Oreb; and his rod will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.
but with righteousness he shall judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.
that I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains trample him under foot; and his yoke shall depart from them, and his burden from their shoulder.”
Has he smitten them as he smote those who smote them? Or have they been slain as their slayers were slain?
And the Lord will cause his majestic voice to be heard and the descending blow of his arm to be seen, in furious anger and a flame of devouring fire, with a cloudburst and tempest and hailstones.
“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff for his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, thou hast broken as on the day of Midian.