But those who turn aside to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon Israel!
Isaiah 30:31 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The Assyrian will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord when he strikes with his rod. More versionsKing 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 to their own crooked ways, the Lord will lead away with evildoers. Peace be upon 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 ax vaunt itself over the one who wields it or the saw magnify itself against the one who handles it? As if a rod should raise the one who lifts it up, or as if a staff should lift the one who is not wood!
Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: “O my people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrians when they beat you with a rod and lift up their staff against you as the Egyptians did.
The Lord of hosts will wield a whip against them, as when he struck Midian at the rock of Oreb; his staff will be over the sea, and he will lift it as he did in Egypt.
Woe to Assyria, the rod of my anger— the club in their hands is my fury!
but with righteousness he shall judge for the poor and decide with equity for the oppressed of the earth; he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall kill the wicked.
I will break the Assyrian in my land and on my mountains trample him under foot; his yoke shall be removed from them and his burden from their shoulders.
Has he struck them down as he struck down those who struck them? Or have they been killed as their killers were killed?
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.
“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals, and a sword not of humans shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
For the yoke of their burden and the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, you have broken as on the day of Midian.