Isaiah 30:27–33

Annihilation of the Assyrians

²⁷Look, Yahweh ^jcomes from far away,

His anger burning and heavy with smoke. ^k

His lips are full of fury,

and His tongue is like a consuming fire.

²⁸His breath is like an overflowing torrent ^l

that rises to the neck. ^m

He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction

and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples

to lead them astray. ⁿ

²⁹Your singing will be like that

on the night of a holy festival,

and your heart will rejoice

like one who walks to the music of a flute,

going up to the mountain of the Lord,

to the Rock of Israel. ^o

³⁰And the Lord will make the splendor of His voice heard

and reveal His arm ^pstriking in angry wrath

and a flame of consuming fire,

in driving rain, a torrent, and hailstones.

³¹Assyria will be shattered by the voice of the Lord.

He will strike with a rod.

³²And every stroke of the appointed ^qstaff

that the Lord brings down on him

will be to the sound of tambourines and lyres;

He will fight against him with brandished weapons.

³³Indeed! Topheth has been ready ^r

for the king for a long time now.

Its funeral pyre is deep and wide,

with plenty of fire and wood.

The breath of the Lord, ^slike a torrent of brimstone,

kindles it.