Isaiah 30:27–33

Judgment on Assyria

²⁷See, the name of the Lord comes from far away,

his anger burning and his burden heavy;^a

his lips are full of indignation,

and his tongue is like a devouring fire;^*

²⁸his breath is like an overflowing stream

that reaches up to the neck—

to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction

and to place on the jaws of the peoples a bridle that leads them astray.^*

²⁹You shall have a song as in the night when a holy festival is kept and gladness of heart, as when one sets out to the sound of the flute to go to the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel.^{* 30}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.^{* 31}The Assyrian will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord when he strikes with his rod.^{* 32}And every stroke of the staff of punishment^b that the Lord lays upon him will be to the sound of timbrels and lyres with dancing;^c with brandished arm he will fight with him.^{* 33}For his burning place^d has long been prepared, also for the king;^e its pyre is made deep and wide, with fire and wood in abundance; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of sulfur, kindles it.^*