Isaiah 30:30-32

30:30 The Lord will give a mighty shout ¹ 

and intervene in power, ² 

with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, ³ 

with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

30:31 Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria; ⁴ 

he will beat them with a club.

30:32 Every blow from his punishing cudgel, ⁵ 

with which the Lord will beat them, ⁶ 

will be accompanied by music from the ⁷  tambourine and harp,

and he will attack them with his weapons. ⁸ 

[30:30]  ¹ tn Heb “the Lord will cause the splendor of his voice to be heard.”

[30:30]  ² tn Heb “and reveal the lowering of his arm.”

[30:30]  ³ tn Heb “and a flame of consuming fire.”

[30:31]  ⁴ tn Heb “Indeed by the voice of the Lord Assyria will be shattered.”

[30:32]  ⁷ tc The Hebrew text has “every blow from a founded [i.e., “appointed”?] cudgel.” The translation above, with support from a few medieval Hebrew mss, assumes an emendation of מוּסָדָה (musadah, “founded”) to מוּסָרֹה (musaroh, “his discipline”).

[30:32]  ⁸ tn Heb “which the Lord lays on him.”

[30:32]  ⁹ tn Heb “will be with” (KJV similar).

[30:32]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and with battles of brandishing [weapons?] he will fight against him.” Some prefer to emend וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת (uvÿmilkhamot, “and with battles of”) to וּבִמְחֹלוֹת (uvimkholot, “and with dancing”). Note the immediately preceding references to musical instruments.