Isaiah 30 · Verse 32

Isaiah 30:32

And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.
Isaiah 30:32, King James Version

Isaiah 30:32 in other translations

BSBAnd with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.
WEBEvery stroke of the rod of punishment, which the LORD will lay on him, will be with the sound of tambourines and harps. He will fight with them in battles, brandishing weapons.
ASVAnd every stroke of the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, shall be with the sound of tabrets and harps; and in battles with the brandishing of his arm will he fight with them.
YLTAnd every passage of the settled staff, That Jehovah causeth to rest on him, Hath been with tabrets, and with harps, And in battles of shaking he hath fought with it.
DARBYAnd wherever shall pass the appointed staff, which Jehovah shall lay upon him, it shall be with tambours and harps; and with tumultuous battles will he fight with it.
BBEAnd every blow of the rod of his punishment, which the Lord will send on him, will be with the sound of music: and with the waving of his sword the Lord will make war against him.
WebsterAnd in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

What does Isaiah 30:32 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
32. grounded--rather, "decreed," "appointed" [Maurer]. staff--the avenging rod. him--the Assyrian; type of all God's enemies in every age. Margin and Maurer construe, "Every passing through (infliction, Is 28:15) of the appointed rod, which, &c., shall be with tabrets," that is, accompanied with joy on the part of the rescued peoples. battles of shaking--that is, shock of battles (Is 19:16; compare "sift ... sieve," Is 30:28). with it--namely, Assyria.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 32 The grounded staff "The rod of his correction" - For מוסדה musadah, the grounded staff, of which no one yet has been able to make any tolerable sense, Le Clerc conjectured מוסרה musarah, of correction; (see Pro 22:15); and so it is in two MSS., (one of them ancient), and seems to be so in the Bodleian MS. The Syriac has דשוע בדה deshuebedah, Virgo domans, vet subjectionis, "the taming rod, or rod of subjection." With tabrets and harps - With every demonstration of joy and thanksgiving for the destruction of the enemy in so wonderful a manner: with hymns of praise, accompanied with musical instruments. See Isa 30:29. With it "Against them" - For בה bah. against her, fifty-two MSS. and five editions read בם bam, against them.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:27-33

God curbs and restrains from doing mischief. With a word he guides his people into the right way, but with a bridle he turns his enemies upon their own ruin. Here, in threatening the ruin of Sennacherib's army, the prophet points at the final and everlasting destruction of all impenitent sinners. Tophet was a valley near Jerusalem, where fires were continually burning to destroy things that were hurtful and…

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Isaiah 30:32 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָיָ֗הve.ha.Yahand it will beH1961
כֹּ֤לkoleveryH3605
מַֽעֲבַר֙ma.'a.Varblow ofH4569
מַטֵּ֣הma.Teh[the] staff ofH4294
מֽוּסָדָ֔הmu.sa.DahappointmentH4145
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
יָנִ֤יחַya.Ni.achhe will placeH5117
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
עָלָ֔יו'a.Lavon itH5921
בְּתֻפִּ֖יםbe.tu.Pim[will be] with tambourinesH8596
וּבְכִנֹּר֑וֹתu.ve.khi.no.Rotand with harpsH3658
וּבְמִלְחֲמ֥וֹתu.ve.mil.cha.Motand with battles ofH4421
תְּנוּפָ֖הte.nu.FahbrandishingH8573
נִלְחַם\־nil.cham-he will fightH3898
בָּֽם\׃bamagainst them

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Cross references for Isaiah 30:32

  • Isaiah 11:15

    And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

  • Psalms 81:1-2

    To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

  • Isaiah 2:19

    And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth.

  • Ezekiel 32:10

    Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

  • Isaiah 19:16

    In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

  • Isaiah 30:29

    Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.

  • Job 16:12

    I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.

  • Hebrews 12:26

    Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.

  • Job 21:11-12

    They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

  • Genesis 31:27

    Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

  • Isaiah 24:8

    The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.

  • 1 Samuel 10:5

    After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
every place, etc. Heb. every passing of the rod founded.lay. Heb. cause to rest. it shall be.
29; 24:8; Ge 31:27; 1Sa 10:5; Job 21:11,12; Ps 81:1,2
shaking.
2:19; 11:15; 19:16; Job 16:12; Heb 12:26
with it. or, against them.

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:31

    For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

  • Isaiah 30:32

    And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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Isaiah 30:32 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y en todo paso habrá madero fundado, que Jehová hará hincar sobre él con tamboriles y vihuelas, cuando con batallas de altura peleará contra ellos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et partout où passera le bâton ordonné que l’ Éternel appesantira sur lui, ce sera avec des tambourins et des harpes; et par des batailles tumultueuses il lui fera la guerre.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und es wird geschehen, jeder Streich der verhängten Rute, die Jehova auf ihn herabfahren läßt, ergeht unter Tamburin- und Lautenspiel; und mit geschwungenem Arme wird er gegen ihn kämpfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et erit transitus virgæ fundatus, quam requiescere faciet Dominus super eum in tympanis et citharis; et in bellis præcipuis expugnabit eos.