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Isaiah 30:33 KJV
Isaiah · chapter 30 · verse 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.Isaiah 30:33 · King James Version
Isaiah 30:33 in context
31For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
32And 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.
33For 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ordainedʻârakto set in a rowH6186 →
- preparedkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- TophetTophtehTophteh, a place of cremationH8613 →
- largerâchabto broadenH7337 →
- kingmeleka kingH4428 →
- deepʻâmaqto be deepH6009 →
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This terrible prediction of the ruin of the Assyrian army, though it is a threatening to them, is part of the promise to the Israel of God, that God would not only punish the Assyrians for the mischief they had done to the Israel of God, but would disable and deter them from doing the like again;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-33