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<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/30-28.htm" target="_top"><b>28</b></a></span>His breath is like an overflowing torrent,<br>         Which reaches to the neck,<br>         To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve,<br>         And to <i>put</i> in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/30-29.htm" target="_top"><b>29</b></a></span>You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival,<br>         And gladness of heart as when one marches to <i>the sound of</i> the flute,<br>         To go to the mountain of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, to the Rock of Israel. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm" target="_top"><b>30</b></a></span>And the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will cause His voice of authority to be heard,<br>         And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger,<br>         And <i>in</i> the flame of a consuming fire<br>         In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/30-31.htm" target="_top"><b>31</b></a></span>For at the voice of the L<font size="1">ORD</font> Assyria will be terrified,<br>         <i>When</i> He strikes with the rod. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/30-32.htm" target="_top"><b>32</b></a></span>And every blow of the rod of punishment,<br>         Which the L<font size="1">ORD</font> will lay on him,<br>         Will be with <i>the music of</i> tambourines and lyres;<br>         And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm" target="_top"><b>33</b></a></span>For Topheth has long been ready,<br>         Indeed, it has been prepared for the king.<br>         He has made it deep and large,<br>         A pyre of fire with plenty of wood;<br>         The breath of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire. <p><br /><br /><a href="//www.lockman.org" target="_top">NASB ©1995</a><div class="vheading2">Parallel Verses</div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/30.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold the name of the Lord cometh from afar, his wrath burneth, and is heavy to bear: his lips are filled with indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/dbt/isaiah/30.htm">Darby Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the name of Jehovah cometh from far, burning with his anger a grievous conflagration; his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a consuming fire;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/30.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden of it is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/30.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far away, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, the name of Jehovah is coming from far, Burning is His anger, and great the flame, His lips have been full of indignation, And His tongue is as a devouring fire.<div class="vheading2">Library</div><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/quietness_and_confidence.htm"> 'Quietness and Confidence'</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.'--ISAIAH xxx. 15. ISRAEL always felt the difficulty of sustaining itself on the height of dependence on the unseen, spiritual power of God, and was ever oscillating between alliances with the Northern and Southern powers, linking itself with Assyria against Egypt, or with Egypt against Assyria. The effect was that whichever was victorious it suffered; it was the battleground for both, it was the prize of <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/quietness_and_confidence.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/gods_waiting_and_mans.htm">God's Waiting and Man's</a><br></span><span class="snippet">'And therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are they that wait for Him.'--ISAIAH xxx. 18. God's waiting and man's--bold and beautiful, that He and we should be represented as sharing the same attitude. I. God's waiting, 1. The first thought is--why should He wait--why does He not act at once? Because something in us hinders. We cannot enter into spiritual blessings <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maclaren/expositions_of_holy_scripture_h/gods_waiting_and_mans.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Alexander Maclaren—</span><span class="citation2">Expositions of Holy Scripture</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_28_1882/the_voice_behind_thee.htm">The Voice Behind Thee</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The word behind us which is spoken of in the text is mentioned as one among other covenant blessings. No "if" or "but" is joined to it. It is one of those gracious, unconditional promises upon which the salvation of the guilty depends. There are many comforts of the new life which depend upon our own action and behaviour, and these come to us with "ifs"; but those which are vital and essential are secured to the chosen of God without "but" or "peradventure." It shall be so: God declares it shall, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/spurgeon/spurgeons_sermons_volume_28_1882/the_voice_behind_thee.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Charles Haddon Spurgeon—</span><span class="citation2">Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 28: 1882</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_ministry_of_intercession/chapter_xii_my_god_will.htm">My God Will Hear Me</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you. Blessed are all they that wait for Him. He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee."--ISA. xxx. 18, 19. "The Lord will hear when I call upon Him."--PS. iv. 3. "I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt hear me, O God!"--PS. xvii. 6. "I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me."--MIC. vii. 7. The power of prayer rests in the faith <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/murray/the_ministry_of_intercession/chapter_xii_my_god_will.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Andrew Murray—</span><span class="citation2">The Ministry of Intercession</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/waring/hymns_and_meditations/with_a_heart_full_of.htm">With a Heart Full of Anxious Request,</a><br></span><span class="snippet">"In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength." -- Isaiah 30:15. With a heart full of anxious request, Which my Father in heaven bestowed, I wandered alone, and distressed, In search of a quiet abode. Astray and distracted I cried, -- Lord, where would'st Thou have me to be? And the voice of the Lamb that had died Said, Come, my beloved, to ME. I went -- for He mightily wins Weary souls to His peaceful retreat -- And He gave me forgiveness of sins, <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/waring/hymns_and_meditations/with_a_heart_full_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Miss A. L. Waring—</span><span class="citation2">Hymns and Meditations</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_40_gods_people_delivered.htm">God's People Delivered</a><br></span><span class="snippet">When the protection of human laws shall be withdrawn from those who honor the law of God, there will be, in different lands, a simultaneous movement for their destruction. As the time appointed in the decree draws near, the people will conspire to root out the hated sect. It will be determined to strike in one night a decisive blow, which shall utterly silence the voice of dissent and reproof. The people of God--some in prison cells, some hidden in solitary retreats in the forests and the mountains--still <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_great_controversy/chapter_40_gods_people_delivered.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Great Controversy</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/of_prayer--a_perpetual_exercise_of_faith/chapter_28_but_though_prayer.htm">But Though Prayer is Properly Confined to Vows and Supplications...</a><br></span><span class="snippet">But though prayer is properly confined to vows and supplications, yet so strong is the affinity between petition and thanksgiving, that both may be conveniently comprehended under one name. For the forms which Paul enumerates (1 Tim. 2:1) fall under the first member of this division. By prayer and supplication we pour out our desires before God, asking as well those things which tend to promote his glory and display his name, as the benefits which contribute to our advantage. By thanksgiving we duly <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/calvin/of_prayer--a_perpetual_exercise_of_faith/chapter_28_but_though_prayer.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Calvin—</span><span class="citation2">Of Prayer--A Perpetual Exercise of Faith</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_vii_take_my_yoke.htm">"Take My Yoke Upon You, and Learn of Me," &C. </a><br></span><span class="snippet">Matt. xi. 20.--"Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me," &c. Self love is generally esteemed infamous and contemptible among men. It is of a bad report every where, and indeed as it is taken commonly, there is good reason for it, that it should be hissed out of all societies, if reproaching and speaking evil of it would do it. But to speak the truth, the name is not so fit to express the thing, for that which men call self love, may rather be called self hatred. Nothing is more pernicious to a man's <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/binning/the_works_of_the_rev_hugh_binning/sermon_vii_take_my_yoke.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Hugh Binning—</span><span class="citation2">The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_60_visions_of_future.htm">Visions of Future Glory</a><br></span><span class="snippet">In the darkest days of her long conflict with evil, the church of God has been given revelations of the eternal purpose of Jehovah. His people have been permitted to look beyond the trials of the present to the triumphs of the future, when, the warfare having been accomplished, the redeemed will enter into possession of the promised land. These visions of future glory, scenes pictured by the hand of God, should be dear to His church today, when the controversy of the ages is rapidly closing and the <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/white/the_story_of_prophets_and_kings/chapter_60_visions_of_future.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">Ellen Gould White—</span><span class="citation2">The Story of Prophets and Kings</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_26_the_girdle_of.htm">The Girdle of the City. Nehemiah 3</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The beginning of the circumference was from 'the sheep-gate.' That, we suppose, was seated on the south part, yet but little removed from that corner, which looks south-east. Within was the pool of Bethesda, famous for healings. Going forward, on the south part, was the tower Meah: and beyond that, "the tower of Hananeel": in the Chaldee paraphrast it is, 'The tower Piccus,' Zechariah 14:10; Piccus, Jeremiah 31:38.--I should suspect that to be, the Hippic tower, were not that placed on the north <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/lightfoot/from_the_talmud_and_hebraica/chapter_26_the_girdle_of.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">John Lightfoot—</span><span class="citation2">From the Talmud and Hebraica</span><p><span class="headingtext"><a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_8/chapter_isennacherib_705-681_b_c.htm">Sennacherib (705-681 B. C. )</a><br></span><span class="snippet">The struggle of Sennacherib with Judaea and Egypt--Destruction of Babylon. Sennacherib either failed to inherit his father's good fortune, or lacked his ability.* He was not deficient in military genius, nor in the energy necessary to withstand the various enemies who rose against him at widely removed points of his frontier, but he had neither the adaptability of character nor the delicate tact required to manage successfully the heterogeneous elements combined under his sway. * The two principal <a href="//christianbookshelf.org/maspero/history_of_egypt_chaldaea_syria_babylonia_and_assyria_v_8/chapter_isennacherib_705-681_b_c.htm" title="continued">…</a><br></span><span class="citation">G. 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