For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
Parallel translations
- WEB For through Yahweh’s voice the Assyrian will be dismayed. He will strike him with his rod.
- KJV For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
- NKJV For through the voice of the Lord Assyria will be beaten down, As He strikes with the rod.
- NASB For at the voice of the Lord Assyria will be terrified, When He strikes with the rod.
- NLT At the Lord’s command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
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At the LORD's voice the Assyrian will be shattered, struck down by His rod. It matters because it promises the certain defeat of God's people's great oppressor.
Overview
God specifically names Assyria, the looming threat, as the one who will be broken by His voice and rod. The mighty empire is no match for the LORD. This historical deliverance—fulfilled when Assyria's army fell at Jerusalem—displays God's faithfulness to save His people from overwhelming foes.
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- Isa 11:4but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
- Isa 10:5Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath.
- Mic 5:5–6And He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land and tramples our citadels. We will raise against it seven shepherds, even eight leaders of men.
- Isa 9:4For as in the day of Midian You have shattered the yoke of their burden, the bar across their shoulders, and the rod of their oppressor.
- Ps 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Ps 17:13–14Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
- Isa 10:15Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood!
- Isa 37:32–38For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Isa 30:30And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
- Isa 10:24Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
- Isa 10:12So when the Lord has completed all His work against Mount Zion and Jerusalem, He will say, “I will punish the king of Assyria for the fruit of his arrogant heart and the proud look in his eyes.
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