For at the voice of the Lord Assyria will be terrified, When He strikes with the rod.
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.
- BSB For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter.
- NKJV For through the voice of the Lord Assyria will be beaten down, As 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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Quick answer
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.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Isa 11:4but with righteousness he will judge the poor, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
- Isa 10:5Alas Assyrian, the rod of my anger, the staff in whose hand is my indignation!
- Mic 5:5–6He will be our peace when Assyria invades our land, and when he marches through our fortresses, then we will raise against him seven shepherds, and eight leaders of men.
- Isa 9:4For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, you have broken as in the day of Midian.
- Ps 125:5But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
- Ps 17:13–14Arise, Yahweh, confront him. Cast him down. Deliver my soul from the wicked by your sword;
- Isa 10:15Should an ax brag against him who chops with it? Should a saw exalt itself above him who saws with it? As if a rod should lift those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift up someone who is not wood.
- Isa 37:32–38For out of Jerusalem a remnant will go out, and survivors will escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.’
- Isa 30:30Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the descent of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, storm, and hailstones.
- Isa 10:24Therefore the Lord, Yahweh of Armies, says “My people who dwell in Zion, don’t be afraid of the Assyrian, though he strike you with the rod, and lift up his staff against you, as Egypt did.
- Isa 10:12Therefore it will happen that, when the Lord has performed his whole work on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the willful proud heart of the king of Assyria, and the insolence of his haughty looks.
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