32 And in every place that the staff shall pass, it shall [a]cleave fast, which the Lord shall lay upon him with [b]tabrets and beards and with battles, and lifting up of hands shall he fight [c]against it.

33 For [d]Tophet is prepared of old; it is even prepared for the [e]King; he hath made it [f]deep and large: the burning thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a river of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:32 It shall destroy.
  2. Isaiah 30:32 With joy and assurance of the victory.
  3. Isaiah 30:32 Against Babel: meaning the Assyrians and Babylonians.
  4. Isaiah 30:33 Here it is taken for hell, where the wicked are tormented, read 2 Kings 23:10.
  5. Isaiah 30:33 So that their estate or degree cannot exempt the wicked.
  6. Isaiah 30:33 By these figurative speeches he declareth the condition of the wicked after this life.

32 Every stroke the Lord lays on them
    with his punishing club(A)
will be to the music of timbrels(B) and harps,
    as he fights them in battle with the blows of his arm.(C)
33 Topheth(D) has long been prepared;
    it has been made ready for the king.
Its fire pit has been made deep and wide,
    with an abundance of fire and wood;
the breath(E) of the Lord,
    like a stream of burning sulfur,(F)
    sets it ablaze.(G)

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