Discovery BoxIsaiah 30:30-32 
Context30:30 The Lord will give a mighty shout 1
and intervene in power, 2
with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, 3
with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.
30:31 Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria; 4
he will beat them with a club.
30:32 Every blow from his punishing cudgel, 5
with which the Lord will beat them, 6
will be accompanied by music from the 7 tambourine and harp,
and he will attack them with his weapons. 8
1 tn Heb “the Lord will cause the splendor of his voice to be heard.”
2 tn Heb “and reveal the lowering of his arm.”
3 tn Heb “and a flame of consuming fire.”
4 tn Heb “Indeed by the voice of the Lord Assyria will be shattered.”
5 tc The Hebrew text has “every blow from a founded [i.e., “appointed”?] cudgel.” The translation above, with support from a few medieval Hebrew
6 tn Heb “which the Lord lays on him.”
7 tn Heb “will be with” (KJV similar).
8 tn The Hebrew text reads literally, “and with battles of brandishing [weapons?] he will fight against him.” Some prefer to emend וּבְמִלְחֲמוֹת (uvÿmilkhamot, “and with battles of”) to וּבִמְחֹלוֹת (uvimkholot, “and with dancing”). Note the immediately preceding references to musical instruments.
