Ésaïe 30:31

31 A la voix de l'Eternel, l'Assyrien tremblera; L'Eternel le frappera de sa verge.

Ésaïe 30:31 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:31

For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be
beaten down
As anything is by a storm of thunder, lightning, hail, and rain: or "fear", or be "affrighted", as the Vulgate Latin and Arabic versions render it; Sennacherib, the Assyrian monarch, and that part of his army which escaped, though not destroyed by it, were put into the utmost consternation: this shows that the prophecy in the context refers to the overthrow of the Assyrian army by the angel, when besieging Jerusalem in Hezekiah's time; though the Assyrian is sometimes used for any enemy of God's people at other times, particularly antichrist, and especially the eastern antichrist, the Turk:

[which] smote with a rod;
other nations, particularly the Jews, whom the Assyrian is expressly said to smite with a rod; and because he was an instrument in God's hand for the chastising of that people, he is called the rod of his anger, ( Isaiah 10:5 Isaiah 10:24 ) but now he that smote shall be smitten himself; him whom God used as a rod to correct others, he will smite with his rod, for his own correction: for this may be understood of God, and be rendered thus, "with a rod, he", that is, God, "shall smite" the Assyrian, as before; so Aben Ezra and Kimchi. The Targum interprets the "rod" of dominion.

Ésaïe 30:31 In-Context

29 Vous chanterez comme la nuit où l'on célèbre la fête, Vous aurez le coeur joyeux comme celui qui marche au son de la flûte, Pour aller à la montagne de l'Eternel, vers le rocher d'Israël.

30 Et l'Eternel fera retentir sa voix majestueuse, Il montrera son bras prêt à frapper, Dans l'ardeur de sa colère, Au milieu de la flamme d'un feu dévorant, De l'inondation, de la tempête et des pierres de grêle.

31 A la voix de l'Eternel, l'Assyrien tremblera; L'Eternel le frappera de sa verge.

32 A chaque coup de la verge qui lui est destinée, Et que l'Eternel fera tomber sur lui, On entendra les tambourins et les harpes; L'Eternel combattra contre lui à main levée.

33 Depuis longtemps un bûcher est préparé, Il est préparé pour le roi, Il est profond, il est vaste; Son bûcher, c'est du feu et du bois en abondance; Le souffle de l'Eternel l'enflamme, comme un torrent de soufre.