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30:31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, [who] smote with a {c} rod.
(c) God's plague.
30:27-33 God curbs and restrains from doing mischief. With a word he guides his people into the right way, but with a bridle he turns his enemies upon their own ruin. Here, in threatening the ruin of Sennacherib's army, the prophet points at the final and everlasting destruction of all impenitent sinners. Tophet was a valley near Jerusalem, where fires were continually burning to destroy things that were hurtful and offensive, and there the idolatrous Jews caused their children to pass through the fire to Moloch. This denotes the certainty of the destruction, as an awful emblem of the place of torment in the other world. No oppressor shall escape the Divine wrath. Let sinners then flee to Christ, seeking to be reconciled to Him, that they may be safe and happy, when destruction from the Almighty shall sweep away all the workers of iniquity.
Asshur Assyria Assyrian Assyrians Beaten Broken Dismayed Lord's Rod Scepter Shatter Smite Smites Smiteth Smote Strike Strikes Terrified Voice
Asshur Assyria Assyrian Assyrians Beaten Broken Dismayed Lord's Rod Scepter Shatter Smite Smites Smiteth Smote Strike Strikes Terrified Voice
