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Isaiah 30:28

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 30:28

Verse 28 of 33

Scripture focus

And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and [there shall be] a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing [them] to err.

Isaiah 30:28 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 30:28

Theological / Devotional

An overflowing stream. Christ’s wrath is pictured as sweeping on with the force of a stream, carrying everything before it (see ch. 8:8).

To sift the nations. The wheat is to be separated from the worthless chaff (see on Matt. 3:12; 13:38-40). The chaff, being burned, is reduced to vanity, or nothingness (see on Eccl. 1:2), and the instrument employed in the process of separation is, therefore, termed a “sieve of vanity.”

A bridle. Again the figure changes, and the nations are pictured as under the control of a power that impels them on to destruction against their will.

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