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Isaiah 30:28 Cross-References

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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 on Isaiah 30:28

His breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck (וְרוּחוֹ כְּנַחַל שׁוֹטֵף עַד־צַוָּאר יֶחֱצֶה)—God's ruach (breath, spirit, wind) is like a nachal shotef (overflowing torrent) reaching ad-tsavvar (to the neck). The image: floodwaters rising to drowning level—just enough to kill. The verb yechetsah (divide, reach) suggests the waters 'cut through' or reach their target. To sift the nations with the sieve of vanity—The verb hanaphah (sift, winnow) with naphah shav (sieve of emptiness/vanity) describes judgment as winnowing process. Chaff (worthless nations) is separat...

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