31 For through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.
31 The voice of the Lord will shatter Assyria; with his rod he will strike them down.
31 The Assyrians will be terror-stricken at the voice of the Lord, when he strikes with his rod.
31 Oh yes, at God's thunder Assyria will cower under the clubbing.
31 For through the voice of the Lord Assyria will be beaten down, As He strikes with the rod.
31 At the Lord 's command, the Assyrians will be shattered. He will strike them down with his royal scepter.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 30:31
Commentary on Isaiah 30:27-33
(Read Isaiah 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.