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Isaiah 30:30
And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet addresses Judah in the wake of a promise regarding their joyful pilgrimage to Zion, framing the moment just before the announced defeat of Assyria.
The words — וְהִשְׁמִיעַ (ve-hishmi'a, "he will cause to hear") and נַחַת זְרוֹעוֹ (nachat zro'o, "the lowering of his arm") anchor the declaration of Yahweh's audible presence and visible military action.
The thread — The imagery of divine voice, fire, and hail recurs in Psalms 18:13, Isaiah 29:6, and Joshua 10:11 as a consistent pattern of theophanic judgment.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that Yahweh's deliverance operates through overwhelming power, requiring the reader to cease relying on human alliances and submit to divine intervention.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the Lord shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.
Cross-references
- Psalms 18:13 The LORD thundered from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded—hailstones and coals of fire.
- Isaiah 29:6 you will be visited by the LORD of Hosts with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, with windstorm and tempest and consuming flame of fire.
- Joshua 10:11 As they fled before Israel along the descent from Beth-horon to Azekah, the LORD cast down on them large hailstones from the sky, and more of them were killed by the hailstones than by the swords of the Israelites.
- Isaiah 28:2 Behold, the Lord has one who is strong and mighty. Like a hailstorm or destructive tempest, like a driving rain or flooding downpour, he will smash that crown to the ground.
- Ezekiel 38:19 In My zeal and fiery rage I proclaim that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel.
- Nahum 1:2 The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
- Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
- Revelation 16:18 And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
- Isaiah 32:19 But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
- Micah 1:4 The mountains will melt beneath Him, and the valleys will split apart, like wax before the fire, like water rushing down a slope.