Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(Isaiah 11:4; II Thessalonians 2:8).
reach . . . neck—the most extreme danger; yet as the head, or capital of Judah, was to be spared (Isaiah 8:8), so the head, or sovereign of Assyria, Sennacherib, should escape.
sieve of vanity—Rather, "the winnowing fan of destruction" [LOWTH] (Isaiah 41:16).
bridle in . . . jaws—as prisoners are represented in the Assyrian inscriptions (Isaiah 37:29).
causing . . . to err— (Isaiah 63:17). "People," Hebrew, "peoples," namely, the various races composing the Assyrian armies (Isaiah 5:26).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 30:28:
Isaiah 8:8
Isaiah 10:22
Isaiah 11:4
Isaiah 30:32
Isaiah 33:11
Habakkuk 3:13
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