Yesaya 28:2

Konteks

28:2 Look, the sovereign master¹ sends a strong, powerful one.²

With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm,³

with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm,⁴

he will knock that crown⁵ to the ground with his hand.⁶

Yesaya 28:17

Konteks

28:17 I will make justice the measuring line,

fairness the plumb line;

hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge,⁷

the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

Konteks

30:30 The Lord will give a mighty shout⁸

and intervene in power,⁹

with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire,¹⁰

with a driving rainstorm and hailstones.

30:31 Indeed, the Lord’s shout will shatter Assyria;¹¹

he will beat them with a club.

[28:2] ¹tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in vv. 16, 22 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[28:2] ²tn Heb “Look, a strong and powerful [one] belongs to the Lord.”

[28:2] ³tn Heb “like a rainstorm of hail, a wind of destruction.”

[28:2] ⁴tn Heb “like a rainstorm of mighty, overflowing waters.”

[28:2] ⁵tn The words “that crown” are supplied in the translation for clarification. The object of the verb is unexpressed in the Hebrew text.

[28:2] ⁶tn Or “by [his] power.”

[28:17] ⁷tn Heb “[the] refuge, [the] lie.” See v. 15.

[30:30] ⁸tn Heb “the Lord will cause the splendor of his voice to be heard.”

[30:30] ⁹tn Heb “and reveal the lowering of his arm.”

[30:30] ¹⁰tn Heb “and a flame of consuming fire.”

[30:31] ¹¹tn Heb “Indeed by the voice of the Lord Assyria will be shattered.”