Isaiah 30:33 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

This terrible prediction of the ruin of the Assyrian army, though it is a threatening to them, is part of the promise to the Israel of God, that God would not only punish the Assyrians for the mischief they had done to the Israel of God, but would disable and deter them from doing the like again; and this prediction, which would now shortly be accomplished, would ratify and confirm the foregoing promises, which should be accomplished in the latter days. Here is, I. God Almighty angry, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old ,.... The place long ago appointed for the ruin of the Assyrian army, which pitched here: this was a valley near Jerusalem, the valley of the son of Hinnom; so called, from the drums and tabrets beat upon here, to prevent parents hearing the cries of their infants offered to Molech: into it was brought the filth and dung of the city; here malefactors were buried, it is said; and such as were condemned to burning were burned here; and such as had no burial were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained - Tophet is a valley very near to Jerusalem, to the southeast, called also the valley of Hinnom or Gehenna; where the Canaanites, and afterwards the Israelites, sacrificed their children, by making them pass through the fire, that is, by burning them in the fire, to Molech, as some suppose. It is therefore used for a place of punishment by fire; and by our blessed Savior in the Gospel for hell-fire, as the Jews themselves had applied it. See Chald. on Isaiah 33:14 ,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

A PROPHECY OF ASSYRIA 'S DESTRUCTION . Mr. Chcyne regards this passage as "a symbolic description of the judgment introduced by a theophany." But is it not rather a poetical description of God's judgment on Assyria, which may be, probably is, a type of his final judgment upon an iniquitous world? The mention of Assyria in Isaiah 30:31 seems to be decisive in favor of the prophecy being (primarily) of special application to the circumstances of the time. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

Judgment and joy. This forcible, energetic language, in which darkest shadow and brightest sunshine very strikingly intermingle, may remind us— I. THAT GOD DOES COME IN TERRIBLE JUDGMENTS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEN . 1. Sometimes to men collectively—to societies, to cities, to nations. 2. At other times to individual men. In the special ordering or in the permission of his Divine providence he sends the overwhelming loss and consequently reduced or even... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old ; rather, for a Tophet has been long since prepared . A "Tophet" is a place of burning, probably derived from the Aryan root tap or taph , found in Greek τάφος τέφρα , Latin tepidus , Sanskrit tap , Persian taphtan . The name was specially attached to a particular spot in the Valley of Hinnom, where sacrifices were offered to Moloch ( 2 Kings 23:10 ; Jeremiah 7:31 ; Jeremiah 19:6 , Jeremiah 19:11 , etc.); but Isaiah seems to use it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:33

The mission of Tophet. "Fire, being the most destructive of all the elements, is chosen by the sacred writers to symbolize the agency by which God punishes or destroys the wicked. We are not to assume from prophetical figures that material fire is the precise agent to be used. It was not the agency employed in the destruction of Sennacherib, who is the king mentioned in the text. He was killed by his two sons, whilst worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god ( Isaiah 37:38 ). Tophet... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet - The same idea is conveyed in this verse as in the preceding, but under another form, and with a new illustration. The sense is, that the army of the Assyrians would be completely destroyed, as if it were a large pile of wood in the valley of Hinnom that should be fired by the breath of God. The word (תפתה tâpeteh) with the ה (h) paragogic), denotes properly what causes loathing or abhorrence; that which produces disgust and vomiting (from the Chaldee תיף tūph to spit out); Job... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:33

Isaiah 30:33. For Tophet is ordained of old “Tophet is a valley very near to Jerusalem, to the southeast, called also the valley of Hinnom, or Gehenna; where the Canaanites, and afterward the Israelites, sacrificed their children, by making them pass through the fire; that is, by burning them in the fire, to Moloch.” It is supposed to have been called Tophet, from the drums, timbrels, or tabrets, which sounded there, to drown the cries of the children thus inhumanly murdered: see... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-33

The folly of relying on Egypt (30:1-33)All Isaiah’s warnings against an alliance with Egypt are in vain. As he learns that a group of Judean representatives is on its way to Egypt, he points out again how disastrous this alliance will prove to be. Judah’s reliance on Egypt is against God’s will and in the end will bring only disgrace upon Judah (30:1-5).Isaiah pictures the dangerous journey, as a caravan of donkeys and camels carry Judah’s payment through the dry southern region of Judah... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:33

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 30:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:27-33

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:33

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 30:33

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 30:33

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 30:33

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:1-33

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