John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 30:32
And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass ,.... The storm before mentioned, the wrath and righteous judgment of God, founded upon his unalterable purposes and decrees; and, wherever it came, would fall with great weight, sink deep, stick fast, and remain fixed and sure, like a rod or staff fastened in the earth: which the Lord shall lay upon him ; or, "cause to rest upon him" F15 יניח "requiescere faciet", Pagninus, Montanus; "quiescere faciet", Cocceius. ; the... read more
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