Isa 30:29, 32 | JFB | STEP | 29. the night . . . solemnity —As in the passover night ye celebrate your deliverance from Egypt, so shall ye celebrate your rescue from Assyrian bondage. Translate, " the solemnity" ( ). goeth with a pipe —or flute. They used to go up to Jerusalem ("the mountain of the Lord," Zion) at the three feasts with music and gladness ( ).

Isaiah 30:29

29. the night . . . solemnity—As in the passover night ye celebrate your deliverance from Egypt, so shall ye celebrate your rescue from Assyrian bondage. Translate, "the solemnity" (Ex 12:42).

goeth with a pipe—or flute. They used to go up to Jerusalem ("the mountain of the Lord," Zion) at the three feasts with music and gladness (De 16:16; Ezr 2:65; Ps 122:1-4).

Isaiah 30:32

32. grounded—rather, "decreed," "appointed" [MAURER].

staff—the avenging rod.

him—the Assyrian; type of all God's enemies in every age. Margin and MAURER construe, "Every passing through (infliction, Isa 28:15) of the appointed rod, which, &c., shall be with tabrets," that is, accompanied with joy on the part of the rescued peoples.

battles of shaking—that is, shock of battles (Isa 19:16; compare "sift . . . sieve," Isa 30:28).

with it—namely, Assyria.