And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.
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Gill's Exposition
And his breath as an overflowing stream,.... Which comes with great swiftness and force, bearing all before it, breathing out nothing but the fire of divine wrath, before which there is no standing;…
Barnes' Notes
And his breath - The word רוח rûach properly means “wind,” air in motion; then a breathing, an exhalation, a breath; then the soul, spirit, etc. The idea here seems to be that of excited, and rapid,…
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…
Cambridge Bible
Render with R.V. and his breath is as an overflowing stream that reacheth (lit. "divideth") even unto the neck, &c. (cf. ch. Isa 8:8).
to sift(lit. "swing") [the nations with the sieve of vanity(or…
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