Isaiah 30:28
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
שָׁוְא
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain)
עַל
is on
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עַל
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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עַם
peoples
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עַם
People, nation, folk. Am. You are My people and I am your God. This mutual belonging is the heart of the covenant.
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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תָּעָה
which leads astray
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תָּעָה
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
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שָׁטַף
overflowing
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שָׁטַף
to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer
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צַוָּאר
the neck
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צַוָּאר
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
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לְחִי
the jaws of
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לְחִי
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
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חָצָה
it reaches
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חָצָה
to cut or split in two; to halve
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