Isa 30:28 | JFB | STEP | 28. ( ). reach . . . neck —the most extreme danger; yet as the head, or capital of Judah, was to be spared ( ), so the head, or sovereign of Assyria, Sennacherib, should escape. sieve of vanity —Rather, "the winnowing fan of destruction" [LOWTH ] ( ). bridle in . . . jaws —as prisoners are represented in the Assyrian inscriptions ( ). causing . . . to err — ( ). "People," Hebrew, "peoples," namely, the various races composing the Assyrian armies ( ).

Isaiah 30:28

reach . . . neck—the most extreme danger; yet as the head, or capital of Judah, was to be spared (Isa 8:8), so the head, or sovereign of Assyria, Sennacherib, should escape.

sieve of vanity—Rather, "the winnowing fan of destruction" [LOWTH] (Isa 41:16).

bridle in . . . jaws—as prisoners are represented in the Assyrian inscriptions (Isa 37:29).

causing . . . to err— (Isa 63:17). "People," Hebrew, "peoples," namely, the various races composing the Assyrian armies (Isa 5:26).