Isaiah 30:28 (KJV)

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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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his breath. Isa 11:4 Ps 18:15 Lu 22:31 2Th 2:8 Heb 4:12 Re 1:16 Re 2:16

an overflowing. Isa 8:8 Isa 28:17 Isa 28:18 Isa 29:6 Hab 3:12-15

to sift.Bp. Lowth renders, "to toss the nations with the van of perdition;" that is, says {Kimchi,} nothing useful shall remain behind, but all shall come to nothing and perish. The van of the ancients was a large instrument, somewhat like a shovel, with a long handle, with which they tossed the corn mixed with the chaff and chopped straw into the air, that the wind might separate them. Isa 19:12 Isa 19:14 Isa 33:10-12 Ho 13:3 Am 9:9 Mt 3:12

a bridle. Isa 37:29 2Ki 19:28 Ps 32:9 Pr 26:3

causing. Isa 19:3 Isa 19:13 Isa 19:14 2Sa 17:14 1Ki 22:20-22 Job 39:17 Eze 14:7-9 2Th 2:11

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