Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Tophet	תָּפְתֶּ֔ה ta.fe.Teh	H8613	Tophteh · noun, common both genders singular absolute
ordained	עָר֤וּךְ 'a.Rukh	H6186	to set in a row · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
old	מֵֽאֶתְמוּל֙ me.'et.Mul	H865	heretofore · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
king	לַמֶּ֥לֶךְ la.Me.lekh	H4428	a king · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
prepared	הוּכָ֖ן hu.Khan	H3559	properly · verb, hophal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
deep	הֶעְמִ֣יק he'.Mik	H6009	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
large	הִרְחִ֑ב hir.Chiv	H7337	to broaden (intransitive or transitive · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
pile	מְדֻרָתָ֗הּ me.du.ra.Tah	H4071	a pile of fuel · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
fire	אֵ֤שׁ 'esh	H784	fire (literally or figuratively) · noun, common both genders singular absolute
much	הַרְבֵּ֔ה har.Beh	H7235	to increase (in whatever respect) · verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
wood	וְעֵצִים֙ ve.'e.Tzim	H6086	a tree (from its firmness) · conjunction + noun, common masculine plural absolute
breath	נִשְׁמַ֤ת nish.Mat	H5397	a puff · noun, common feminine singular construct
LORD	יְהוָה֙ Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
stream	כְּנַ֣חַל ke.Na.chal	H5158	a stream · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
brimstone	גָּפְרִ֔ית ga.fe.Rit	H1614	properly · noun, common feminine singular absolute
kindle	בֹּעֲרָ֖ה bo.'a.Rah	H1197	to kindle · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

2 Kings 23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the…
Genesis 19:24 Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven;
Jeremiah 19:6 Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but T…
Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
1 Peter 1:8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Jeremiah 7:31-32 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fi…
Jeremiah 19:11-14 And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, th…
Matthew 4:22 And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:27–end

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 mischief they had done to the Israel of God, but would disable and deter them from doing the like again; and this prediction, which would now shortly be accomplished, would ratify and confirm the foregoing promises, which should be accomplished in the latter days. Here is, I. God Almighty angry, and coming forth in anger against the Assyrians. He is here introduced in all the power and all the terror of his wrath, Isa 30:27. The name of Jehovah, which the Assyrians disdain and set at a distance from th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:33

Tophet--literally, "A place of abomination"; the valley of the sons of Hinnom, southeast of Jerusalem, where Israel offered human sacrifices to Moloch by fire; hence a place of burning (Kg2 23:10; Jer 7:31). Latterly Gehinnom or Gehenna, that is, valley of Hinnom, was the receptacle of the refuse of the city, to consume which fires were constantly burning. Hence it came to express hell, the place of torment. In the former sense it was a fit place to symbolize the funeral pyre of the Assyrian army (not that it actually perished there); the Hebrews did not burn, but buried their dead, but the heathen Assyrians are to be burnt as a mark of ignominy. In the latter sense Tophet is the receptacle…

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John Gill on Isaiah 30:33

For Tophet is ordained of old,.... The place long ago appointed for the ruin of the Assyrian army, which pitched here: this was a valley near Jerusalem, the valley of the son of Hinnom; so called, from the drums and tabrets beat upon here, to prevent parents hearing the cries of their infants offered to Molech: into it was brought the filth and dung of the city; here malefactors were buried, it is said; and such as were condemned to burning were burned here; and such as had no burial were cast here; so that it was an image and picture of hell itself: and the word "Gehenna", used for hell, comes from "Gehinnom", or the valley of Hinnom, the name of this place; and some think that is here mean…

Dictionary and topics

Brimstone — An inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is…
Hezekiah — Whom Jehovah has strengthened. (1.) Son of Ahaz (2 Kings 18:1; 2 Chr. 29:1), whom he succeeded on the throne of the kingdom of Judah. He reigned twenty-nine years (B.C. 726-697). The history of this…
Tophet — =Topheth, from Heb. toph “a drum,” because the cries of children here sacrificed by the priests of Moloch were drowned by the noise of such an instrument; or from taph or toph, meaning “to burn,” and…
Topheth — and once To’phet (place of burning), was in the southeast extremity of the “valley of the son of Hinnom,” (Jeremiah 7:31) which is “by the entry of the east gate.” (Jeremiah 19:2) The locality of…
Assyria · Prophecies concerning — Prophecies concerning
Breath · Of God — Of God
Brimstone · FIGURATIVE — FIGURATIVE
Hell · Illustrated — Illustrated
Tophet · Horror of — Horror of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 30:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:33

John Gill on Isaiah 30:33

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 30:33

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:27–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 30:33

John Gill on Isaiah 30:33

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Isaiah 30:33–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 30:30–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 30:33

Rashi on Isaiah 30:33