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 (Is 8:8), so the head, or sovereign of Assyria, Sennacherib, should escape.

sieve of vanity--Rather, "the winnowing fan of destruction" [Lowth] (Is 41:16).

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

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