Isaiah 30:28

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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.His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

In other translations

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.His breath is like a rushing torrent that rises to the neck. He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction; He bridles the jaws of the peoples to lead them astray.

Hebrew words

וְרוּחוֹveruchoand breath hisH7307כְּנַחַלkenachal[is] like a torrentH5158שׁוֹטֵףshotefoverflowingH7857עַד־'ad-toH5704צַוָּארtzavar[the] neckH6677יֶחֱצֶהyechetzehit reachesH2673לַהֲנָפָהlahanafahfor shakingH5130גוֹיִםgoyimnationsH1471בְּנָפַתbenafatin a sieve ofH5299שָׁוְאshav'worthlessnessH7723וְרֶסֶןveresenand a halterH7448מַתְעֶהmat'eh[which] leads astrayH8582עַל'al[is] onH5921לְחָיֵיlechayei[the] jaws ofH3895עַמִּים׃'amimpeoplesH5971

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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