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
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