32. grounded--rather, "decreed," "appointed"
[MAURER].
staff--the avenging rod.
him--the Assyrian; type of all God's enemies in every age. Margin and
MAURER construe, "Every passing through (infliction,
Isa 28:15)
of the appointed rod, which, &c., shall be with tabrets," that is,
accompanied with joy on the part of the rescued peoples.
battles of shaking--that is, shock of battles
(Isa 19:16;
compare "sift . . . sieve,"
Isa 30:28).
with it--namely, Assyria.
JFB.
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