Shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. — Better, and He (Jehovah) shall smite with the rod. Asshur appears as the foremost and most dreaded enemy of Judah. The prediction points to the destruction of the armies of Sennacherib.
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Isaiah 30:31
31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.