His breath — God's anger. A stream — Coming from him as vehemently, as a mighty torrent of waters. To sift — To shake and scatter, as it were with a sieve. The nations — The Assyrian army, which was made up of several nations. With — Not with an ordinary sieve, which casteth away the chaff only, but with a sieve, which should shake them so long and so vehemently, as to cast away altogether. A bridle — God will over — rule them by his powerful providence. To err — Whereas other bridles guide into the right way, this shall turn them out of the way, by giving them up to their own foolish counsels, which shall bring them to certain ruin.
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Isaiah 30:28
28 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.