Tophet — This was a place near Jerusalem, in which the idolatrous Israelites used to offer up their children to Moloch. It may be put, for any place of torment; and particularly it is put for hell. For the king — For the king of Assyria. Fire — He alludes to the ancient custom, of burning sacrifices, and particularly of burning children to Moloch. The breath — The immediate hand of God, or his word of anger. Brimstone — He seems to allude to that shower of fire and brimstone, Genesis 19:24.
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Isaiah 30:33
33 For Tophet is ordained of old;i yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.