Isaiah 30:28

His breath is like an overflowing torrent
that rises to the neck.
He comes to sift the nations in a sieve of destruction
and to put a bridle on the jaws of the peoples
to lead them astray.

Isaiah 8:8

It will pour into Judah,
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;
and its spreading streams
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!

Isaiah 11:4

but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.

Isaiah 37:29

Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.

2 Kings 19:28

Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.

Amos 9:9

for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.

2 Thessalonians 2:8

and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming.

2 Samuel 17:14

Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”

1 Kings 22:20-22

And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.

Job 39:17

For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.

Psalm 18:15

The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at Your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.

Psalm 32:9

Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.

Proverbs 26:3

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools.

Isaiah 19:3

Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.

Isaiah 19:12-14

Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

Isaiah 28:17-18

And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.

Isaiah 29:6

you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.

Isaiah 33:10-12

“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“Now I will lift Myself up.
Now I will be exalted.

Ezekiel 14:7-9

For when anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in Israel separates himself from Me, setting up idols in his heart and putting a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I, Yahweh, will answer him Myself.

Hosea 13:3

Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.

Habakkuk 3:12-15

You march across the earth with indignation;
You trample down the nations in wrath.

Matthew 3:12

His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”

Luke 22:31

“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.

2 Thessalonians 2:11

For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false,

Hebrews 4:12

For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.

Revelation 1:16

He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.

Revelation 2:16

Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

His breath

Isaiah 11:4
but He will judge the poor righteously
and execute justice for the oppressed of the land.
He will strike the land
with discipline from His mouth,
and He will kill the wicked
with a command from His lips.
Psalm 18:15
The depths of the sea became visible,
the foundations of the world were exposed,
at Your rebuke, Lord,
at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils.
Luke 22:31
“Simon, Simon, look out! Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.
2 Thessalonians 2:8
and then the lawless one will be revealed. The Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and will bring him to nothing with the brightness of His coming.
Hebrews 4:12
For the word of God is living and effective and sharper than any double-edged sword, penetrating as far as the separation of soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It is able to judge the ideas and thoughts of the heart.
Revelation 1:16
He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face was shining like the sun at midday.
Revelation 2:16
Therefore repent! Otherwise, I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth.

An overflowing

Isaiah 8:8
It will pour into Judah,
flood over it, and sweep through,
reaching up to the neck;
and its spreading streams
will fill your entire land, Immanuel!
Isaiah 28:17
And I will make justice the measuring line
and righteousness the mason’s level.”
Hail will sweep away the false refuge,
and water will flood your hiding place.
Isaiah 29:6
you will be visited by the Lord of Hosts
with thunder, earthquake, and loud noise,
storm, tempest, and a flame of consuming fire.
Habakkuk 3:12
You march across the earth with indignation;
You trample down the nations in wrath.

To sift

Isaiah 19:12
Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you and reveal
what the Lord of Hosts has planned against Egypt.
Isaiah 33:10
“Now I will rise up,” says the Lord.
“Now I will lift Myself up.
Now I will be exalted.
Hosea 13:3
Therefore, they will be like the morning mist,
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
or like smoke from a window.
Amos 9:9
for I am about to give the command,
and I will shake the house of Israel
among all the nations,
as one shakes a sieve,
but not a pebble will fall to the ground.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”

A bridle

Isaiah 37:29
Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.
2 Kings 19:28
Because your raging against Me
and your arrogance have reached My ears,
I will put My hook in your nose
and My bit in your mouth;
I will make you go back
the way you came.
Psalm 32:9
Do not be like a horse or mule,
without understanding,
that must be controlled with bit and bridle
or else it will not come near you.
Proverbs 26:3
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey,
and a rod for the backs of fools.

Causing

Isaiah 19:3
Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it,
and I will frustrate its plans.
Then they will seek idols, ghosts,
spirits of the dead, and spiritists.
2 Samuel 17:14
Since the Lord had decreed that Ahithophel’s good advice be undermined in order to bring about Absalom’s ruin, Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than Ahithophel’s advice.”
1 Kings 22:20
And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ So one was saying this and another was saying that.
Job 39:17
For God has deprived her of wisdom;
He has not endowed her with understanding.
Ezekiel 14:7
For when anyone from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in Israel separates himself from Me, setting up idols in his heart and putting a sinful stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I, Yahweh, will answer him Myself.
2 Thessalonians 2:11
For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe what is false,

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