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, etc., 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).