You're not going to have to fight the battle. And ye shall defile the overlaying of thy graven images of silver, and the plating of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as an unclean thing; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.". 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 21 And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. That this is a rebellious people, they are lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Don't prophesy to us right things, but speak smooth things, prophesy deceitfully ( Isaiah 30:9-10 ): Only tell me good things about me. Trusting Gods promise means rest. The Hebrew word for hell (gehenna) comes from the word for the Valley of Hinnom. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. When one trouble is over we know not how soon another may succeed; and we may have an interest in the favour of God, and such consolations as are sufficient to prohibit weeping, and yet may have bread of adversity given us to eat and water of affliction to drink. And His tongue like a devouring fire. But it speaks about "the name of the Lord comes from far, burning in his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation. And when the people are brought to praise God then shall the earth yield her increase, and with it God, even our own God, shall bless us,Psalms 67:5; Psalms 67:6. Isaiah 7. And as a banner on a hill. So there shall not be found among its fragments To cease from before us.. What a contrast! b. Turn aside from the path, Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. You can also change some of your preferences. Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, Whose glorious beauty is a fading flower Which is at the head of the verdant valleys, To those who are overcome with wine! As in the night when a holy festival is kept, Gehenna, Tophet, this is the second death. Isaiah starts with the real day of the Lord. In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength: God offered to Judah the promise of protection from Assyria. The Assyrians would then come against the southern kingdom of Judah, and because of this threat the leaders of Judah looked to Egypt for protection against the Assyrian invasion. The rich clothes wherewith their images were dressed up they cast away as a filthy cloth which rendered those that touched it unclean until the evening,Leviticus 15:23. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Tools Isa 30:19 But a shame and also a reproach. To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, Who take counsel, but not of Me, and who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation, They were all ashamed of a people who could not benefit them, The burden against the beasts of the South, The Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose, Now go, write it before them on a tabletthat it may be for a time to come, forever and ever, That this is a rebellious people, lying childrenwho say to the seers, Do not see, Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us, Because you despise this wordTherefore this iniquity shall be to you like a breach ready to fall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant, In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength, But you would not, and you said, No, for we will flee on horses Therefore you shall flee, One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you, And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you, Certain of Gods people are in trouble and distress, and they are eager for immediate rescue. That this prophecy reaches far beyond the destruction of Sennacherib's army is seen in the total rejection of idol worship which occurred at the end of the exile. WebIsaiah 30:18. However, the Assyrian here could also be a type of the antichrist who will be destroyed by the sword that goes forth out of the mouth of Christ when He returns. Hes gathering strength to show mercy to you. Trusting Gods promise means quietness. The mistakes occasioned by the similitude of the letters daleth and resh are very frequent, as the reader may have already observed. If we find favour with God, and he have mercy upon us, we shall have comfort according to the time that we have been afflicted. Woe unto those that take counsel but not from God. The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. Now go, write it before them on a tabletthat it may be for a time to come, forever and ever: God told Judah this before it happened, and wanted it documented. Sanhedrin, fol. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. When He hears it, He will answer you. Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, Interestingly, the King James Version and the New International Version both translate these words as menstrual cloth, but the New King James Version uses the euphemistic unclean thing. In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people and heals the stroke of their wound: Better than the material blessing of the LORD is His loving care. 24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. It seems that their teachers had been removed into corners (probably being forced to shift for their safety in the reign of Ahaz), but it shall be so no more. I have no intention of being there. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh shall be your shame, and trust in the shadow of Egypt shall be your humiliation: From the perspective of heaven, the strength of Pharaoh was nothing. And to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things; His lips are full of indignation, For Tophet [interesting scripture, Tophet] is ordained of old ( Isaiah 30:32-33 ); Tophet is hell. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Who walk to go down to Egypt. (r) judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. No wonder Isaiah felt sorry for the donkeys that would carry the treasure of Judah down to Egypt. His breath is like an overflowing stream, Gods waiting and mans-bold and beautiful, that He and we should be represented as sharing the same attitude. Copyright StatementThese files are public domain and are a derivative of an electronic edition that is available on the Christian Classics Ethereal Library Website. And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, and the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, the tempest, and hailstones. As He strikes with the rod. In the fourth vial He gives power unto the sun to scorch men who dwell upon the earth. To cure this vice, he enjoins them to wait, that is, to hope. In one sense, it was wise and good for Judah to understand that they needed help and were willing to look outside of themselves for help. David said, "Where can I flee from Thy presence? 2 Kings 19:36-37 describes how when the king of the Assyrians returned home after attacking Judah, his own sons murdered him as he worshipped in the temple of Nisroch his god. And the astronomers have watched these stars in supernovas. They are many of them going to ungodly psychiatrists who are filled with humanism and Freudism. And it does sound like the sun will go into a supernova state. Since He promised to bless His people, He will also, after punishing them for their lack of trust, extend grace and show compassion to them. Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to their sin ( Isaiah 30:1 ): Now these people, the judgment was coming. The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. God's going to defend you. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. WebThe first 39 chapters of the book of Isaiah prophesy doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God. Judah thinks of Egypt as a great dragon (Rahab) that will help it overthrow enemy Assyria, but Isaiah knows that Egypt will be powerless to help - like a dragon that sits still and does nothing (7).The prophet writes this discouraging message down as a permanent record that the people have been warned (8). a. i. Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire ( Isaiah 30:27 ): Again, we're getting into the day of His indignation, getting into the day of the great wrath, and this moon shall be as light as the sun and the sunlight seven times increased. "No, the Bible does say that," and they can show you scriptures where hell is not a place of eternal punishment. Isaiah 30:18 . This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. WebIsaiah 30:1-18 New International Version Woe to the Obstinate Nation 30 Woe to the obstinate children, declares the Lord, to those who carry out plans that are not mine, Judahs reliance on Egypt is against Gods will and in the end will bring only disgrace upon Judah (30:1-5).Isaiah pictures the dangerous journey, as a caravan of donkeys and camels carry Judahs payment through the dry southern region of Judah towards Egypt. He will spare the nation still; and yet establish among them the true religion, and they shall flourish. For the people shall dwell in Zion - "When a holy people shall dwell in Sion"] , Septuagint; am kadosh. i. Forever and ever: They must have their desire instantaneously fulfilled, or else they are ready to take wrong means of attaining it. Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the And, We will ride on swift horses WebThey did not think it enough to have God on their side, nor were they at all solicitous to make him their friend, but they strengthened themselves in the strength of Pharaoh; they WebVerse Isaiah 30:19. The Lord is the God who does the right thing, so he will bless everyone who waits for his help. A God of judgment.Better, of righteousness. You shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. Probably this was fulfilled in many particular persons, who, by the deliverance of Jerusalem from Sennacherib's army, were convinced of the folly of their idolatry and forsook it. And you said, No, for we will flee on horses WebIsaiah 30:18 But GODs not finished. You have tried to hide in his shade. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left ( Isaiah 30:19-21 ). If some guilty criminal stands before the judge, he has the choice to show either mercy or justice. [2.] Yea, if I descend into hell, lo, Thou art there." In particular, [1.] That this is a rebellious people, By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. And it will be the more pleasing because of the restraint they have been for some time under, as light out of darkness, as life from the dead. There is no person walking this earth more powerful than a child of God boldly and properly trusting the promise of the living God. They shall not again know the want of the means of grace, Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21. Jesus said, "Where the worm dies not, neither is the fire quenched. Because God is infinitely wise, those are truly happy who refer their cause to him. You shall have a song Isaiah 30:18 The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB) 18 Therefore the Lord is waiting to show you mercy, and is rising up to show you compassion, If there is conspicuous disobedience in our lives, we must return to the LORDs ways. Till you are left as a pole on top of a mountain But Egypt fell to Assyria. I personally just leave it alone. "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly" ( Psalms 1:1 ). We'll get on horses and we'll flee." For the Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. But this wall will collapse on top of them (12-14).Instead of trusting quietly in God the people trust in military strength. in Job. Blessed are all that wait for him. They'll chase you. Shall be your shame, They were chargeable with distrust, and were distressed by strange uneasiness and restlessness of mind; for they were fearfully harassed by their unbelief, so that they could not wait for God calmly. Because you despise this word, Then He will give the rain for your seed And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it. Isaiah doesnt mean wait just in the sense of passing time but in the sense of patiently waiting for and trusting Gods promise. This section is also structurally chiastic. Is It Ok for Christians to Follow Zodiac Signs? They had the light, but they loved darkness People today are seeking counsel, but not from God. No way! He contrasts this waiting with the excessive haste against which he spoke loudly at the beginning of the chapter, where he reproved the people for noisy haste, and condemned them for unbelief; but now, on the contrary, he reproaches them by saying that the Lord will not render like for like in consequence of the contempt with which they have treated him, and will not in that manner hasten to punish them. 2 Kings 19:35 describes how God sent the angel of the LORD and killed 185,000 Assyrians in one night. Idolaters are said to be mad upon their idols (Jeremiah 50:38), doatingly fond of them. And men will be scorched by the sun during that time. ( Isaiah 30:1-2) God exposes the sin of those who put their trust in Egypt. Don't tell me the truth. It's a shadow. Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, Those that stayed there in quietness and confidence trusting the Lord. For a nation of farmers, it was a wonderful promise to make them fat and plentiful. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. The way of waiting upon God and trusting in Him. In returning and rest you shall be saved; But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. So it follows here: "When you shall have abandoned your idols, then shall God give the rain of your seed," Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 30:23. And woe unto those that are seeking counsel but not from God. Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you; Therefore you shall flee! The people of God will celebrate their victory with much gladness and singing (29), but the Assyrians will be destroyed without mercy, as if burnt in a huge bonfire (30-33). Click to enable/disable Google reCaptcha. But here the prophet is telling them all along, "Quiet and confidence shall be your strength. Web1. r "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. God wants to help his people, but first he wants them to learn to trust in him (18).Despite Judahs rebellion, God in his mercy does not cast them off for ever (19). Judah would be like a collapsed wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. Here, I. (1.) Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. For his princes were at Zoan, Others explain it, He commands you to wait, or he will cause you to wait. But the meaning which I have brought forward appears to me to be more appropriate. And therefore - The sense of the words rendered and therefore, may be better expressed by the phrase, yet moreover, meaning, that notwithstanding their sins, and the necessity of punishing them, Yahweh would be longsuffering, and would yet bring the nation to repentance. He will wait, that he may do it in the best and fittest time, when it will be most for his glory, when it will come to you with the most pleasing surprise. Human unfaithfulness does not destroy divine faithfulness (cf. The first thought is-why should He wait-why does He not act at once? Note, To all true penitents sin has become very odious; they loathe it, and loathe themselves because of it; they cast it away to the dunghill, the fittest place for it, nay, to the cross, for they crucify the flesh; their cry against it is, Crucify it, crucify it. And rely on them, Yes, for the king it is prepared. Judah wanted to hear from the prophets and Gods messengers, but they did not want to hear the truth from them. This was so when it all unfolded exactly as the LORD had spoken, Judah could have greater trust in the LORD. And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. Listening to the Lord. Philolog. When he shall hear it, there needs no more; at the first word he will answer thee, and say, Here I am." col. 3551. y "quamvis", so this particle is often used; see Noldius, p. 399. And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you,. Or "yet" q, or "nevertheless" though such an utter destruction shall be made, there are a few that the Lord has a good will unto, and therefore waits till the set time comes to arise and have mercy on them; he has taken up thoughts and resolutions of grace and favour concerning them, and has fixed the time when he will show it; and he is, as it were, panting and longing after it, as the word r used signifies, as some have observed, until it is up; he waits for the fittest and most proper time to show mercy; when things are brought to the worst, to the greatest extremity, and when his people are brought to a sense of their danger, and of their sins, and to repentance for them, and to see their need of his help and salvation, and to implore it, and to depend upon him for it; then, in the mount of difficulty, and in the most seasonable time, does the Lord appear; and hereby the mercy is the sweeter to them, and his grace is the more magnified towards them: so he waits to be gracious to his people in conversion; he is gracious before; he is of a gracious disposition; he is inclined, nay, resolved, to show favour to them; yea, he has done various acts of grace before, such as their election in Christ, the provision of a Saviour for them in the covenant, putting all grace into his hands for them, the redemption of them by him, and the adoption of them into his family; but in conversion there is an open exhibition and display of the grace of God; much grace is then shown in applying pardoning grace, a justifying righteousness, and salvation by Christ unto them; by many love visits, and by opening the treasures of his grace unto them, as well as by implanting much grace in them, as faith, hope, love, and every other: now there is a fixed time for all this; and, until that time comes, the Lord waits to be gracious; this is his longsuffering towards his elect, which issues in their salvation; he does not cut them off in their sins; he bears much and long with them, and, as it were, longs till the time comes to unbosom himself to them, and bestow his favours on them; and so, after conversion, he waits and observes the fittest time to deliver them out of afflictions, temptations, c. and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you or, "will exalt himself" s; raise up himself, who seemed to be asleep, and careless of his people, and rise up against their enemies, and in defence of them, which is showing mercy to them; or be exalted on his throne of grace, that he may give, and they may find, grace and mercy to help them in time of need: or, "he will exalt", or "lift up"; that is, his Son; so he was lifted up on the cross, that his people might be drawn after him, and saved by him; and he has also exalted him at his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel and forgiveness of sins; and he is now lifted up as the serpent on the pole in the ministry of the word, that whosoever believes in him should have everlasting life; so that these exaltations, or lifting up, are in order to have mercy; and his waiting to be gracious is by the Jews t interpreted of his desire after the Messiah's coming, and his waiting for that: or, "he will be exalted, in", or "by, having mercy on you" u; the glory of God is displayed in showing mercy to his people; they are engaged and influenced hereby to glorify God for his mercy, both in things temporal and spiritual. (w) Animadv. WebIsaiah 30:18 New International Version 18 Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to you; therefore he will rise up to show you compassion. WebIsaiah 30 Trust In the LORD, Not In Egypt A. They wanted religion, but they didnt want the living God of heaven to have a real presence in their lives (Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us). Those who were disturbed in the possession of their estates shall again enjoy them quietly. For the LORD is a God of justice; Paul describes the same kind of heart in 2 Timothy 4:3-4: For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. Be quiet before Him and before others. But you would not, and you said, No, for we will flee on horses Therefore you shall flee: Because Judah rejected Gods promise, and trusted in horses and other such things instead, they would need to flee! It reminds us of the book of Revelation, chapter 16, as the Lord is pouring out the vials of His wrath upon the earth. The light of the moon shall become as bright and as strong as that of the sun, and that of the sun shall increase proportionably and be as the light of seven days; every one shall be much more cheerful and appear much more pleasant than usual. Who walk to go down to Egypt. Part. A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. They could not find in their hearts to make any vessel of honour of them. Introduction. Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, The people of God would come to hate their idols so much that they would throw them away as readily as they would throw away a used menstrual cloth. You shall weep no more. When the towers fall. And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, With which you sow the ground, p. 507. in the same way Gataker. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. May you be enabled by Him, and may you enter into that fullness that He has for you. a. But God will find a time to call the teachers out of their corners again, and to replace them in their solemn assemblies, which shall see their own teachers, the eyes of all the synagogue being fastened on them, Luke 4:20. So then, regarding Assyria in the here and now, they will be shattered, Judah will sing, the funeral pyre is ready and so is the fire. (Motyer), (c) 2021 The Enduring Word Bible Commentary by David Guzik ewm@enduringword.com. And trust in oppression and perversity, b. For the Lord is a God of judgment - He will do what is right. 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