i. ". Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. For the Lord is a God of justice. Despite the riches that the pack animals bring across the desert, Egypt would not help Judah at all, so one could call Egypt Rahab-Hem-Shebeth, which means Rahab Sits Idle or Rahab the Do-Nothing. Rahab is a name, but it is also the Hebrew word for pride, and is sometimes used as a title for Egypt (Psalm 87:4). 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, (y) "quamvis", so this particle is often used; see Noldius, p. 399. This is also the good effect of their seeing their teachers and hearing the word behind them; by this it shall appear that they are the better for the means of grace they enjoy--they shall break off from their best-beloved sin. b. Judah would be like a collapsed wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. This verse is the commencement of the annunciation of the blessings which should yet be conferred on them. Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground Just return and rest in the Lord and there you'll be safe. For Jehovah is a God of judgment. ", In Revelation it says for the cup at the time of the sun giving power. There is no person walking this earth more powerful than a child of God boldly and properly trusting the promise of the living God. And here he is saying, "Your strength is just to sit still and trust in God.". Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. The Prophet now adds consolation; for hitherto he threatened to such an extent that almost all the godly might be thrown into despair. Kindles it. But the teachers of truth may sometimes be driven into corners for shelter; and it goes ill with the church when it is so, when the woman with her crown of twelve stars is forced to flee into the wilderness (Revelation 12:6), when the prophets are hidden by fifty in a cave,1 Kings 18:4. So hell will come to an end. 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 ). And the flame of a devouring fire, Due to security reasons we are not able to show or modify cookies from other domains. Behold, the name of the LORD comes from afar, burning with His anger: Isaiah sees the judgment of the LORD quickly coming, to sift the nations with the sieve of futility. Yet your teachers will not be moved into a corner anymore, But God also had a special judgment for that king on earth. Yes, for the king it is prepared. God had an eternal place for the Assyrian king who attacked Judah and Jerusalem (He has made it deep and large; its pyre is fire with much wood). But rather than turning to God for counsel and for help, they were sending ambassadors down to Egypt to make a mutual defense pact with Egypt so that they could hire the Egyptians to come and to help defend them against the Assyrians. And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare ( Isaiah 30:11-14 ): God's going to crack all of these pots.This takes you out to the book of Revelation where it talks about the reign of Jesus Christ, who as with an iron, will pop the clay vessels and shatter them to pieces. (298) (Jeremiah 30:11.) t Gloss, in T. Bab. Therefore this iniquity shall be to you The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. 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. We have the best Protector, the best Guard in God. Who take counsel, but not of Me, We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. But the sinful people do not want to hear messages that come from God. And whether they are consumed and their smoke ascends forever and ever. And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD, And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be. (2.) Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift! The viper and fiery flying serpent, The Lords people will be safe in his Day: their part will be to sing amid the judgments of God. Only God can reconcile mercy and justice, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus (Romans 3:26). Click on the different category headings to find out more. To come into the mountain of the LORD, Therefore the LORD will wait, that He may be gracious to you: We often wonder why the LORD waits to do things in our lives. And bread of the increase of the earth; In the day that the LORD binds up the bruise of His people Through a land of trouble and anguish, Observe, 1. Mercy does nothing to exalt the person who receives it; mercy recognizes the guilt of the one who deserves the punishment. Or (taking the previous clause as Maurer, "Therefore Jehovah will delay" in punishing you, "in order that He may be gracious to you," if ye repent), He will be far removed from you (so in Ps 10:5, far above out sight); that is, He will not immediately descend to punish, "in order that He may have mercy," &c. judgmentjustice; faithfulness to His covenant. And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him ( Isaiah 30:17-18 ). 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 ( Isaiah 30:33 ). That this is a rebellious people, lying childrenwho say to the seers, Do not see: God wanted Judahs rejection of His message, and His messengers, to be documented. Those who hate you shall reign over you, and you shall flee when no one pursues you. They had graven images of silver, and molten images of gold, and, though gold needs no painting, they had coverings and ornaments on these; they spared no cost in doing honour to their idols. If you do not want that we track your visit to our site you can disable tracking in your browser here: We also use different external services like Google Webfonts, Google Maps, and external Video providers. Changes will take effect once you reload the page. 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. Revelation, chapter 20, when he sees the great white throne judgment of God, "and death and hell delivereth up their dead. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God, Amos 8:11; Amos 8:12. The Lord will wait, that he may be gracious unto you. The increase of the earth shall be rich and good, and every thing the best of the kind; it shall be fat and fat, very fat and very good, fat and plenteous (so we read it), good and enough of it. They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be able to help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. And again, I will not consume thee, but will chastise thee in judgment. And He shall break it like the breaking of the potters vessel, They are many of them going to ungodly psychiatrists who are filled with humanism and Freudism. The Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. And we'll get to that as we move along here in Isaiah. Get on their horses, head to Egypt, escape from. You shall have a song b. Alert unto the Lord in these last days when the world around you is walking in its drunken stupor. It is actually the Gehenna of the New Testament. With scattering, tempest, and hailstones. All rights reserved. And there are a lot of interesting implications to the sun going into a supernova state of the effect that it would have upon the earth and so forth. Until now the emphasis in this "woe" was on human activity, but now divine activity takes the spotlight, especially Gods faithfulness ultimately (Isaiah 30:18-26) and imminently (Isaiah 30:27-33). It reminds us of the book of Revelation, chapter 16, as the Lord is pouring out the vials of His wrath upon the earth. Don't tell me the truth. The burden against the beasts of the South. You will throw them away as an unclean thing; No way! in Job. Because God is infinitely wise, those are truly happy who refer their cause to him. For through the voice of the LORD 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. b. Web30:18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be q gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of (r) (r) Not only in punishing but in using moderation in the same, as in Jer 10:24,30:11. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Your strength is just to sit still ( Isaiah 30:3-7 ). For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. The LORD will cause His glorious voice to be heard, It was a common saying among the old Puritans, Brown bread and the gospel are good fare. And to the prophets, Do not prophesy to us right things; See? Isaiah starts with the real day of the Lord. 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. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. However, it is likely that the prophecy of Isaiah 32-33 was given before the time of the prophecy of Isaiah 30-31. In returning and rest you shall be saved; Listening to the Lord. For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved ( Isaiah 30:15 ); Don't go to Egypt. What a wonderful thing it is when Gods people say to wicked and idolatrous things, Get away!. 31 For at 4 For though his power extends to Zoan. The mercy in store for them is very affectingly expressed. The northern kingdom of Israel would soon be conquered by Assyria, and the people of Israel would be taken into exile. Therefore I have called her Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, As you know this is the time of year when Israel is approaching the Feast of Tabernacles. And on every high hill i. 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. It is written concerning "all the saints of God," that, "Through many tribulations we must enter into the kingdom of God" (Acts 14:22). There won't be enough left to even take water out. But there's no real substance to Egypt. 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. 30:4 For his c princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. WebMatthew Henry Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17. 97. But he said, "Those who are chasing you will have faster horses than you do.". But those that will wait upon God will be delivered.". 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. Judgment is thus contrasted with severity, when the Lord observes a limit in punishing believers, that he may not ruin those whose salvation he always promotes; and, accordingly, as Habakkuk says, in the midst of wrath he remembers his mercy. (Habakkuk 3:2.) V. The effect of all this should be extraordinary comfort and joy to the people of God, Isaiah 30:26; Isaiah 30:26. r "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. His breath is like an overflowing stream, If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. And in battles of brandishing He will fight with it. Part. That seek to find a covering but not from the Spirit. IV. Rahab-Hem-Shebeth. The corn shall not be given them in the chaff as usual, to make it go the further, but they shall have good clean corn fit for man's use, being winnowed with the fan. But there is no authority for this except a single MS. Rosenmuller supposes it means, in accordance with the interpretation of Jarchi, that he would delay, that is, that his mercy would be "long" or his judgment remote. And the ornament of your molded images of gold. They would sooner rush under the guidance of Satan into some questionable policy, than in childlike simplicity trust in the Lord and do good. Even the tops of the mountains, that used to be barren, shall be so well watered with the rain of heaven that there shall be rivers and streams there, and running down thence to the valleys (Isaiah 30:25; Isaiah 30:25), and this in the day of the great slaughter that should be made by the angel in the camp of the Assyrians, when the towers and batteries they had erected for the carrying on of the siege of Jerusalem, the army being slain, should fall of course. 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. Will eat cured fodder, And to trust in the shadow of Egypt!. Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and your trust in the shadow of Egypt will only bring you confusion. "Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly" ( Psalms 1:1 ). If God gives us not only the word, but the hearing ear, not only the means of grace, but a heart to make a good use of those means, we have reason to say, He is very gracious to us, and reason to hope he has yet further mercy in store for us. 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! God will be gracious to them and will have mercy on them. To strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh: This prophecy was given at a time when the Assyrian army was attacking Israel and Judah. Now your strength is just to stand still and do nothing but trust in the Lord. However, Gods people do not need to fear: You shall have a songand gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, to come into the mountain of the LORD. You arent given to despair or fear because you trust Gods promise. For a nation of farmers, it was a wonderful promise to make them fat and plentiful. Like a breach ready to fall, Therefore, God says He has a special place in hell for the Assyrian king. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; thou shalt weep no more; he will surely be gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear, he will answer thee. Herein he is very gracious indeed. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. "Henry's Complete Commentary on the Whole Bible". Now just trust in the Lord." From which came the lioness and lion, When he gives them their teachers, and they give him their hearts, so that they begin to seek the kingdom of God and the righteousness thereof, then all other things shall be added to themMatthew 6:33. But God is so great, He can show both at the same time. Isaiah tells us plainly that it is so He may be gracious to you. II. And they are giving you the garbage and charging you a hundred dollars an hour for garbage. Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. WebVerse Isaiah 30:19. WebOriginally written in 1706, Matthew Henrys Concise Commentary provides a condensed look at nearly every verse in the Bible. WebIsaiah 30:18 - Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. And in every place where the staff of punishment passes, There will be on every high mountain And the astronomers have watched these stars in supernovas. Part. Who walk to go down to Egypt, 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. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. Isaiah 4. It is one sin to reject the LORD, and another sin altogether to trust in something else. a. The closing words of the foregoing paragraph (You shall be left as a beacon upon a mountain) some understand as a promise that a remnant of them should be reserved as monuments of mercy; and here the prophet tells them what good times should succeed these calamities. Woe unto those that take counsel but not from God. 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. Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, God will give you rain of your seed, rain to water the seed you sow, just at the time that it calls for it, as much as it needs and no more. (x) "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. As it happened, this was exactly the case. Of course, it would be devastating to the earth if the sun went into a supernova state.The astronomers believe that when stars are about to die that they go into the supernova state. 1. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. Isaiah 1. Boldness and joy in the day of judgment are precious gifts from God. Gods waiting and mans-bold and beautiful, that He and we should be represented as sharing the same attitude. It might be thought that he lay still when he gave loose reins to the Chaldeans to oppress the Jews; and therefore the Prophet says, that the Lord will arise and ascend his judgment-seat. They'll be faster than you are. But here the prophet is telling them all along, "Quiet and confidence shall be your strength. It must not be so with you, my brethren, you must learn a better way. (Spurgeon). This section is also structurally chiastic. There are right-hand and left-hand errors, extremes on each side virtue; the tempter is busy courting us into the by-paths. The deliverance God shall work for them shall convince them that it is their interest, as well as duty, to serve him only; and they shall own that, as their trouble was brought upon them for their idolatries, so it was removed upon condition that they should not return to them. This is what he means by the word judgment; for it denotes not only punishment, but also the moderation which is exercised in chastening. The description of these blessings is continued to Isaiah 30:26. be exaltedMen will have more elevated views of God's mercy; or else, "He will rise up to pity you" [G. V. Smith]. This is an inference from the former statement, in which he called Jehovah a God of judgment. While he thus restrains himself, he draws from it an exhortation to patience and waiting, and makes use of a part of the same verb, wait, which he had formerly used. Trusting Gods promise means rest. To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven; but their one season is the present; they cannot, they will not wait. WebIsaiah 30:18 But GODs not finished. Isaiah 3. That this is a rebellious people, As the light of seven days, iv. It was fulfilled in the body of the Jewish nation at their return from their captivity in Babylon, for they abhorred idols ever after; and it is accomplished daily in the conversion of souls, by the power of divine grace, from spiritual idolatry to the fear and love of God. i. Trapp on Tophet: Hence it is here used for hell, together with that eternity of extremity which the damned there endure; and this the Assyrians are here threatened with, yea, their very king, whose preservation from the stroke of the angel was but a reservation to a worse mischief here and hereafter., ii. As He strikes with the rod. Isaiah doesnt mean wait just in the sense of passing time but in the sense of patiently waiting for and trusting Gods promise. And men will be scorched by the sun during that time. 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. Isaiah 6. "[20] The fulfillment of the first promise was a proof of the certainty of the latter one. And have not asked My advice, Blessed are all who wait for (q) "nihilominus, tamen"; so Noldius, Ebr. Then He will give the rain for your seed 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. You will say to them, Get away!, a. And therefore will he be exalted, that he may be gracious to you. ( Isaiah 30:1-2) God exposes the sin of those who put their trust in Egypt. Isaiah 7. But this is not all: 3. For the LORD is a God of justice. If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. He intended therefore to soothe their minds, and encourage them to hope for better things, that they might embrace the mercy of God in the midst of those miseries, and might thus nourish their souls by his word. (r) "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. We are very apt to miss our way; there are turnings on both hands, and those so tracked and seemingly straight that they may easily be mistaken for the right way. Hes gathering strength to show mercy to you. You have tried to hide in his shade. Your land shall be Canaan indeed; it was remarkably so after the defeat of Sennacherib, by the special blessing of God, Isaiah 37:30; Isaiah 37:30. A shard to take fire from the hearth, This is only inviting defeat, because the military strength of Assyria is greater than that of Egypt (15-17). Now this is what the prophet Isaiah kept telling Hezekiah, "Don't worry about it. But it sure sounds like it here. "quaesivit, expetivit, voluit", Castel. If he correct his children, it is with judgment (Jeremiah 10:24), with moderation and discretion, considering their frame. 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.". You devise plans but are they of Gods Spirit? To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. And gladness of heart as when one goes with a flute, (4.) They must have their desire instantaneously fulfilled, or else they are ready to take wrong means of attaining it. 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. God is going to fight for you. May your mind and heart be clear, sensitive to God and to the things of the Spirit. in quietness and confidence shall be your strength: but you won't listen [you will not hear]. WebGod Will Bless His People. 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). Isaiah 2. And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be hidden any more, but thine eye 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. (3.) Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. Loving the Lord. When we understand how Gods perfect judgment exalts His justice and His righteousness, we see the glory of the judgment of the LORD. 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