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Isaiah 30

Introduction

1	The prophet threatens the people for their confidence in Egypt,
8	and contempt of God's word.
18	God's mercies towards his church.
27	God's wrath and the people's joy, in the destruction of Assyria.

Verse 1

Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

A. M. cir. 3291. B.C. cir. 713. the rebellious: 9, 1:2, 63:10, 65:2, Deuteronomy 9:7,24, 29:19, Jeremiah 4:17, 5:23, Ezekiel 2:3, Ezekiel 3:9,26,27, 12:2,3, Hosea 7:13, Acts 7:51,52
that take: 8:19, 29:15, 1 Chronicles 10:13,14, Hosea 4:10-12
cover: 4:5; *marg:; 28:15,20, 32:2, Psalms 61:4, 91:1-4
add: 1:5, 5:18, Numbers 32:14, Hosea 13:2, Romans 2:5, 2 Timothy 3:13

Verse 2

That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt!

walk: 20:5,6, 31:1-3, 36:6, Deuteronomy 28:68, 2 Kings 17:4, Jeremiah 37:5, 43:7, Ezekiel 29:6,7
and have: Numbers 27:21, Joshua 9:14, 1 Kings 22:7, Jeremiah 21:2, 42:2,20
the shadow: 16:3, 18:1, Judges 9:15, Lamentations 4:20

Verse 3

Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion.

the strength: 5-7, 20:5, Jeremiah 37:5-10
your confusion: 45:16,17, Jeremiah 17:5,6, Romans 5:5, 10:11

Verse 4

For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes.

his princes: 57:9, 2 Kings 17:4, Hosea 7:11,12,16
Zoan: 19:11, Numbers 13:22, Ezekiel 30:14
Hanes: Jeremiah 43:7
Tahpanhes: Ezekiel 30:18
Tehaphnehes

Verse 5

They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach.

16, 20:5,6, 31:1-3, Jeremiah 2:36

Verse 6

The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them.

burden: 46:1,2, 57:9, Hosea 8:9,10, 12:1
beasts: 1 Kings 10:2, Matthew 12:42
into the land: Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "through a land of distress and difficulty:" the same deserts are here spoken of which the Israelites passed through.; 19:4, Exodus 1:14, 5:10-21, Deuteronomy 4:20, 8:15, 17:16, Jeremiah 11:4
the viper: Numbers 21:6,7, Deuteronomy 8:15, Jeremiah 2:6
riches: 2 Chronicles 9:1, 16:2, 28:20-23

Verse 7

For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

the Egyptians: 31:1-5, Jeremiah 37:7
concerning this: or, to her. Their.; 15, 2:22, 7:4, 28:12, Exodus 14:13, Psalms 76:8,9, 118:8,9, Lamentations 3:26, Hosea 5:13

Verse 8

Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever:

write: 8:1, Deuteronomy 31:19,22, Job 19:23,24, Jeremiah 36:2,28-32, 51:60, Habakkuk 2:2
the time to come: Heb. the latter day.; 2:2, Numbers 24:14, Deuteronomy 4:30, 31:29, Job 19:25, Jeremiah 23:20, 48:47, Ezekiel 38:16, Hosea 3:5, 1 Timothy 4:1, 2 Peter 3:3, Jude 1:18

Verse 9

That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD:

this is: 1, 1:4, Deuteronomy 31:27-29, 32:20, Jeremiah 44:2-17, Zephaniah 3:2, Matthew 23:31-33, Acts 7:51
lying: 59:3, 63:8, Jeremiah 9:3, Hosea 4:2, Revelation 21:8, 22:15
will not: 2 Chronicles 33:10, 36:15,16, Nehemiah 9:29,30, Proverbs 28:9, Jeremiah 7:13, Zechariah 1:4-6, Zechariah 7:11,12, Romans 2:21-23

Verse 10

Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:

say: 1 Kings 21:20, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 18:7-27, 24:19-21, 25:16, Jeremiah 5:31, 11:21, Jeremiah 26:11,20-23, 29:27, 38:4, Amos 2:12, 7:13, Micah 2:6, Acts 4:17, 5:28, 1 Thessalonians 2:15,16, Revelation 11:7
speak: 1 Kings 22:8-13,27, Jeremiah 6:13,14, 8:10,11, 23:17,26-29, Ezekiel 13:7-10, Ezekiel 13:18-22, Micah 2:11, John 7:7, 8:45, Romans 16:18, Galatians 4:16

Verse 11

Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.

you out: 29:21, Amos 7:13
cause: John 15:23,24, Romans 1:28,30, 8:7, Ephesians 4:18

Verse 12

Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:

Because: 1,7,15-17, 5:24, 31:1-3, 2 Samuel 12:9,10, Amos 2:4, Luke 10:16, 1 Thessalonians 4:8
and trust: 28:15, 47:10, Psalms 52:7, 62:10, Jeremiah 13:25
oppression: or, fraud.

Verse 13

Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

as a breach: 1 Kings 20:30, Psalms 62:3, Ezekiel 13:10-15, Matthew 7:27, Luke 6:49
cometh: 29:5, Job 36:18, Psalms 73:19,20, Proverbs 29:1, 1 Thessalonians 5:1-3

Verse 14

And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.

he shall break: Psalms 2:9, Jeremiah 19:10,11, Revelation 2:27
potters' vessel: Heb. bottle of potters. he shall not.; 27:11, Deuteronomy 29:20, Job 27:22, Jeremiah 13:14, Ezekiel 5:11, 7:4,9, 8:18, 9:10, Ezekiel 24:14, Romans 8:32, 11:21, 2 Peter 2:4,5
so that: 47:14, Psalms 31:12, Jeremiah 48:38, Luke 4:2, Ezekiel 15:3-8

Verse 15

For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

the Holy One: 11, Jeremiah 23:36
in returning: 7, 7:4, 26:3,4, 32:17, 1 Chronicles 5:20, 2 Chronicles 16:8, 32:8, Psalms 125:1,2, Jeremiah 3:22,23, Hosea 14:1-3
and ye: Psalms 80:11-13, Jeremiah 44:16,17, Matthew 22:3, 23:37, Luke 13:34, John 5:40, Hebrews 12:25

Verse 16

But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

for we will: 5:26-30, 10:28-32, 31:1, Deuteronomy 28:25, 2 Kings 25:5, Psalms 33:17, 147:10, Jeremiah 52:7, Amos 2:14-16, 9:1, Micah 1:13
therefore: Deuteronomy 28:49, Jeremiah 4:13, Lamentations 4:19, Habakkuk 1:8

Verse 17

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

thousand: Leviticus 26:8,36, Deuteronomy 28:25, 32:30, Joshua 23:10, Proverbs 28:1, Jeremiah 37:10
till ye: 1:7,8, 37:3,4, Nehemiah 1:2,3, Zephaniah 3:12, Zechariah 13:8,9, Matthew 24:21,22
a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches. or, boughs, or a mast.; 6:13, 27:11, John 15:2-6, Romans 11:17

Verse 18

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.

therefore: 55:8, Exodus 34:6, Hosea 2:14, Romans 5:20, 9:15-18
wait: 18:4, 57:17,18, Jeremiah 31:18-20, Hosea 5:15, 6:1,2, 11:8,9, Jonah 3:4-10, Matthew 15:22-28, Luke 15:20, Romans 9:22, 2 Peter 3:9,15
will he be: 33:10-12, Psalms 46:10,11, 76:5-10, Luke 24:26,27, Acts 2:33-39, 5:31, Ephesians 1:6,20-23
for the Lord: 33:5, 42:1-4, Deuteronomy 32:4, 1 Samuel 2:3, Job 35:14, Psalms 99:4, Jeremiah 10:24,25, Micah 7:18-20, Malachi 2:17, Romans 2:2-10, Ephesians 1:8
blessed: 8:17, 25:9, 26:7,8, 40:31, Psalms 2:12, 27:14, 28:6,7, 34:8, 40:1-3, Psalms 62:1,2,5-8, 84:12, Proverbs 16:20, Jeremiah 17:7, Lamentations 3:25,26, Micah 7:7-9, Luke 2:25, Romans 8:25-28, James 5:11

Verse 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.

dwell: 10:24, 12:6, 46:13, 65:9, Jeremiah 31:6,12, 50:4,5,28, 51:10, Ezekiel 20:40, Ezekiel 37:25-28, Zephaniah 3:14-20, Zechariah 1:16,17, 2:4-7, 8:3-8, Romans 11:26
thou shalt: 12:3-6, 25:8, 35:10, 40:1,2, 54:6-14, 60:20, 61:1-3, 65:18, Jeremiah 30:12, Jeremiah 31:9, Micah 4:9, Luke 6:21, Revelation 5:4, 7:17
he will: 58:9, 65:24, Psalms 50:15, Jeremiah 29:11-13, 33:3, Ezekiel 36:37, Matthew 7:7-11, Ephesians 3:20, 1 John 5:14,15

Verse 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:

the bread: Deuteronomy 16:3, 1 Kings 22:27, 2 Chronicles 18:26, Psalms 30:5, 80:5, 102:9, 127:2, Ezekiel 4:13-17, 24:22,23, Acts 14:22
affliction: or, oppression. yet shall.; Psalms 74:9, Amos 8:11,12, Matthew 9:38, Ephesians 4:11

Verse 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.

thine ears: 35:8,9, 42:16, 48:17, 58:11, Psalms 25:8,9, 143:8-10, Proverbs 3:5,6, Jeremiah 6:16, 1 John 2:20,27
when ye turn to the right: Deuteronomy 5:32, Joshua 1:7, 23:6, 2 Kings 22:2, Psalms 32:8, Proverbs 4:27

Verse 22

Ye 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.

defile: 2:20,21, 17:7,8, 27:9, 31:7, 2 Kings 23:4-20, 2 Chronicles 31:1, 34:3-7, Ezekiel 36:31, Micah 5:10-14, Zechariah 13:2, Revelation 19:20
thy graven images of silver: Heb. the graven images of thy silver.; 46:6, Exodus 32:2-4, Judges 17:3,4
cast: Heb. scatter. as a.; Lamentations 1:17, Ezekiel 18:6
Get: Hosea 14:8

Verse 23

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

shall he: 5:6, 32:20, 44:2-4, 55:10,11, 58:11, Psalms 65:9-13, 104:13,14, Psalms 107:35-38, Jeremiah 14:22, Ezekiel 36:25,26, Hosea 2:21-23, Joel 2:21-26, Amos 4:7,8, Zechariah 8:11,12, 10:1, Malachi 3:10, Matthew 6:33, 1 Timothy 4:8
it shall: 4:2, Psalms 36:8
thy cattle: Genesis 41:18,26,47, Psalms 144:12-14, Hosea 4:16, Malachi 4:2

Verse 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.

oxen: Deuteronomy 25:4, 1 Corinthians 9:9,10
ear the ground: Genesis 45:6, Exodus 34:21, Deuteronomy 21:4, 1 Samuel 8:12
clean: or, savory. Heb. leavened.

Verse 25

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.

upon every high: 2:14,15, 35:6,7, 41:18,19, 43:19,20, 44:3,4, Ezekiel 17:22, 34:13,26, John 7:38, Revelation 22:1
high: Heb. lifted up. in the day.; 34:2-10, 37:36, 63:1-6, Ezekiel 39:17-20, Revelation 16:1-19
when: 32:14, Nahum 3:12, 2 Corinthians 10:4

Verse 26

Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.

the light of the moon: 11:9, 24:23, 60:19,20, Zechariah 12:8, 14:7, Revelation 21:23, 22:5
bindeth: 1:6, Deuteronomy 32:39, Job 5:18, Jeremiah 33:5,6, Lamentations 2:13, Hebrews 6:1,2, Amos 9:11

Verse 27

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:

burning: 9:5, 10:16,17, 33:12, 34:9, Deuteronomy 32:22, 33:2, Psalms 18:7-9, 79:5, Lamentations 1:12,13, Daniel 7:9, Nahum 1:5,6, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Hebrews 12:29
the burden thereof: or, the grievousness of flame. heavy. Heb. heaviness.; Zephaniah 3:8

Verse 28

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.

his breath: 11:4, Psalms 18:15, Luke 22:31, 2 Thessalonians 2:8, Hebrews 4:12, Revelation 1:16, 2:16
an overflowing: 8:8, 28:17,18, 29:6, Habakkuk 3:12-15
to sift: Bp. Lowth renders, "to toss the nations with the van of perdition;" that is, says Kimchi, nothing useful shall remain behind, but all shall come to nothing and perish. The van of the ancients was a large instrument, somewhat like a shovel, with a long handle, with which they tossed the corn mixed with the chaff and chopped straw into the air, that the wind might separate them.; 19:12,14, 33:10-12, Hosea 13:3, Amos 9:9, Matthew 3:12
a bridle: 37:29, 2 Kings 19:28, Psalms 32:9, Proverbs 26:3
causing: 19:3,13,14, 2 Samuel 17:14, 1 Kings 22:20-22, Job 39:17, Ezekiel 14:7-9, 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Verse 29

Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel.

Ye shall: 12:1, 26:1, Exodus 15:1-21, 2 Chronicles 20:27,28, Psalms 32:7, Jeremiah 33:11, Revelation 15:3, Jeremiah 19:1-7
in the night: Leviticus 23:32, Deuteronomy 16:6,14, Psalms 42:4, 81:1-4, Matthew 26:30
with a pipe: 1 Chronicles 13:7,8, Psalms 42:4, 95:1,2, 150:3-5
the mountain: 2:3
mighty One: Heb. Rock.; 26:4, Deuteronomy 32:4,31, Psalms 18:31

Verse 30

And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones.

the Lord: 29:6, Psalms 2:5, 18:13,14, 46:6
his glorious voice: Heb. the glory of his voice.; Job 37:2-5, 40:9, Psalms 29:3-9, Ezekiel 10:5, Revelation 1:15
the lighting: 51:9, 62:8, Exodus 15:16, Psalms 98:1, Luke 1:51
the flame: 28:2, 32:19, Joshua 10:11, 1 Samuel 7:10, Psalms 18:13,14, 50:1-3, 76:5-8, Psalms 97:3-5, Ezekiel 38:19-22, Micah 1:4, Nahum 1:2-6, Matthew 24:7, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Revelation 6:12-17, 11:19, 14:16-20, 16:18-21

Verse 31

For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

the voice: 30, 37:32-38
which smote: 9:4, 10:5,15,24, Psalms 17:13,14, 125:5, Micah 5:5,6

Verse 32

And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it.

every place, etc: Heb. every passing of the rod founded. lay. Heb. cause to rest. it shall be.; 29, 24:8, Genesis 31:27, 1 Samuel 10:5, Job 21:11,12, Psalms 81:1,2
shaking: 2:19, 11:15, 19:16, Job 16:12, Hebrews 12:26
with it: or, against them.

Verse 33

For Tophet is ordained of old; 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.

Tophet: 2 Kings 23:10, Jeremiah 7:31,32, 19:6,11-14, Matthew 4:22, 18:8,9
ordained: Matthew 25:41, 1 Peter 1:8, Jude 1:4
of old: Heb. from yesterday.; Hebrews 13:8
for the king: 14:9-20, 37:38, Ezekiel 32:22,23, Revelation 19:18-20
the breath: 27,28, Genesis 19:24, Psalms 40:5,6, Revelation 14:10,11

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