And the light of the sun will be sevenfold, "He will wait to be gracious (Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 30:18); he will wait till you return to him and seek his face, and then he will be ready to meet you with mercy. 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. See? He has made it deep and large; Therefore you shall flee! For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. The word means the place of a burning fire. That seek to find a covering but not from the Spirit. Through a land of trouble and anguish, We may request cookies to be set on your device. May the Lord watch over you and may you be filled with His Spirit and walk in the strength and the power of the Spirit of God as He anoints you day by day. 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 ). Which reaches up to the neck, 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. EHV But the Lord is eager to be gracious to you. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. Or the first words in this paragraph may be read by way of antithesis, Notwithstanding this, yet will the Lord wait that he may be gracious. It was a common saying among the old Puritans, Brown bread and the gospel are good fare. Web30:8-18 The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our website is being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our website and application for you in order to enhance your experience. 97. This is not unfitly applied by many to the light which the gospel brought into the world to those that sat in darkness, which has far exceeded the Old-Testament light as that of the sun does that of the moon, and which proclaims healing to the broken-hearted, and the binding up of their wounds. Light shall increase; that is, knowledge shall increase (when the prophecies are accomplished they shall be fully understood) or rather triumph shall: the light of the joy that is sown for the righteous shall now come up with a great increase. And Tophet is ordained of old. I. For through the voice of the LORD (3.) Or to take water from the cistern.. What the word shall be: "This is the way, walk you in it. It's going to decline. For the princes were there at Zoan, and the ambassadors they came to Hanes [the major cities of Egypt in that day]. 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. "Aionios posto aionios" in the Greek, the strongest term there is for expressing eternity--from the ages through the ages. There it is.". But here the prophet is telling them all along, "Quiet and confidence shall be your strength. b. They are many of them going to ungodly psychiatrists who are filled with humanism and Freudism. 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. The word in the Arabic language, as Schultens observes w, signifies to "desire" x; and this will make the words run smoothly in agreement with the former; "and therefore", or "nevertheless, will he desire to have mercy on you"; which denotes the Lord's good will to his people, and how much his heart, and the desires of it, are towards them: for the Lord [is] a God of judgment; or, "though he is a God of judgment" y, of strict justice, judges in the earth, and will judge the world in righteousness; see Malachi 2:17 his grace, mercy, and justice, agree together, in redemption justification, pardon of sin, and salvation: or of moderation, clemency, and grace to correct his people; he corrects them not in wrath and hot displeasure, but in judgment, in a tender and fatherly way and manner, Jeremiah 10:24 and he is a God of "discretion", Psalms 112:5 of wisdom and knowledge, and does all things after the counsel of his will; he has fixed upon the proper time, and he knows which is the best time, and he waits that time to show grace and mercy to his people: blessed [are] all they that wait for him; that do not run here and there for help, and are tumultuous, restless, and impatient, but wait God's own time to do them good; that wait for his gracious presence, and the discoveries of his love, for the performance of his promises, for answers of prayer, for all blessings temporal and spiritual, and for eternal glory and happiness; these are happy persons, all and every one of them; they enjoy much now, and it can not be said, nor conceived, what God has prepared for them hereafter; see Isaiah 49:23. q "nihilominus, tamen"; so Noldius, Ebr. waitcompare Isa 30:15, wait, namely, for His times of having mercy. 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. Its pyre is fire with much wood; The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. i. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. There won't be enough left to even take water out. It is supposed that they might be brought into straits and troubles after this deliverance was wrought for them. WebOriginally written in 1706, Matthew Henrys Concise Commentary provides a condensed look at nearly every verse in the Bible. 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). We think we may safely refer ourselves to a man of judgment; and shall we not commit our way to a God of judgment? "And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him. Blessed are all who wait for col. 3551. "No, the Bible does say that," and they can show you scriptures where hell is not a place of eternal punishment. They must have their desire instantaneously fulfilled, or else they are ready to take wrong means of attaining it. What is the way? Get Your Bible Minute in Your Inbox Every Morning, And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you Or "yet" F17, 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. It warns them of what will happen to them if they continue to oppose God. Therefore the strength of Pharaoh Isaiah 2. 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.". 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). And whether they are consumed and their smoke ascends forever and ever. We get, "Oh, but the Bible says." WebIsa 30:18 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. 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. 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. And though the Lord gives you Article Images Copyright 2023 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. David said, "Where can I flee from Thy presence? And on every high hill And the ornament of your molded images of gold. 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. If under reproach, their heart ferments towards revenge. 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). God will be gracious to them and will have mercy on them. 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. The whole design of the passage Isaiah 30:19-26 is to describe a future state of prosperity by images mainly drawn from the idea of temporal enjoyment. 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. (x) "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. In the New Testament it is described as the place that burns with fire, the lake of fire. (r) "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. b. Assyria will be beaten down: In the near view, Isaiah saw the judgment of the LORD against Assyria. Help us purchase electrical generators for churches. And they are giving you the garbage and charging you a hundred dollars an hour for garbage. A shard to take fire from the hearth, b. You will also defile the covering of your images of silver, Isaiah 5. (q) He commends the great mercies of God, who with patience waits to call sinners to repentance. And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. 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. Therefore, to do what Judah did in this situation is to add sin to sin. p. 507. in the same way Gataker. I personally just leave it alone. We can trust that even when we dont understand it. Those that have exalted themselves, He'll pop them. It has been ordained of old, a place that God has ordained. And a thousand will flee from one man; at the rebuke of five you will flee: till you are left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain. t Gloss, in T. Bab. For you said, No; we will flee upon horses ( Isaiah 30:15-16 ); "We'll get away from the Assyrians. 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 those whose names are not found written in the book of life are cast into the lake that burns with fire" ( Revelation 20:13 , Revelation 20:15 ). Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and your trust in the shadow of Egypt will only bring you confusion. In particular, [1.] Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. i. For the people shall dwell in Zion - "When a holy people shall dwell in Sion"] , Septuagint; am kadosh. God's going to wipe out the Assyrian. And bread of the increase of the earth; i. 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. 3. It shows them to be loving, generous, and full of mercy. How Daniels Prophecy of 70 Weeks Connects to the End Times, 4 Ways the Parable of the Sower Encourages Spiritual Growth. As in the night when a holy festival is kept, But a shame and also a reproach. Loving the Lord. We need 2 cookies to store this setting. Verse Isaiah 30:18. You don't have to worry about the Assyrians and their invasion, because God is going to take care of you. 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. God's Word "behind Israel" would most certainly mean that they were not "following" the Lord, but that they had sinfully gone onward away from him. 20 The Lord will make you go through hard times, but he himself will be there to teach you, and you will not have to search for him any more. 97. Forever and ever: And again, I will not consume thee, but will chastise thee in judgment. 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. Then He will give the rain for your seed Blessed are all they that wait for him - This seems to have been recorded to encourage them, when the threatened calamities should come upon them, to put their confidence in God, and to trust that he would yet appear and restore the nation to himself. When we return to God in a way of duty he will meet us with his favours. Hes gathering strength to show mercy to you. "Thy eyes see thy teachers; but this is a teacher out of sight, it is thy own conscience, which shall now by the grace of God be awakened to do its office." Trusting Gods promise means rest. How foolishly mad they had formerly been upon their idols, in the day of their apostasy. It's out of my territory. To all that love God and their own souls this return of faithful teachers out of their corners, especially with a promise that they shall not be removed into corners any more, is the most acceptable part of any deliverance, and has comfort enough in it to sweeten even the bread of adversity and the water of affliction. Will eat cured fodder, The new building of God that is eternal in the heavens. WebIsaiah 30:18 GODS WORD Translation (GW) 18 The Lord is waiting to be kind to you. He will spare the nation still; and yet establish among them the true religion, and they shall flourish. You devise plans but are they of Gods Spirit? Kindles it. 5 Things You Should Know about the ESV Bible Translation. You have put your trust in Pharaohs protection. It is happy then if by the particular counsels of a faithful minister or friend, or the checks of conscience and the strivings of God's Spirit, we be set right and prevented from going wrong. I don't worry about that. Children who will not hear the law of the LORD; The word kadosh, lost out of the text, but happily supplied by the Septuagint, clears up The Lord is a God of justice. You take counsel but is it of the LORD? You dont need to argue for your side when God is on your side. Yea, if I descend into hell, lo, Thou art there." 1. My eternal future with the Lord, that's the thing that can really get me excited.Go ahead and read your next five chapters. For his princes were at Zoan, Alert unto the Lord in these last days when the world around you is walking in its drunken stupor. And so here His indignation, "the tongue as a devouring fire.". 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. a. So hell will come to an end. Here, 1. 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. They would sooner rush under the guidance of Satan into some questionable policy, than in childlike simplicity trust in the Lord and do good. 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. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; a. This is only inviting defeat, because the military strength of Assyria is greater than that of Egypt (15-17). If I ascend into heaven, Thou art there. It is promised that their eyes should see their teachers, that is, that they should have faithful teachers among them, and should have hearts to regard them and not slight them as they had done; and then they might the better be reconciled to the bread of adversity and the water of affliction. 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. a. 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 ( Isaiah 30:8 ): Write it down for them so that when God does, you can take the book out and say, "Look, this is what I told you. 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. They had the light, but they loved darkness I have no intention of being there. WebIsaiah 30:18 10/9/16 Intro A. I have experienced a heightened awareness of Gods love for Israel this week. Get out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. Outright disobedience is never consistent with real trust in Gods promise. As it happened, this was exactly the case. They shall not again know the want of the means of grace, Isaiah 30:20; Isaiah 30:21. 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. WebMatthew Henry Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17. The children of Israel didn't have to fight them. What a contrast! 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. And God will do what is right and what is fair.But my great concern is with that new model that He's preparing for me. r "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. For the LORD is a God of justice; Be quiet before Him and before others. Like a breach ready to fall, ((u) "dum miserabitur vestri"; so some in Vatablus. For Jehovah is a God of judgment. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. 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. Blessed are all those who wait for him. It is promised that they shall have the benefit, not only of the public ministry, but of private and particular admonition and advice (Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 30:21): "Thy ears shall hear a word behind thee, calling after thee as a man calls after a traveller that he sees going out of his road." CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and exhortation to turn to the Lord for help. And note it on a scroll, 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. 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