The Lord wiped out the Assyrian army. Concord. 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. 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. 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. 30:4 For his c princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. d. Blessed are all those who wait for Him: Because God is so great, there is a built-in blessing for those who wait for Him. From which came the lioness and lion, They want to hear only those things that please them (9-11). Though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of afflictionyour eyes shall see your teachers: When Judah was prosperous and comfortable, they wouldnt listen to God. (r) "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. Mercy does nothing to exalt the person who receives it; mercy recognizes the guilt of the one who deserves the punishment. The Egyptians shall help in vain and to no purpose. Rahab-Hem-Shebeth. Salem Media Group. 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. This was shown at the cross, where Jesus took the punishment we deserve and Gods justice was satisfied. They cannot wait Gods time, nor exercise submission to his will. https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mhm/isaiah-30.html. Yes, for the king it is prepared. i. You devise plans but are they of Gods Spirit? 2. u "dum miserabitur vestri" so some in Vatablus. A shard to take fire from the hearth, This section is also structurally chiastic. Philolog. 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. (r) Not only in punishing but in using moderation in the same, as in Jer 10:24,30:11. You shall weep no more. And bread of the increase of the earth; 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. 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! And Tophet is ordained of old. 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. Whenever the LORD waits or seems to delay, it always has a loving purpose behind it. But a shame and also a reproach. That's in God's hands. Returning also has the idea of drawing close to the LORD. How glorious to be led of the Spirit and having God say, "This is the way, walk in it." 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. III. a. Just return and rest in the Lord and there you'll be safe. That he may be gracious to you.. It's a shadow. Isaiah 30 Trust In the LORD, Not In Egypt A. A rebuke to those in Judah who looked to Egypt for deliverance. 1. (1-2) God exposes the sin of those who put their trust in Egypt. Woe to the rebellious children, says the LORD, Who take counsel, but not of Me, And who devise plans, but not of My Spirit, That they may add sin to sin; Verse Isaiah 30:18. There are right-hand and left-hand errors, extremes on each side virtue; the tempter is busy courting us into the by-paths. Who take counsel, but not of Me, Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, Like a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, All Isaiahs warnings against an alliance with Egypt are in vain. Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers, Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. p. 507. in the same way Gataker. We may request cookies to be set on your device. They would sooner rush under the guidance of Satan into some questionable policy, than in childlike simplicity trust in the Lord and do good. In that day your cattle will feed Whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant. 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, WebVerse Isaiah 30:19. For the Lord is a God of justice. And the astronomers have watched these stars in supernovas. For Jehovah is a God of judgment. Sanhedrin, fol. ( a) Who contrary to their promise take not me for their protector and contrary to my commandment seek help from strangers. b. a. God's going to defend you. 30:8), write it in a table, to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it, not in loose papers which might be lost or torn, but in a book, to be preserved for posterity, in p. 56. I personally just leave it alone. 2. r "significat anhelat, vel inhiat", Forerius. Read commentary on this popular Bible verse and understand the real meaning behind God's Word using John Gill's Exposition of the And therefore will he be exalted - Lowth renders this in accordance with a conjecture of Houbigant, Shall he expect in silence, by reading yadum instead of yarum. And therefore He will be exalted, that He may have mercy on you. Shall be your humiliation. And woe unto those that are seeking counsel but not from God. 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. We get, "Oh, but the Bible says." And they are giving you the garbage and charging you a hundred dollars an hour for garbage. To sift the nations with the sieve of futility; (x) "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. Judah would be like a shattered clay pot, which is broken in pieces. It will be with tambourines and harps; Isaiah doesnt mean wait just in the sense of passing time but in the sense of patiently waiting for and trusting Gods promise. Part. In Jesus' name. When the towers fall. For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: For through the voice of the LORD b. 2. Web1. They'll overtake you. 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. Hes gathering strength to show mercy to you. There it is.". w Animadv. It is so in spiritual fruit; we must take pains with our hearts and then wait on God for his grace. 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. Yea, if I descend into hell, lo, Thou art there." 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. 4 For though his power extends to Zoan. iii. 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. (2.) They are resolved never to harbour it any more. 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. We provide you with a list of stored cookies on your computer in our domain so you can check what we stored. 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). Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, Who walk to go down to Egypt. 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. Therefore, to do what Judah did in this situation is to add sin to sin. In like manner, Jeremiah says, Chasten me, O Lord, but in judgment, not in thy wrath, lest thou crush me. (Jeremiah 10:24.). 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. ( Isaiah 30:2 ). i. 1706.return to 'Jump List'. i. 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. p. 56. x "mavit rem", Golius, col. 922. He will continually follow you with his favours, and not let slip any opportunity of being gracious to you." 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. a. But Jesus said, "Where the worm dies not." Therefore the Lord longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. But he said, "Those who are chasing you will have faster horses than you do.". "No, the Bible does say that," and they can show you scriptures where hell is not a place of eternal punishment. 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. Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and you're resting on it: 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. But when you talk about Gehenna, you're talking about something else; Tophet, it's been ordained of old. For the Lord is a God of justice; How blessed are WebMatthew Henry Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 30:8-17. 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. The LORD promises a day when they will defile those images and throw them away as an unclean thing. 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. It has been ordained of old, a place that God has ordained. We think we may safely refer ourselves to a man of judgment; and shall we not commit our way to a God of judgment? That's ridiculous! It's out of my territory. Death and hell would give up the dead that are in them, Hades. The truth is that Gods people are here portrayed rejoicing at his judgment on sin because they must take his point of view on everything, and because this judgment is at the same time their salvation. (Grogan). Changes will take effect once you reload the page. 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. 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.". 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. He shall not spare. For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem; 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. The Prophet now adds consolation; for hitherto he threatened to such an extent that almost all the godly might be thrown into despair. There won't be enough left to even take water out. Observe, 1. What is the way? We dont have to run all about trying to protect or guard ourselves. Then He will give the rain for your seed: When Judah puts away their idols, boldly trusting Gods promise, then God will send material blessings on Judah. We have the best Protector, the best Guard in God. The Lord appears to lie still or to sleep, so long as he permits his Church to be assailed by the outrages of wicked men; and the customary language of Scripture is to say that he sits, or lies unemployed, when he does not defend his Church. GOD takes the time to do everything Tools Isa 30:19 He will spare the nation still; and yet establish among them the true religion, and they shall flourish. 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]. i. Trusting Gods promise means returning. 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 ). If in poverty, they are in haste to be rich; and they shall not long be innocent. Yahweh is a God of justice; He will do what is right at the right time. What a contrast! 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.) Sounds like the sun will go into a supernova. Jesus said that Tophet was prepared by God for the devil and his angels. (1.) The burden against the beasts of the South. At the threat of five you shall flee, What the word shall be: "This is the way, walk you in it. 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. Others translate the words, till he be gracious to you; but I think that the former translation is more appropriate, and it agrees better with the meaning of the particle (lamed.) I can hardly wait.Shall we stand.May the Lord be with you and bless you and keep you in His love and grace. You can also change some of your preferences. One thousand shall flee at the threat of one, And supernova is a phenomena that we observe in the universe. In the day of the great slaughter, "Tophet is ordained of old." That they may add sin to sin; Whenever you turn to the right hand God's judgment upon the Assyrians as He wiped out 185,000 in one night of the first line fighting troops. But the sinful people do not want to hear messages that come from God. Get out of the way, The northern kingdom of Israel would soon be conquered by Assyria, and the people of Israel would be taken into exile. Isaiah 7. 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. 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